ROSA. 



INDEX. 



SALAMANDER. 



481 



by, oil the white Banksian rose, i. 

 419. 



Rosa indica and centifolia, fertile hybrids 

 of, i. 390. 



Rose spinosissima, history of the culture 

 of, i. 391. 



Rosellini, on Egyptian dogs, i. 17. 



Roses, i. 390, 391; origin of, i. 388; 

 bud-variation in, i. 404—406; Scotch, 

 doubled by selection, ii. 185; con- 

 tinuous variation of, ii. 228 ; effect 

 of seasonal conditions on, ii. 263 ; 

 noisette, ii. 299 ; galls of, ii. 274. 



Ross, Dr., on Pangenesis, ii. 350, 377. 



Rocennais, rabbit, i. 109. 



Rocjou, polydactylism, and arrested 

 development, i. 458. 



Roulin, on the dogs of Juan Fernandez, 

 i. 27 ; on South American cats, i. 48; 

 striped young pigs, i. 80 ; feral pigs 

 in South America, i. 81, ii. 7 ; on 

 Columbian cattle, i. 92, ii. 189, 212 ; 

 effects of heat on the hides of cattle 

 in South America, i. 95 ; fleece of 

 sheep in the hot valleys of the Cor- 

 dilleras, i. 102 ; diminished fertility 

 of these sheep, ii. 145 ; on black- 

 boned South American fowls, i. 271 ; 

 variation of the guinea-fowl in tropical 

 America, i. 310; frequency of striped 

 legs in rcuies, ii. 16; geese in Bogota, 

 ii. 145 ; sterility of fowls introduced 

 into Bolivia, ii. 145. 



ROT, M., on a variety of Magnolia gran- 

 diflora, ii. 299. 



Royle, Dr., Indian varieties of the mul- 

 berry, i. 354 ; on Agave vivipara, ii. 

 153; variety of rice not requiring 

 irrigation, ii. 295 ; sheep from the 

 Cape in India, ii. 296. 



Rvhus, pollen of, ii. 256. 



Rudimentary organs, i. 12, ii. 306-310. 



Rufz de Lavison, extinction of breeds 

 of dogs in France, h. 421. 



Ruminants, general fertility of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 133. 



Rumpless fowls, i. 241. 



Runts, i. 149-151 ; history of, i. 220 ; 

 lower jaws and skull figured, i. 173. 



Russell, Lord A., spiegelcarpe, ii. 222. 



Russian or Himalayan rabbit, i. 112. 



KiJTiMEYER, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic 

 period, i. 19 ; horses of Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i, 51 ; diversity of early 

 VOL. Ii. 



domesticated horses, i. 53 ; pigs of the 

 Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 68, 71 ; on 

 humped cattle, i. 83 ; parentage of 

 European breeds of cattle, i. 84, ii. 

 423 ; on " Niata " cattle, i. 93 ; sheep 

 of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 97, ii. 

 423 ; goats of the Swiss lake-dweil- 

 ings, i. 105 ; absence of fowls in the 

 Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 258 ; on 

 crossing cattle, ii. 76; differences in 

 the bones of wild and domesticated 

 animals, ii. 268 ; decraase in size of 

 wild European animals, ii. 427. 

 Rye, wild, De Candolle's observations 

 on, i. 330 ; found in the Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i. 337 ; common, preferred 

 by hares and rabbits, ii. 218; less 

 variable than other cultivated plants, 

 ii. 241. 



Sabine, Mr., on the cultivation of Rosa 

 spinosissima, i. 391 ; on the cultiva- 

 tion of the dahlia, i. 393, 394, ii. 249 ; 

 effect of foreign pollen on the seed- 

 vessel in Amaryllis vittata, i. 431. 



St. Ange, influence of the pelvis on the 

 shape of the kidneys in birds, ii. 336. 



St. Domingo, wild dogs of, i. 28 ; bud- 

 variation of dahlias in, i. 411. 



St. Hilaire, Aug., milk furnished by 

 cows in South America, ii. 290 ■ 

 husked form of maize, i. 339. 



St. John, C, feral cats in Scotland, i. 

 49 ; taming of wild ducks, i. 292. 



St. Valery apple, singular structure 

 of the, i. 372, artificial fecundation 

 of the, i. 432. 



St. Vitus' Dance, period of appearance 

 of, ii. 54. 



Sachs, Prof., flow of sap, ii. 286. 



Sageret, origin and varieties of the 

 cherry, i. 368, 369 ; origin of varieties 

 of the apple, i. 372 ; incapacity of 

 the cucumber for crossing with other 

 species, i. 383 ; varieties of the melon, 

 ibid. ; supposed twin-mongrel melon, 

 i. 427; crossing melons, ii. 86, 109; on 

 gourds, ii. 8(3 ; effects of selection in en- 

 larging fruit, ii. 202; on the tendency 

 to depart from type, ii. 228 ; variation 

 of plants in particular soils, ii. 267. 



Salamander, experiments on the, ii. 

 283, 357, 385; regeneration of lost 

 parts in the, ii. 357-359. 



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