DARWIN'S NEW WORK. 



THE VAItIA.XION 



ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



UNDER DOMESTICATION. 



BY 



CHARLES JDJ^lET^^llSr, M!.-^., DF.R.S., ETC. 



AUTHORIZED EDITION. 



WITH -A. I= 3FI JES :E -A. O 3E5 



BT 



PROFESSOR ASA GRAY. 



This work treats of the variations in our domestic animals and cultivated 

 plants, discussing the circumstances that influence these variations, inherit- 

 ance of peculiarities, results of in-and-in breeding, crossing, etc. 



It is one of the most remarkable books of the present day, presenting an 

 array of facts that show the most extraordinary amount of observation and 

 -esearch. All the domestic animals, from horses and cattle to canary-birds and 

 noney-bees, are discussed, as well as our leading culinary and other plants, 

 making it a work of the greatest interest. 



Its importance to agriculturists, breeders, scientific men, and the general 

 reader will be seen by its scope as indicated in the following partial enumera- 

 tion of its contents : Pigs, Cattle, Sheep, Goats ; Dogs and Cats, Horses 

 AND Asses ; Domestic Rabbits ; Domestic Pigeons ; Fowls, Ducks, Geese, 

 Peacock, Turkey, Guinea Foavl, Canary-bird, Gold-fish ; Hive-bees ; 

 Silk-moths. Cultivated Plants ; Cereal and Culinary Plants ; Fruits, 

 Ornamental Trees, Flowers, Bud Variation. Inheritance, Reversion 

 OR Atavism, Crossing. On the Good Effects op Crossing, and on thh 

 Evil Effects op Close Interbreedlng. Selection. Causes op VariabiIi- 

 iTY, Laws op Variation, etc., etc. 



Published in Two Volumes of nearly/ 1100 pages. 



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