BROMUS. 



INDEX. 



BUXTON. 



437 



Bromus secalinus, i. 331. 



Bronn, H. G., bud variation in Antlie- 

 ■mis, i. 404 ; effects of cross-breeding 

 on the female, i. 436; on heredity 

 in » one-horned cow, i. 456 ; propa- 

 gation of a pendulous peach by seed, 

 i. 461 ; absorption of the minority in 

 crossed races, ii. 65 ; on the crossing 

 of horses, ii. 70 ; fertility of tame 

 rabbits and sheep, ii. 90 ; changes of 

 plumage in captivity, ii. 141 ; on the 

 dahlia, ii. 249. 



Bronze period, dog of, i. 19. 



Brown, C. M., prepotency of a grey- 

 hound, ii. 40. 



Brown, G., variations in the dentition 

 of the horse, i. 52. 



Brown-SeQUARD, Dr., inheritance of 

 artificially-produced epilepsy in the 

 guinea-pig, i. 468 ; inherited effects 

 of injuries, ibid. 



Brunswigia, ii. 121. 



Brussels sprouts, i. 341, ii. 425. 



Bubo maximus, ii. 137. 



Buckland, F., on oysters, ii. 270 ; num- 

 ber of eggs in a codfish, ii. 373. 



Buckle, Mr., doubts as to the impor- 

 tance of inheritance, i. 446. 



Buckley, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting 

 in trees, i. 190. 



Buckman, Prof., cultivation of Avena 

 fatna, i. 330 ; cultivation of the wild 

 parsnip, i. 344, ii. 185, 267 ; rever- 

 sion in the parsnip, ii. 4. 



Buckwheat, injurious when in flower 

 to white pigs, ii. 331. 



Bud and seed, close analogy of, i. 

 444. 



Bud-reversion, ii. 10. 



Buds, adventitious, ii. 381. 



Bud-variation, i. 397-444, ii. 242, 

 278, 279, 281 ; contrasted with semi- 

 nal reproduction, i. 397 ; peculiar to 

 plants, i. 398 ; in the peach, i. 360, 

 398; in plums, i. 399; in the cherry, 

 ibid. ; in grapes, ibid. ; in the goose- 

 berry and currant, i. 400 ; pear and 

 apple, i. 401 ; and in the banana, ca- 

 mellia, hawthorn, Azalea indica, and 

 Paritium tricuspis, i. 402 ; in the 

 hollyhock and pelargonium, ibid. ; 

 in Geranium prateuse and the chry- 

 santhemum, i. 404; in roses, i. 390, 

 404-^06 ; in sweet williams, carna- 



tions, pinks, stocks, «jid snapdragons, 

 i. 406, 407 ; in wall-flowers, cycla- 

 men, (Enothera biennis, Gladiolus 

 colvillii, fuchsias, and Mirabilis jalapa, 

 i. 407 ; in foliage of various trees, i. 

 408 ; cryptogamic plants, ibid. ; by 

 suckers in Phlox and barberry, i. 410 ; 

 by tubers in the potato, ibid. ; in the 

 dahlia, i. 411; by bulbs in hyacinths, 

 Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips, 

 ibid. ; in Tigridia conchiflora, i. 412 ; 

 in Hemerocallis, ibid. ; doubtful cases, 

 i. 412-413 ; in Cytisus adami, i. 413- 

 416 ; summary of observations on, 

 437. 



Buffon, on crossing the wolf and dog, 

 i. 32; increase of fertility by domes- 

 tication, ii. 89 ; improvement of 

 plants by unconscious selection, ii. 

 200 ; theory of reproduction, ii. 370. 



Bulimus, ii. 28. 



Bull, apparent influence of, on off- 

 spring, ii. 44. 



Bullace, i. 366. 



Bulldog, degeneration of, in India, i. 39 ; 

 recent modifications of, i. 44. 



Bullfinch, breeding in captivity, ii. 

 137 ; attacking flower-buds, ii. 217. 



Bult, Mr., on the length of pouter 

 pigeons, i. 218. 



" BtJNDTNERSCHWEIN," i. 70. 



Bunting, reed, in captivity, ii. 141. 



Burdach, crossing of domestic and wild 

 animals, i. 69 ; aversion of the wild 

 boar to barley, ii. 293. 



Burke, Mr., inheritance in the horse, i. 

 455. 



Burlingtonia, ii. 116. 



Burmah, cats of, i. 49. 



Burmese ponies, striped, i. 61. 



Burnes, Sir A., on the Karakool sheep, 

 i. 102, ii. 268; varieties of the vine 

 in Cabool, i. 353 ; hawks, traine 1 in 

 Scinde, ii. 136; pomegranates pro- 

 ducing seed, ii. 152. 



Burr, Fearing, potato- grafting, i. 422. 



Burton Constable, wild cattle at, i. 88, 



" Burzbl-Tauben," i. 156. 



Bussorah carrier, i. 148. 



Buteo vulgaris, copulation of, in captiv- 

 ity, ii. 137. 



Butterflies, polymorphic, ii. 394. 



Buxton, Mr., parrots breeding in Nor- 

 folk, ii. iaa 



