476 



INDEX. 



BKNTHAM. 



Bentham, on protection of the 

 stigma in Synaphea, 415 



Beta vulgaris, 228 ; measurements, 

 229, 230 ; crossed not exceeded 

 by self-fertilised, 289, 367; pre- 

 potency of other pollen, 399 



Bignonia, 363 



Birds means of fertilisation, 371 



Blackley, Mr., weights of pollen of 

 anemophilous plants, 377, 378 ; 

 on anthers of rye, 378 ; pollen 

 carried by wind, experiments with 

 a kite, 408 



Boragmaceze, 185 



Borago officinalis, 185, 276; mea- 

 surements, 186 ; early flowering 

 of crossed, 293 ; seeds, 323 ; par- 

 lially self-sterile, 362 



Boulger, Mr., on moths frequenting 

 Petunias, 188 



Bracken ridge, Mr., organism of ani- 

 mals affected by temperature aud 

 food, 446 ; different effect of 

 changed conditions, 455 



Brassica oleracea, 98 ; measure- 

 ments, 100; weight, 101, 102; 

 remarks on experiments, 262 ; 

 superiority of crossed, 288 ; period 

 of flowering, 292 ; seeds, 322 ; 

 self-fertile, 365 



napus, 395 



rapa, 395 



Brisout, M., insects frequenting 

 flowers of same species, 422 



Broom, 163 



Brugmansia, 371 ; humming-birds 

 boring the flower, 435 



Bulrush, weight of pollen produced 

 by one plant, 407, 408 



Bundy, Mr., JRibes perforated by 

 bees, 435 



Burbidge, references on the germi- 

 nation of small seeds, 355 



Butschli, O., sexual relations, 412 



Cabbage, 98 ; affected by pollen of 

 purple bastard, 379; prepotency 

 of other pollen, 395, 399 



CONVOLVULUS. 



Cabbage, Bagged Jack, 397 



Calceolaria, 87, 369 



Calluna vulgaris, 424 



Campanula carpathica, 174, 364 



Campanulaceie, 174 



Candolle, A. de, on ascending 

 a mountain the flowers of the 

 same species disappear abruptly, 

 391 



Canna warscewiczi, 230 ; result of 

 crossed and self-fertilised, 278 ; 

 period of flowering, 294 ; seeds, 

 323, 325 ; highly self-fertile, 309 



Cannacese, 230 



Carduus arctioides, 404 



Carnation, 132 



Carriere, relative period of the ma- 

 turity of the sexual elements ou 

 same flower, 446 



Caryophyllacex, 130 



Caspary, Professor, on Corydalis 

 cava, 331; Nymphseacese, 35S; 

 Euryale ferox, 365 ; on flowers of 

 water-lilies, 392 



Cecropia, food-bodies of, 404 



Centradenia floribunda, 364 



Cereals, grains of, 354 



Cheeseman, Mr., on Orchids in New 

 Zealand, 392 



Chenopodiacex, 228 



Cineraria, 335 



Clarkia elegans, 1 69 ; measurements, 

 170 ; early flowering of self-fer- 

 tilised, 294, 296 ; seeds, 316 



Cleistogamic flowers, 90 



Coe, Mr., crossing Phaseolus vul- 

 garis, 153 



Colgate, K., red clover never sucked 

 by hive-bees in New Zealand, 

 361 



Colour, uniform, of flowers on plants 

 self- fertilised and grown under 

 similar conditions for several gene- 

 rations, 306, 307 



Colours of flowers attractive to in- 

 sects, 372 ; not the sole guide to 

 bees, 424 



Composite, 173 



Conifene, 402 



Convolvulus major, 28 



tricolor, 55 



