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INDEX 



Vetch, extra-floral nectaries of, ii. 399 



Vetter, editor of Kosmos, ii. 444 



Viburnum lantanoides, in Japan and 

 east U.S.A., i. 442 



Victoria Street Society for Protection of 

 Animals against Vivisection, charge 

 brought against Dr. Ferrierby, ii. 437 



Villa Franca, Baron de, on varieties of 

 sugar-cane, i. 390 



Villarsia, ii. 351 



Vine, graft-hybrids of, i. 360 ; varieties 

 °f> i- 359 > morphology of tendrils, 

 ii. 342 



Viola, ancestral form of, ii. 335; cleisto- 

 gamic flowers of, ii. 308, 317, 318, 

 378 ; pollen-tubes of, ii. 308, 312 ; 

 Madagascan, ii. 25 ; Pyrenean, ii. 1, 

 494 ; on Peak of Teneriffe, i. 494 ; 

 V. canina, fertilisation of, ii. 260 ; 

 V. nana, ii. 378 ; V. odorata, floral 

 biology of, ii. 260, 381 



Virchow, Huxley's criticism of, i. 383 ; 

 publication by Hackel of Darwin's 

 criticism of, i. 383 



Viscum, i. 94 



Vitality of seeds, i. 148 ; ii. 243 ; in 

 salt-water experiments, i. 470 



Viti group of islands, effect of subsi- 

 dence, ii. 195 



Vivisection, ii. 434-41 



Vdchting, H., Bewegung der Bluthen 

 und Fruchte, ii. 380 ; letter to, 

 ii. 428, 429; Crganbildung ini Pflan- 

 zenreick, ii. 429 



Volcanic Geology, Dana's, ii. 227 



Volcanic islands, polymorphic species 

 in, i. 47; Darwin's geological observa- 

 tions on, ii. 116, 124, 126, 127, 145, 

 201, 244 ; Darwin's opinion of his 

 book on, ii. 146 ; Lyell and Herschel 

 on, ii. 141 ; relation to continents, 

 ii. 142 



Volcanic phenomena, cause of, ii. 140 ; 

 Darwin on, ii. 121 ; and elevation, 

 ii. 137 ; as mere accidents in swelling 

 up of dome of plutonic rocks, ii. 144 ; 

 and subsidence, ii. 144 



Volcanic rocks, i. 15, 18, 20-23. 2 ^. 27 



Volcano, in interior of Asia, ii. 142 



Volcanoes, in S. America, ii. 133 ; com- 

 pared with boilers, ii. 134, 135 ; 

 maritime position of, ii. 136, 142 ; 

 of St. Jago, Mauritius, and St. 

 Helena, ii. 124 ; simultaneous 

 activity of, ii. 1 13-15, 133, 134; and 

 subsidence, ii. 144 



Volucella, as example of mimicry, i. 196 



Vries, H. de, on plant-movements, ii. 



433 

 Vulcanicity, ii. 113-47 



Wagner, M., attacks Darwin, i. 229 ; 

 essay by, i. 311 ; mentioned, i. 262, 



391 



" Wahl der Lebens-Weise," i. 141 



Wahlenberg, on variation of species in 

 U.S.A., i. 425 



Wales, Darwin's visit to, i. 313 ; com- 

 parison of valleys of Lochaber and, 

 ii. 188, 190; Darwin on glaciers of, 

 ii. 151, 178, 190; elevation of land 

 in Scotland and, ii. 189 ; Murchison 

 sees no trace of glaciers in, ii. 150 ; 

 Ramsay on denudation of S., ii. 

 123 



Wallace. A. R., on beauty, i. 282; 

 criticises the expression, "Natural 

 Selection," i. 267 ; Darwin on clever- 

 ness of, i. 304; letters to, i. 118-20, 

 245. 262, 263, 265-7, 270-71, 281-3, 

 289, 293-6, 301, 312, 384 ; ii. 12, 18, 

 32-4, 59-63, 72-4, 76-8, 84-6, 88-90, 

 no, in, 142, 144 ; letters to Darwin 

 from, i. 267-70, 288-94, 297-302 ; ii. 

 9, 13, 14, 18-20, 22-4, 34-7, 86-8, 92, 

 93 ; on Mastodon from Timor, i. 228 ; 

 notes by, i. 299 ; ii. 15, 17 ; on pan- 

 genesis, i. 301. 302 ; ii. 71 ; review 

 of Bastian's Beginnings of Life, i. 

 321 ; on sterility, i. 288 ; on success 

 of Natural Selection, i. 305 ; attri- 

 butes Natural Selection to Darwin, 

 ii. 31, 36 ; on colour and birds' nests, 

 ii. 59-61, 72-4; Darwin's criticism 

 of his Geographical Distribution of 

 Animals, ii. 12-14 16-18 ; differs from 

 Darwin, ii. 40, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93 ; 

 on evolution uf man, ii. 31, 32, 40 ; 

 Island Life, ii. 22-4 ; on wings of 

 lepidoptera, ii. 67 ; review of 

 Darwin's book on Expression, ii. 

 1 10 ; review of Lyell's Principles 

 of Geology, ii. 39 ; on Round Island, 

 ii. 10 ; same ideas hit on by Darwin 

 and, ii. 61 ; supplies information to 

 Darwin on Sexual Selection, ii. 68 ; 

 on variation, ii. 32 ; at work on 

 narrative of travels, ii. 36 



Wallace, Dr., on sexes in. Bombyx, ii. 

 66 ; on caterpillars, ii. 69 



Wallich, i. 184; on Oxyspora panicu- 

 lata, ii. 293 



Wallis, H. M., on ears, ii. 53; letters 

 to, ii. S3, 54 



Walpole, ii. 435 



Walsh, B. D., biographical note, i. 248, 

 249 ; as entomologist, i. 248, 249 ; 

 letters to, i. 250, 251, 258, 259, 261, 

 262 ; ii. 89, 90 ; letter to Darwin 

 from, i. 249-50 ; death of, ii. 386 ; 

 and C. V. Riley, ii. 385 



