560 



INDEX 



Plants, agree ill with their botani- 

 cal descriptions, i. 446 ; tropical, 

 survive in volcanically warmed 

 spots, 443, 447 



Plants and animals, have they a 

 parallel development ? i. 464 



Plants and insects, i. 12 ; ii. 36, 226 ; 

 a knowledge of, ii. 279, 280 



Plants, local reappearance of, esp. 

 Stirling Castle, i. 440 



Playfair, L., i. 208 



Poo, ii. 286 and note, 287 ; difficulties, 

 288 sq. 



Polar Exploration, under Nares, ii. 

 138 and note, 140 ; s.v. Antarctic, 

 ii. 273, 361 sq. 



Polar Exhibition, contributes to, ii. 

 477, s.v. Scott, R. F. 



Polar Star, Order of the, ii. 186 sq. ; 



Polar origin of plants, 224, 226 



Polaris, the, ii. 234 



Politics, Anglo-American, ii. 39-45 ; 

 and Science, 71, 324 ; Hooker's 

 outlook, 315, 324, 338, 344 n. ; in 

 regard to the colonies, 326 



Polygonum, ii. 247 ; Indian, 277, 279 



Porto Praya, i. 92-4 



Portsmouth, cost of coaching from 

 Newcastle, i. 32 



' Potato and Point,' ii. 151 



Poulton, Prof., gift of Darwin statue 

 to Oxford, ii. 432 



Powell, Baden, i. 478 n. ; his style, 

 478 ; on Darwinism, 514 



Prain, SirD., i. 275 n. ; telegram from 

 Tibet, i. 275, ii. 457; ed. Bot. 

 Mag., ii. 243 n. ; collects Sikkim 

 Balsams, 384, 387 ; discussion with, 

 388 ; his ' India vera,' 390 sq. ; on 

 the Gazetteer sketch, 393 



Presl, ii. 421 



Prestwich, Sir J., ii. 52 



Primer, of Botany, ii. 151, 275; of 

 Darwinism, a suggested, 304 



Prince Albert, and the Antarctic voy- 

 age, i. 62, 144; Ross writes to, 

 145; dedication to, of Fl. Ant., 

 Pt. II., 171 ; might aid botany at 

 Oxford, 382 



Prince Edward's Island, i. 83 



Prince Henry of Portugal, his motto 

 adopted, ii. 309 and note 



Princess Alice, ii. 86, 196 



Princess of Wales (Alexandra), ii. 

 86 



Pringlea antiscorbutica, i. 76 and note ; 



seedlings, 77 ; development, 78 ; 



origin of name, 78 n. 

 Priority, claims for, ii. 52 sqq. ; cp. 



i. 499 7i., 501-2 

 Pritchard, Prof., attacks Norwich 



Address, ii. 120 

 Progressive Development, see ' Higher 



and Lower Types.' 

 Proteaceae (fossil), ii. 226 

 Protective colour changes, ii. 158 

 Protoplasm, vitality of, ii. 234 

 Providence, ii. 106, 265 

 Public duty, a tonic, ii. 198 

 Public speaking, physical repugnance 



to, i. 29 sq., ii. 309 

 Pulmonaria angustifolia, i. 31 

 Pycnogon, i. 57 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical 



Science, value of, i. 413 

 Quarterly Review, i. 520 ; ii. 128, 301, 



302 



Quentin, Sir G., house at Kew, i. 346 

 Quinary System, i. 83 and note 

 Quinine, ii. 5 

 Quetelet, L. A. J., i. 187 and note 



RABAW, Mr., i. 337 

 Rasselas, the valley of, i. 93 

 Rawlinson, H. C., aid in Ayrton 



affair, ii. 171 



Ray, aim of a natural system, ii. 19 

 Ray Club, translations, i. 425 

 Rea, i. 128 



Reade, J. MeUard, ii. 225 

 ' Reader,' the, i. 541 

 Red Lion Club, i. 370 and note 

 Redesdale, Lord (B. Mitford), ii. 



289 n., 430 ; on the Bamboos, 289 

 sqq. ; describes Lord Airlie, 372 ; 

 raises Indian Balsams, 383 



Letters to : On the Bamboos : 

 readiness to admit error, ii. 289, 



290 bis, 291 ; his sister's death, 

 430 ; Buddhism : general reading, 

 433 ; 434 ; Dartmouth and the 

 Britannia, 434 ; book catalogues, 

 434; Art: Bentham MSS., 435; 

 Sir J. Paget, 443 ; Rhododendrons 

 out of bloom, 444 ; Pour le Merite, 

 448; on his ninetieth birthday, 

 463 sq. ; old friendship : Linnaeus 

 Medal and O.M., 464 



Reeks, T., i. 288 n. 



