INDEX. 



409 



POLLEN. 



poisonous action of, 



Pollen, poisonous action of, on the 



stigma of the same flower, iii. 70. 

 -- tubes, penetration of, iii. 278. 

 " Polly," the fox-terrier, i. 113. 

 Polygamy, iii. 92. 



Polymorphic forms of plants, iii. 188. 

 Polyps, study of, i. 249. 

 Pontobdclla, egg- cases of, i. 39. 

 Portillo Pass, i. 260. 

 Portraits, list of, iii. 371. 

 Positivism and science, iii. 149. 

 Post-glacial warm period, probable, ii. 



136- 

 Potato-disease, Mr. Torbitt's proposed 



mode of extirpating the, iii. 348-351. 

 Poultry, ornamental, connection of, 



with the subject of species, i. 376. 

 "Pour le Merite," knighthood of the 



order, iii. 60. 

 Pouter pigeons, ii. 303. 

 Powell, Prof. Baden, his opinion on the 



structure of the eye, ii. 285. 



* Power of Movement in Plants,' iii. 329- 



338; publication of the, i. 98 ; iii. 333. 



"Precocious fertilisation," iii. 308. 



Preglacial remains in Devonshire 

 caverns, ii. 365. 



Prestwich, Prof. J., ii. 238 ; claim of 

 priority against Lyell, iii. 19 ; letter 

 to, asking for criticisms on the 

 ' Origin,' ii. 295 ; on flint implements 

 associated with bones of extinct 

 animals, ii. 160. 



Preyer, Prof. W., letter to, iii. 88 ; on 

 A lea impennis, iii. 1 6 note. 



Primogeniture, ii. 385 ; iii. 91. 



Primordial created form, ii. 251. 



Primrose, heterostyled flowers of the, 

 iii. 295 ; differences of the pollen in 

 the two forms of the, iii. 298. 



Primula, dimorphism of, paper on the, 

 i. 91 ; iii. 296, 297 ; French criticisms 

 on the paper on, iii. 305. 



- elatior, a distinct species, iii. 

 306. 



-- sinensis, two forms of flowers 



in, iii. 299. 

 Primula, said to have produced seed 



without access of insects, i. 105. 

 Princess Royal, Sir C. Lyell's conversa- 



tion with the, on Darwinism, iii. 32. 

 Priority, law of, i. 366, 372. 



REIGN. 



Professions for boys, i. 380, 384-386. 



Protean forms of plants, iii. 188. 



Protective imitation, iii. 151. 



Proteus, ii. 265, 374. 



Prussian order "Pour le Merite," 

 Knighthood of the, iii. 60. 



Pterichthys, ii. 334 note. 



Publication of the ' Origin of Species," 

 arrangements connected with the, ii. 

 151, 152,153, 155, 156. 



Publications, account of, i. 79-98 ; list 

 of, iii. 362-364. 



Publicity, dislike of, i. 128. 



Public Opinion, squib in, iii. 23. 



Pusey, Dr., sermon by, against Evolu- 

 tion, iii. 235. 



' QUARTERLY REVIEW,' notice of the 

 ' Journal of Researches ' in the, i. 

 323 ; notice of the work on ' Coral 

 Reefs ' in the, i. 325 ; notice of the 

 ' Origin of Species,' in the, ii. 182, 

 183 ; remarks on the " Monistic 

 hypothesis " in the, iii. 184 ; review 

 of the ' Descent of Man ' in the, iii. 

 146 ; review of the ' Origin ' in the, 

 ii. 324, 327, 331 ; Darwin's apprecia- 

 tion of it, ii. 325 note. 



Quatrefages, Prof. J. L. A. de, letter to, 

 on his ' Histoire Naturelle Generale/ 

 &c., iii. 117; letter to, on bein^ pro- 

 posed as a member of the French 

 Academy, iii. 154. 



, partial agreement of, ii. 235. 



RABBITS, asserted close interbreeding 

 of, i. 106 ; study of, ii. 84. 



Rade, Emil, letter to, acknowledging 

 the receipt of an alburn of photo- 

 graphs, iii. 226. 



Radicles, observations on, iii. 331, 334* 



Ramsay, Sir Andrew, ii. 291, 293. 



Ramsay, Mr., i. 54. 



Reade, T. Mellard, note to, on the 

 earthworms, iii. 217. 



Reasoning powers, i. 103. 



Reception of the 'Origin of Species/ 

 Prof, Huxley on the, ii. 179-204. 



'Reign of Law,' the, by the Duke of 

 Argyll, iii. 61, 65. 



