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JUAN. 



INDEX. 



KUOPF-TArBEN. 



Juan Fernandez, dumb dogs on, i. 27. 



Jug lans regia, i. 379. 



Jukes, Prof., origin of the Newfound- 

 land dog, i. 44. 



Julien, Stanislas, early domestication 

 of pigs in China, i. 71 ; antiquity of 

 the domestication of the silkworm in 

 China, i. 316. 



Jumpers, a breed of fowls, i. 241. 



Juniper, variations of the, i. 385, 387. 



Juniperus suecica, i. 385. 



Jussicea grandiflora, ii. 154. 



Jussieu, A. de, structure of the pappus 

 in Carthamus, ii. 307. 



Kail, Scotch, reversion in, ii. 5. 

 Kales, i. 341. 



" Kali-par " pigeon, i. 149. 

 Kalm, P., on maize, i. 340, ii. 298 ; in- 

 troduction of wheat into Canada, i. 



333 ; sterility of trees growing in 



marshes and dense woods, ii. 154. 

 "Kaljii Lotan" tumbler pigeon, i. 



157. 

 Kane, Dr., on Esquimaux dogs, i. 22. 

 Karakool sheep, i. 102. 

 Karkeek, on inheritance in the horse, 



i. 455. 

 " Karmeliten Taube," i. 164. 

 Karsten on Pulex penetrans, ii. 265. 

 Kattywar horses, i. 61. 

 Keeley, Pi., pelorism in Galeobdolon 



lutcum, ii. 33. 

 Kerner, on the culture of Alpine 



plants, ii. 147 ; definite action of 



conditions, ii. 271. 

 Kestrel, breeding in captivity, ii. 137. 

 " Khaxdesi," i. 147. 

 Khang-hi, selection of a variety of rice 



by, ii. 189. 

 Kiang, ii. 17. 



Kidd, on the canary-bird, i. 311, ii. 53. 

 Kidney bean, i. 396 ; varieties of, ii. 



243, 265. 

 Kidneys, compensatory development 



of the, ii. 290 ; shape of, in birds 



influenced by the form of the pelvis, 



ii. 336. 

 King, Col., domestication of rock doves 



from the Orkneys, i. 193, 194. 

 King, Dr., on Paritium, i. 402. 

 King, P. P., on the dingo, i. 21, 28. 

 Kirby and Spence, on the growth of 



galls, ii. 273. 



Kirghisian sheep, i. 102. 



Kite, breeding in captivity, ii. 137. 



Kleine, variability of bees, i. 314. 



Knight, Andrew, on crossing horses of 

 different breeds, i. 53 ; crossing varie- 

 ties of peas, i. 345, ii. 110; persis- 

 tency of varieties of peas, i. 348 ; 

 origin of the peach, i. 357 ; hybridi- 

 sation of the morello by the Elton 

 cherry, i. 368 ; on seedling cherries, 

 i. 369 ; variety of the apple not 

 attacked by coccus, i. 371 ; intercross- 

 ing of strawberries, i. 373, 374 ; broad 

 variety of the cock's-comb, i. 389 ; 

 bud variation in the cherry and 

 plum, i. 399 ; crossing of white and 

 purple grapes, i. 419; experiments 

 in crossing apples, i. 433, ii. 110; 

 hereditary disease in plants, i. 455 ; 

 on interbreeding, ii. 95 ; crossed 

 varieties of wheat, ii. 110; necessity 

 of intercrossing in plants, ii. 159; 

 on variation, ii. 243, 244; effects of 

 grafting, i. 413, ii. 267 ; bud-varia- 

 tion in a plum, ii. 281 ; correlated 

 variation of head and limbs, 315. 



Knox, Mr., breeding of the eagle owl 

 in captivity, ii. 137. 



Koch, degeneracy in the turnip, i. 

 344. 



Kohlrabi, i. 342. 



Kolreuter, reversion in hybrids, i. 

 425, ii. 9 ; acquired sterility of 

 crossed varieties of plants, i. 381, 

 ii. 79 ; absorption of Mirahilis vul- 

 garis by M. longiflora, ii. 65 ; crosses 

 of species of Verbascum, ii. 71, 85 ; 

 on the hollyhock, ii. 85 ; crossing 

 varieties of tobacco, ii. 87 ; benefits 

 of crossing plants, ii. 110, 111, 159, 

 160; seli-impotence in Verbascum, i. 

 118, 122; effects of conditions of 

 growth upon fertility in Mira'nlis, ii. 

 147 ; great development of tubers 

 in hybrid plants, ii. 156; inheritance 

 of plasticity, ii. 227 ; variability of 

 hybrids of Mirabilis, ii. 253 ; repeated 

 crossing a cause of variation, ii. 254, 

 256; number of pollen-grains neces- 

 sary for fertilisation, ii. 356. 



" Krauseschwein," i. 70. 



Krohn, on the double reproduction of 

 Medusa?, ii. 379. 



" Kropf-Tauben," i. 143. 



