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Index 



Varietal marks, origin of, 



275 



Varieties, 84, 95, 126, 127, 

 128, 129, 132, 142 



broom-like, 618, 624 



constancy of, 532 



constant, 135 



crosses of species with, 247, 

 277, 278, 281 ^ 



elementary species vs. 459 



ever-sporting, 178, 309, 

 310, 311, 312, 313, 321, 

 324, 328, 329, 332, 333, 

 334, 350, 358, 365, 368, 

 372, 399, 413, 420, 430, 

 431, 432, 434, 445, 606, 

 607, 628, 740, 789, 790, 

 795 



f asciated ( see Fasciated 

 stems). 



groups of, 606 



horticultural, 607, 609 



hybrid, 122, 190, 608 



hybrids of, 210, 254, 255 



inconstant, 135, 154, 155, 

 161 



mutation of, 141 



negative (retrogressive), 

 131, 132, 134, 224, 226, 

 238, 245, 277 



positive, 131, 132, 134, 224, 

 238, 245 



pure, 122, 190 



retrograde, 14, 15, 16, 95, 

 121, 208, 430, 435, 606, 

 607 



retrogressive (see nega- 

 tive). 



seed, 123 



single, 191 



spontaneous crosses, 209 



sporting (see inconstant). 



stability of, 207 



sterile, 622 



types of, 142 



variable, 606 



vegetative, 123 



weeping, 617 

 Variety, 130 



definition of, 11, 12 



elementary species vs. 141, 

 152, 154, 224, 243, 247, 

 251 



origin of, 141, 152, 224 

 use of term, 189, 435 

 Variety-testing, 95, 97, 116, 



119, 743, 799, 825 

 Varro, 106 

 Veitch & Sons, 273 

 Venus' looking-glass, 367 

 Vergil, 105, 106, 108 

 Verlot, 186, 612 

 Vernon, 133 

 Vernonia cinerea, 450 

 Veronica longifolia, 282, 284 

 scutellata, 139 

 spicata nitens, 126 

 Viburnum Opulus, 134, 239 

 Vicinism, 185, 188, 203, 205, 



206, 213, 214, 776 

 definition of, 188, 192, 606 

 Vicinist, 199, 201 

 Vico auriculata, 450 

 Victoria regia, 668 

 Villars 



on Drdba, verna, 49 

 Vilmorin, 570, 607, 612, 622, 

 661, 662, 773, 775, 776, 

 792, 795, 796, 797, 806, 

 807, 810, 813, 818, 820 

 Vilmorin, Louis de, 72, 92, 

 93, 97, 108, 109, 110, 114, 

 185 



Vilmorin, Messrs., 322 

 Vinca, 242, 490 



minor, 322 



Vine, parsley-leaved, 179 

 Viola, 126, 546, 547, 693 

 agrestis, 45 

 alpestris, 40 

 altaica, 39 

 anopetala, 44 

 arvensis, 39, 40, 41, 44 

 curtisepala, 45 

 striolata, 45 

 aurobadia, 44 

 calcarata, 39 

 cornuta, 39, 281 

 lutea, 38 

 lutescens, 44 



