460 



HUTTON. 



INDEX. 



INHERITANCE. 



ii. 100 ; consanguineous marriases, 

 103. 



Hutton, Capt., on the variability of 

 the silk moth, i. 320 ; on the number 

 of species of silkworms, i. 316; 

 markings of silkworms, i. 318; do- 

 mestication of the rock-pigeon in 

 India, i. 19-1 ; domestication and 

 crossing of G alius bankiva, i. 248 ; 

 reversion in goats from a cross, ii. 

 19. 



Hutchinson, Col., liability of dogs to 

 distemper, i. 37. 



Huxley, Prof, on the transmission of 

 polydactylism, i. 457 ; on unconscious 

 selection, ii. 178 ; on correlation in 

 the mollusca, ii. 312; on gemmation 

 and fission, ii. 351 ; development of 

 star-fishes, ii. 362. 



Hyacinths, i. 394-396 ; bud variation 

 in, i. 411 ; graft -hybrid by union of 

 half bulbs of, i. 419 ; white, repro- 

 duced by seed, i. 463; red, ii. 215, 

 330 ; varieties of, recognisable by 

 the bulb, ii. 238. 



Hyacinth, feather, ii. 169, 306 



Hyacinthus orientalis, i. 394. 



Hybiscus syriacus, ii. 277. 



Hybrids, of hare and rabbit, i. 109 ; 

 of various species of Gallus, i. 245- 

 248 ; of almond, peach, and nectarine, 

 i. 359; naturally produced, of species 

 of Cytisus, i. 413 ; from twin-seed of 

 Fuchsia coccinea and fulgens, i. 426 ; 

 reversion of, i. 425, 426, ii. 9, 22-24 ; 

 from mare, ass, and zebra, ii. 16 ; of 

 tame animals, wildness of, ii. 19, 20; 

 female instincts of sterile male, ii. 

 27 ; transmission and blending of 

 characters in, ii. 69-73 ; breed better 

 with parent species than with each 

 other, ii. 112; self-impotence in, ii. 

 119-121 ; readily produced in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 133. 



Hybridisation, singular effects of, in 

 oranges, i. 357 ; of cherries, i. 369 ; 

 difficulty of, in Cucurbitce, i. 381 ; 

 of roses, i. 390. 



Hybridism, ii. 162-165; the cause of 

 a tendency to double flowers, ii. 156 ; 

 in relation to Pangenesis, ii. 381. 



Hybridity in cats, i. 46, 47 ; supposed, 

 of peach and nectarine, i. 363. 



Hydra, i. 398, ii. 283, 352. 



Hydrangea, colour of flowers of, in- 

 fluenced by alum, ii. 267. 

 Hydrocele, ii. 27. 

 Hydrocephalus, ii. 285. 

 Hypericum calycinum, ii. 154. 

 Hypericum crisjmm, ii. 212, 331. 

 Hypermetamorphosis, ii. 363. 

 H ypermetropia, hereditary, i. 452. 



Ichthyopterygia, number of digits 

 in the, ii. 16. 



Ilex aquifolium, i. 462. 



Imagination, supposed effect of, on 

 offspring, ii. 251. 



Imatophyllum miniatum, bud-variation 

 in, i. 411. 



Incest, abhorred by savages, ii. 103. 



Incubation, by crossed fowls of non- 

 sitting varieties, ii. 18. 



India, striped horses of, i. 61 ; pigs of, 

 i. 69, 80 ; breeding of rabbits in, i. 

 116; cultivation of pigeons in, i. 

 215. 



Individual variabilitv in pigeons, i. 

 166-168. 



Ingledew, Mr., cultivation of Euro- 

 pean vegetables in India, ii. 153. 



"Indische Taube," i. 151. 



Inheritance, i. 445^73, ii. 366-369, 

 396 ; doubts entertained of, by 

 some writers, i. 446 ; importance of, 

 to breeders, i. 446, 447 ; evidence of, 

 derived from statistics of chances, i. 

 449 ; of peculiarities in man, i. 449- 

 451, 457-460 ; of disease, i. 451, 452, 

 460 ; of peculiarities in the eye, i. 452- 

 454 ; of deviations from symmetry, 

 i. 457 ; of polydactylism, i. 457—460 ; 

 capriciousness of, i. 460— 465 ; of muti- 

 lations, i. 466 ; of congenital monstro- 

 sities, ibid.; causes of absence of, i. 467- 

 472 ; by reversion or atavism, ii. 1- 

 36 ; its connection with fixedness of 

 character, ii. 37-39 ; affected by pre- 

 potency of transmission of character, 

 ii. 40-47 ; limited by sex, ii. 47-51 ; at 

 corresponding periods of life, ii. ol- 

 57 ; summary of the subject of, ii. 57— 

 61 ; laws of, the same in seminal and 

 bud varieties, i. 442 ; of characters 

 in the horse, i. 53 ; in cattle, i. 90 ; 

 in rabbits, i. Ill; in the peach, i. 360 ; 

 in the nectarine, ibid.: in plums, i. 

 368 ; in apples, i. 372 ; in pear* 



