BRAZIL. 



INDEX. 



BUD-VARIATION. 



blotches, ii. 37 ; excess of nourishment 

 a source of variability, ii. 257. 

 Brazil, cattle of, i. 88. 

 Bread-fruit, varieties of, ii. 256 ; sterility 



and variability of, ii. 262. 

 Bree, W. T., bud-variation in Geranium 

 pratense and Centaurea cyanas, i. 379 ; 

 by tubers in the dahlia, i. 385 ; on the 

 deafness of white cats with blue eyes, 

 ii. 329. 



Breeding, high, dependent on inheri- 

 tance, ii. 3-4. 



Breeds, domestic, persistency of, ii. 246, 

 428-429 ; artificial and natural, ii. 

 413-414 ; extinction of, ii. 425 ; of 

 domestic cats, i. 45-47 ; of pigs pro- 

 duced by crossing, i. 78 ; of cattle, i. 

 86-87, 91-93 ; of goats, i. 101. 



Breiim, on Columba amaliee, i. 183. 



Brent, B. P., number of mammae in rab- 

 bits, i. 106 ; habits of the tumbler pi- 

 geon, i. 151; Laugher pigeon, i. 155; 

 colouring of the kite tumbler, i. 160 ; 

 crossing of the pigeon with Columba 

 cenas, i. 193 ; mongrels of the trumpeter 

 pigeon, ii. 66 ; close interbreeding of 

 pigeons, ii. 126; opinion on Aldro- 

 vandi's fowls, i. 247; on stripes in 

 chickens, i. 249-250 ; on the combs of 

 fowls, i. 253 ; double-spurred Dorking 

 fowls, i. 255 ; effect of crossing on colour 

 of plumage in fowls, i. 258 ; incubatory 

 instinct of mongrels between non-sitting 

 varieties of fowls, ii. 44 ; origin of the 

 domestic duck, i. 277 ; fertility of the 

 hook-billed duck, ibid. ; occurrence of 

 the plumage of the wild duck in do- 

 mestic breeds, i. 280 ; voice of ducks, 

 i. 281 ; occurrence of a short upper 

 mandible in crosses of hook-billed'and 

 common ducks, i. 281 ; reversion in 

 ducks produced by crossing, ii. 40 ; va- 

 riation of the canary-bird, i. 295 ; 

 fashion in the canary, ii. 240 ; hybrids 

 of canary and finches, ii. 45. 



Brickell, on raising nectarines from 

 seed, i. 340; on the horses of North 

 Carolina, ii. 300. 



Bridges, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del 

 Fuego, i. 39 ; on the selection of dogs 

 by the Fuegians, ii. 207. 



Bridgman, W. K., reproduction of ab- 

 normal ferns, i. 383, ii. 379. 



Briggs, J. J., regeneration of portions of 

 the fins of fishes, ii. 15. 



Broca, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, 

 i. 31-32 ; on hybrids of hare and rabbit' 

 l. 105 ; on the rumpless fowl, i. 259 • 

 on the character of half-castes, ii' 

 47 ; degree of fertility of mongrels, ii. 

 100 ; sterility of descendants of wild 

 animals bred in captivity, ii. 160. 



Broccoli, i. 323 ; rudimentary flowers in, 



ii. 316 ; tenderness of, ii. 310. 

 Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canter- 

 bury bell by selection, ii. 200. 



Bromfield, Dr., sterility of the ivy and 

 Acorus calamus, ii. 170. 



Bromus secalinus, i. 314. 



Bronn, H. G., bud-variation in Anthemis, 

 i. 379 ; effects of cross-breeding on tho 

 female, i. 404 ; on heredity in a one- 

 horned cow, ii. 12, 13 ; propagation of a 

 pendulous peach by seed, ii. 18 ; absorp- 

 tion of the minority in crossed races, ii. 

 88 ; _ on the crossing of horses, ii. 92 ; 

 fertility of tamo rabbits and sheep, ii! 

 112 ; changes of plumage in captivity, 

 ii. 158 ; on the dahlia, ii. 261. 



Bronze period, dog of, i. 18. 



Brown, G., variations in the dentition of 

 the horse, i. 50. 



Brown-Sequard, Dr., inheritance of arti- 

 ficially-produced epilepsy in the guinea- 

 pig, ii. 24. 



JBrmiswigia, ii. 139. 



Brussels Sprouts, i. 323, ii. 429. 



Bubo maximus, ii. 154. 



Buckland, F., on oysters, ii. 280 ; num- 

 ber of eggs in a codfish, ii. 379. 



Buckle, Mr., doubts as to the importance 

 of inheritance, ii. 3. 



Buckley, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting 

 in trees, i. 181. 



Buckman, Prof., cultivation of Avena 

 fatua, i. 313 ; cultivation of the wild 

 parsnip, i. 326, ii. 20J, 277; reversion 

 in the parsnip, ii. 31. 



Buckwheat, injurious to white pigs, when 

 in flower, ii. 337. 



Bud and seed, close analogy of, i. 411. 



Bud-reversion, ii. 37. 



Buds, adventitious, ii. 384. 



Bud- variation, i. 373-411, ii. 254, 287- 

 288, 291 ; contrasted with seminal re- 

 production, i. 373 ; peculiar to plants, i. 

 374 ; in the peach, i. 340, 374 ; in plums, 

 i. 375 ; in the cherry, ibid. ; in grapes, 

 ibid. ; in the gooseberry, currant, pear, 

 and apple, i. 376 ; in the banana, ca- 

 mellia, hawthorn, Azalea indica, and 

 Cistus tricuspis, i. 377 ; in the hollyhock 

 and pelargonium, i. 378 ; in Geranium 

 pratense and the chrysanthemum, i. 379 ; 

 in roses, i. 367, 379-381 ; in sweet Wil- 

 liams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and 

 snapdragons, i. 381 ; in wall-flowers, cy- 

 clamen, Oenothera biennis, Gladiolus 

 colvillii, fuchsias, and Mirabilis jalapa, 

 i. 382 ; in foliage of various trees, i. 

 382-384 ; in cryptogamic plants, i. 383 ; 

 by suckers in Phlox and barberry, i. 384 ; 

 by tubers in the potato, ibid. ; in the 

 dahlia, i, 385 ; by bulbs in hyacinths. 



