DARWIN'S NEW WORK. 



THE VAISIA.TI01V 



ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



UNDER DOMESTICATION. 



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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 Fowl, Canary-bird, GoLD-nsn ; Hive-bees ; 

 S1LK-310THS. Cultivated Plants ; Cereal and Culinary Plants ; Fruits, 

 Ornamental Trees, Flowers, Bud Variation. Inheritance, Reversion 

 or Atavism, Crossing. On the Good Effects of Crossing, and on ths 

 Evil Effects of Close Interbreeding. Selection. Causes of Variabii.- 

 ity, Laws of Variation, etc., eto. 



Published in Two Tolumes of nearly llOO pages. 



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