INDEX, 



395 



liodwood, of California, may bo disap- 



pearinjj, 212, see St^inoia. 

 Relipion, as affected by Darwinism, 54, 



175, 176; aud Science, by Joseph Lc 



Con te, 261. 

 Eepreseutative species, definition of, 220, 



226. 

 Kesemblance of progeny to parent, 



cause of, inscrutable, 29. 

 Eevelation does not determine the mode 



of creation, 181, 260, 261. 

 Keversion to aboriginal stock, 339, 341 ; 



takes place in pigeons, 31 ; reason of, 



81; not proved in general, 31, 339. 

 Eoth, observations of, on Drosera, 296, 



297. 

 Eudlmentary organs. 371. 

 Eutabaga, origin of, 111. 



Sachs, his view of the motion of climb- 

 ing plants, 336. 



Saporta, Count Gaston de, on origin of 

 tertiary species, 197, 198. 



Sarracenia, insectivorous habits of, 301, 

 302, 32S. 



Science does not concern itself with pri- 

 mary cause, 145, 259, 263, 26S. 



Scientific spirit, the, 95, 255, 259. 



Selection, artificial, 30; may preserve a 

 variety which could not remain in a 

 natural state, 339; methodical, 81; 

 unconscious, 30; natural, 34, 89, 90; 

 probably hinders, 135, 196, 337; De 

 Candolle's estimate of, 192; Ileer's 

 \iew of, 192; Falconer on, 193-196; 

 confounded with variation, 195, 3S9 ; 

 relation of, to contagious diseases, 241 ; 

 to vaccination, 241 ; compared to the 

 rudder of a ship, 886. 



Sequoia and its historj'-, 205-235; age 

 of, 207, 213; its isolation, 208, 230; 

 antiquity of, 229, 238 ; relations to the 

 bald cypress, 213, 225; to Glyptostro- 

 bus, 214, 225; to tertiary species, 214, 

 228 ; in the arctic zone, 229 ; to creta- 

 ceous species, 233. 



Sexual reproduction, meaning of, 347. 



Sisley, Mr., on individuaUty aud longev- 

 ity of species, 344. 



South America, former existence of the 

 horse in, 117. * 



Species, ordinary view of, 11, 16, 113, 

 129, 163, 199, 200, 201 ; Agassiz's \\e\v 

 of, 13-16, 117, 163, 164, 163, 191, 199 ; 

 Darwin's view of, 18-16,117; Dana's 

 view of, 11; De Candolle's view of, 

 191, 201, 202; Jussieu's definition of, 

 163, 201 ; Grisebach's definition of, 226; 

 Linnaeus's definition of. 12, 163, 201; 

 average numbers of individuals in, 39, 

 40; arranged in clusters, 97, 118; com- 

 munity of origin, how inferred, 12, 35, 

 111, 112, 113, 122, 182, 164, 183, 201, 

 283, 255, 2fri; distribution of, 98, 118, 

 191, 192, 200; in the tertiary period, 



114; In time, IIS 238, 248 ; fmnMnu- 

 tjition of, how to bo jirovcd, 23 ; locul- 

 Ization of. 118, 114, 118,200; connec- 

 tion of, illustrated by a genealogical 

 tree, 17 vq. ; i)hy.sicul connection of, 

 not inconsistent with intiUertiial, 22, 

 58, 54, 95, 181, 146, 147, l.VJ, 160, ifj, 



176, 284, 275, 27^ 279. 857, 860, 8s5, 

 889 ; do they wear out? 317 ; difliculty 

 of defining, 90, 97, 111. 122, 126, l4, 

 244; stability and [tersistency of, 175, 

 lfe5, 198, 888 «ry., 848 ; mode of origin 

 necessarily hviiothetii'^l, 129, 180, 131, 

 166; of the oak, 179 «v-, -'03. 



Spencer, Herbert, philosopliy of, 250. 

 Spitzbergcn, fossil Sc(juoia of, 2-."<, 229. 

 Spontaneous generation, rejected by 



Darwin, 98. 

 St. Clair, George, on Darwinism and 



Design, 269, 2h0. 

 Sterihty of hybrids, how far proved, 50 ; 



test of theories regarding, 52. 

 Struggle for existence, 87, 88. 41, 89, 



SS'i ; conceived by De Candolle, 87. 

 Sundew, see Drosera. 



Taxodium (see Cj-press). 



Teleology, Paley on, 52, 57; of Darwin- 

 ism, 57, 84-86, 322, 874; reconciled 

 with morphology, 121, 210, 2^^ 357 ; 

 denial of ordinary doctrine of, not 

 atheism. 18-^140, l.M, 25s; not dis- 

 turbed by Darwinism, 145, 149, 151- 

 15;3. 176, 247, 822, 887, 860, 871, 875; 

 evolutionary, article on, 85f)-4^90 ; old 

 doctrine of, needs reconstruction, 870, 

 874, 380 ; old doctrine of. does not ac- 

 count for abortive and useless organs, 

 870 ; nor for the wastefulness of Na- 

 ture, 872 ; nor for imperfections and 

 failures, 87S. • . 



Tertiary period, gradation of species in, 

 34, 49, 101. llii, 2<10; distribution of 

 species in, 112-115, 228-232 ; no hiatus 

 between the cretaceous and, 197, 19S, 

 238. 



Theism, as affected bv Darwinism, 54, 

 181, 176, 2:34, 285, 24S 252-265, 807, 

 837, 879 ; by other physical theories, 

 54-56 ; by "nebular hypothesis, 187 ; 

 Darwinism compatible with, 67, 144 «f/., 

 151-157, 199, 249, 2frS, 379 ; three views 

 of Nature compatible with, 1 58-168, 



177. 275, 277. 



Theologians, interest of, In evolutionary 

 hypothesis, 252 ; attitude toward, 258, 

 254, 261 ; deal largely in probabihties, 

 260. 



Time, geological evidence of, 98-100, 162. 



Transmutation, theories of. no novelty, 

 23 ; Lamarck's theorj' of, 23 ; of tho 

 " Vestiges of Creation," 24. 



Treat, Mrs., of New Jersey, observ.iUona 

 on simdew, 298 • on lltricularia, 824. 



Truth, search for, laudable, 95. 



