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DAMSON. 



INDEX. 



DEVELOPMENT. 





Damson, i. 347. 



Dandolo, Count, on silkworms, i. 301. 

 Daniell, fertility of English dogs in 

 Sierra Leone, ii. 161. 



Danish Middens, remains of dogs in, i. 18. 

 Dappling in horses, asses, and hybrids, 

 i. 55. 



Dareste, C, on the skull of the Polish 

 fowl, i. 262 ; on the production of mon- 

 strous chickens, ii. 289 ; co-existence of 

 anomalies, ii. 331 ; production of double 

 monsters, ii. 340. 



Darvill, Mr., heredity of good qualities 



in horses, ii. 11. 

 Darwin, C, on Lepus magellanicus, i. 112 ; 



on the wild potato, i. 330 ; dimorphism 



in the polyanthus and primrose, ii. 21. 

 Darwin, Dr., improvement of vegetables 



by selection, ii. 204. 



Darwin, Sir F., wildness of crossed pigs, 

 n. 45. 



D'Asso, monogynous condition of the 

 hawthorn in Spain, i. 364. 



Dasyprocta aguti, ii. 152. 



Date-palm, varieties of the, ii. 256 ; effect 

 of pollen of, upon the fruit of Chamse- 

 rops, i. 299. 



Datura, ii. 38 ; variability in, ii. 266. 



Datura Isevis and stramonium, reversion 

 in hybrids of, i. 392. 



Datura stramonium, ii. 67. 



Daijbenton, variations in the number of 

 mammse in dogs, i. 35 ; proportions of 

 intestines in wild and domestic cats, i. 

 48, ii. 302. 



Daudin, on white rabbits, ii. 230. 



Davy, Dr., on sheep in the West Indies, i. 98. 



Dawkins and Sandford, early domestica- 

 tion of Bos longifrons in Britain, i. 81. 



Deaf-mutes, non-heredity of, ii. 22. 



Deafness, inheritance of, ii. 78. 



Deby, wild hybrids of common and musk 



ducks, ii. 46. 

 De Oandolle, Alph., number and origin 



of cultivated plants, i. ^ 306-307, 371 ; 

 regions which have furnished no useful 

 plants, i. 310-; wild wheat, i. 312-313 ; 

 wild rye and oats, i. 313 ; antiquity of 

 varieties of wheat, i. 316 ; apparent in- 

 efficacy of selection in wheat, i. 318 ; 

 origin and cultivation of maize, i. 320, ii. 

 307 ; colours of seeds of maize, i. 321 ; 

 varieties and origin of the cabbage, i. 

 324-325 ; origin of the garden-pea, i. 

 326 ; on the vine, i. 332, ii. 308 ; culti- 

 vated species of the orange group, i. 

 335; probable Chinese origin of the 

 peach, i. 337 ; on the peach and necta- 

 rine, i. 340, 342 ; varieties of the peach, 

 i. 342 ; origin of the apricot, i. 344 ; 

 origin and varieties of the plum, i. 345 ; 

 origin of the cherry, i. 347 ; varieties 



of the gooseberry, i. 354 ; selection 

 practised with forest-trees, i. 361 ; wild 

 fastigate oak, i. 361 ; dark-leaved va- 

 rieties of trees, i. 362; conversion of 

 stamens into pistils in the poppy, i. 

 365 ; variegated foliage, i. 366 ; heredity 

 of white hyacinths, i. 371, ii. 20; changes 

 in oaks dependent on age, i. 387 ; inhe- 

 ritance of anomalous characters, ii. 19 ; 

 variation of plants in their native coun- 

 tries, ii. 256 ; deciduous bushes becom- 

 ing^ evergreen in hot climates, ii. 305 ; 

 antiquity of races of plants, ii. 429. 

 De Oandolle, P., non-variability of mono- 

 typic genera, ii. 266 ; relative develop- 

 ment of root and seed in Bapluuius 

 sativus, ii. 343. 



Decaisne, on the cultivation of the wild 

 carrot, i. 326 ; varieties of the pear, i. 

 350 ; inter-crossing of strawberries, i. 

 351 ; fruit of the apple, i. 401 ; sterility 



of Lysimaclda nummularis ii. 170 ; 



tender variety of the peach, ii. 308. 

 Deer, assumption of horns by female, ii. 



51 ; imperfect development of horns in 



a, on a voyage, ii. 158. 



Deer, fallow, ii. 103. 



Deeriiol t nd, Scotch, difference in size of 



the sexes of, ii. 73 ; deterioration of, ii. 

 121. 



Degeneration of high-bred races, under 

 neglect, ii. 239. 



De Jonghe, J., on strawberries, i. 352, ii. 

 243 ; soft-barked pears, ii. 231 ; on ac- 

 cumulative variation, ii. 262 ; resistance 

 of blossoms to frost, ii. 306. 



Delamer, E. S., on rabbits, i. 107, 112. 



Delphinium ajacis, ii. 21. 



Delphinium consolida, ii. 20-21. 



Dendrocygna viduaia, ii. 157. 



Dentition, variations of, in the horse, i. 

 50. 



Deodar, i. 364. 



Desmarest, distribution of white on dogs, 

 i. 29 ; cat from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 i. 47 ; cats of Madagascar, i. 47 ; oc- 

 currence of striped young in Turkish 

 pigs, i. 76 ; French breeds of cattle, i. 

 80 ; horns of goats, i. 102 ; on hornless 

 goats, ii. 315. 



Desor, E., on the Anglo-Saxon race in 



America, ii. 276. 

 Desportes, number of varieties of roses, i. 



367. 

 Devay, Dr., singular case of albinism, ii. 



17 ; on the marriage of cousins, ii. 122 ; 



on the effects of close interbreeding, ii. 



143,263. 

 Development and metamorphosis, ii. 388- 



389. 

 Development, arrests of, ii. 315-318. 

 Development, embryonic, ii. 36G-368. 



