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RHINOCEROS. 



INDEX. 



ROSA. 



Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in 

 India, ii. 132. 



Rhododendron, hybrid, ii. 253. 



Rhododendron ci/iatwn, ii. 267. 



Rhododendron dalhousio?, effect of pol- 

 len of R. nuttallii upon, i. 431. 



Ribes grossularia, i. 376-378, 400. 



Ribes rubrum, i. 400. 



Ribs, number and characters of, in 

 fowls, i. 280 ; characters of, in ducks, 

 i. 297, 298. 



Rice, imperial, of China, ii. 189 ; In- 

 dian varieties of, ii. 243 ; variety of, 

 not requiring water, ii. 295. 



Richardson, H. D., on jaw-appendages 

 in Irish pigs, i. 79; management of 

 pigs in China, i. 71 ; occurrence of 

 striped young in Westphalian pigs, i. 

 80 ; on crossing pigs, ii. 73 ; on in- 

 terbreeding pigs, ii. 102 ; on selection 

 in pigs, ii. 178. 



Richardson, Sir John, observations on 

 the resemblance between North Ame- 

 rican dogs and wolves, i. 21, 22; on 

 the burrowing of wolves, i. 28 ; on 

 the broad feet of dogs, wolves, and 

 foxes in North America, i. 42 ; on 

 North American horses scraping away 

 the snow, i. 55. 



Ricinus, annual in England, ii. 295. 



Riedel, Dr., on the " Bagadotte " 

 pigeon, i. 148 ; on the Jacobin pi- 

 geon, i. 162; fertility of hybrid 

 pigeons, i. 201 ; circumcision, i. 467. 



Riley, on Phylloxera, i. 354. 



Rinderpest, ii. 373. 



Rintoul, Mr., potato - grafting, i. 

 421. 



Risso, on varieties of the orange, i. 357, 

 ii. 298, 324. 



Rivers, Lord, on the selection of grey- 

 hounds, ii. 221. 



Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters 

 in seedling potatoes, i. 351 ; on the 

 peach, i. 357, 359 ; persistency of 

 races in the peach and nectarine, i. 

 360, 361 ; connection between the 

 peach and the nectarine, i. 361 ; per- 

 sistency of character in seedling 

 apricots, i. 366 ; origin of the plum, 

 ibid. ; seedling varieties of the 

 plum, i. 367 ; persistency of cha- 

 racter in seedling plums, i. 368 ; 

 bud-variation in the plum, i. 399; 



plum attacked by bullfinches, ii' 

 217; seedling apples with surface- 

 roots, i. 371 ; variety of the apple 

 found in a wood, ii. 247 ; on roses, 

 i. 390, 391 ; bud-variation in roses, 

 i. 404—406 ; production of Provence 

 roses from seeds of the moss-rose, i. 

 405 ; effect produced by grafting on 

 the stock in jessamine, i. 418 ; in the 

 ash, ibid.; on grafted hazels, i. 419; 

 hybridisation of a weeping thorn, i. 

 461 ; experiments with the seed o." 

 the weeping elm and ash, i. 462 ; 

 variety of the cherry with curled 

 petals, ii. 218. 



Riviere, reproduction of Oncidium ca- 

 vendishianum, ii. 114. 



Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the 

 horse, i. 454. 



Robertson, Mr., on glandular-leaved 

 peaches, i. 364. 



Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 317-321, 

 ii. 181. 



Robinia, ii. 264. 



ROBSON, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred 

 horses, i. 455. 



Robson, Mr., on the advantage of 

 change of soil to plants, ii. 128, 129; 

 on the growth of the verbena, ii. 

 263; on broccoli, ii. 301. 



Rock pigeon, measurements of the, i. 

 140; figured, i. 141. 



Rodents, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 

 134. 



Rodriijuezia, ii. 115, 116. 



Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by 

 mildewed tares, ii. 331. 



Rohilcund, feral humped cattle in, i. 

 83. 



Rolle, F., on the history of the peach, 

 ii. 299. 



Roller-pigeons. Du.Ji, i. 158. 



Rolleston, Prof., inherited effects of 

 injuries, i. 469; incisor teeth af- 

 fected in form in cases of pulmonary 

 tubercle, ii. 325. 



Romanes, on sternum of the fowl, i. 

 288 ; rudimentary organs, ii. 309. 



Romans, estimation of pigeons by, i. 

 215 ; breeds of fowls possessed by, i. 

 243, 258. 



Rooks, pied, ii. 53. 



Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 390. 



Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced 



