DARWIN'S NEW WORK. 



THE "VARIATION 



ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



UNDER DOMESTICATION. 



BY 



ETC. 



AUTHORIZED EDITION. 



PROFESSOR ASA GRAY. 



I3ST 



This work treats of the variations in onr domestic animals and cultivated 

 plants, discussing the circumstances that influence these variations, inherit- 

 ance of peculiarities, results of in-and-in breeding, crossing, etc. 



It is one of the most remarkable books of the present day, presenting an 

 array of facts that show the most extraordinary amount of observation and 

 esearch. All the domestic animals, from horses and cattle to canary-birds and 

 noney-bees, are discussed, as well as onr leading culinary and other plants, 

 making it a work of the greatest interest. 



Its importance to agriculturists, breeders, scientific men, and the general 

 reader will be seen by its scope as indicated in the following partial enumera- 

 tion of its contents : PIGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS ; DOGS AND CATS, HORSES 

 AND ASSES ; DOMESTIC RABBITS ; DOMESTIC PIGEONS ; FOWLS, DUCKS, GEESE, 

 PEACOCK, TURKEY, GUINEA FOWL, CANARY-BIRD, GOLD-FISH ; HIVE-BEES ; 

 SILK-MOTHS. CULTIVATED PLANTS ; CEREAL AND CULINARY PLANTS ; FRUITS, 

 ORNAMENTAL TREES, FLOWERS, BUD VARIATION. INHERITANCE, REVERSION 

 OR ATAVISM, CROSSING. ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CROSSING, AND ON THE 

 EVIL EFFECTS OF CLOSE INTERBREEDING. SELECTION. CAUSES OF VARIABII,- 

 ITY, LAWS OF VARIATION, ETC., ETC. 



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