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KIDNEYS. 



INDEX. 



LA XTON 



Kidneys, compensatory development of 



the, ii. 300 ; fusion of the, ii. 341 ; 



shape of, in birds, influenced by the 



form of the pelvis, ii. 344. 

 King, Col., domestication of rock doves 



from the Orkneys, i. 184, 185. 

 King, P. S., on the Dingo, i. 21, 28. 

 Kirby and Spence, on the growth of 



galls, ii. 283. 



Kieghisian sheep, i. 98. 

 Kite, breeding in captivity, ii. 154. 

 Kleine, variability of bees, i. 298. 

 Knight, Andrew, on crossing horses of 

 different breeds, i. 51 ; crossing varie- 

 ties of peas, i. 326, ii. 129 ; persistency 

 • of varieties of peas, i. 329 ; origin of 

 the peach, i. 338 ; hybridisation of the 

 morello by the Elton cherry, i. 347 ; on 

 seedling cherries, ibid. ; variety of the 

 apple not attacked by coccus, i. 349 ; 

 intercrossing of strawberries, i, 35L 

 352 ; broad variety of the cock's comb, 

 i. 365 ; bud variation in the cherry and 

 plum, i. 375; crossing of white and 

 purple grapes, i. 393 ; experiments in 

 crossing apples, i. 402, ii. 129 ; heredi- 

 tary disease in plants, ii. 11 ; on inter- 

 breeding, ii. 116; crossed varieties of 

 wheat, ii. 130 ; necessity of intercross- 

 ing in plants, ii. 175 ; on variation, ii. 

 256, 257 ; effects of grafting, i. 387, ii. 

 278 ; bud-variation in a plum, ii. 289 ; 

 compulsory flowering of early potatoes', 

 n. 343; correlated variation of head 

 and limbs, ii. 323. 



Knox, Mr., breeding of the eagle owl in 

 __ captivity, ii. 154. 



Koch, degeneracy in the turnip, i. 325. 

 Kohlrabi, i. 323. 



Kolreuter, reversion in hybrids, i. 392, 

 ii. 36; acquired sterility of crossed 

 varieties of plants, i. 358, ii. 101 ; ab- 

 sorption of MirdbMs vulgaris by M 

 longiflora, ii. 88 ; crosses of species of 

 Verbascum, ii. 93, 107; on the holly- 

 hock, ii. 107; crossing varieties of 

 tobacco, ii. 108; benefits of crossing- 

 plants, ii. 130, 131, 175-176; self- 

 impotence in Verbascum, ii. 136, 141 ; 

 effects of conditions of growth upon 

 fertility in Mirabilis, ii. 164; great de- 

 velopment of tubers in hybrid plants, 

 ii. 172 ; inheritance of plasticity ii' 



7j} ' .variability of hybrids of Mira- 

 bilis, ii. 265 ; repeated crossing a cause 

 of variation, ii . 267-268 ; number of 



pollen-grains necessary for fertilization, 

 ii. 363. 



" Krauseschwein," i. 67. 



Kkohn, on the double reproduction of 

 Medusas, ii. 384. 



' ' Keopf-T auben, " i . 1 37. 





Labat, on the tusks of feral boars in the 

 West Indies, i. 77; on French wheat 

 grown in the West Indies, ii. 307 ; on 

 the culture of the vine in the West 

 Indies, ii. 308. 



Laburnum, Adam's, see Cythus A dami ; 

 oak-leaved, reversion of, i. 382 ; pelorism 

 in the, ii. 346 ; Waterers, i. 390. 



Lachmann, on gemmation and fission, ii. 

 358. 



Lachnanthes tinctoria, ii. 227, 336. 

 Lactation, imperfect, hereditary, ii. 8; 



deficient, of wild animals in captivitv' 

 ii. 158. J ' 



Ladrone islands, cattle of, i. 86. 

 Laing. Mr., resemblance of Norwegian 

 and Devonshire cattle, i. 82. 



Lake-dwellings, sheep of, i. 94, ii. 427 • 



cattle of, ii. 427 ; absence of the fowl 



m, i. 246 ; cultivated plants of, i. 309 



ii. 427, 429; cereals of, i. 317-319- 



peas found in, i. 326 ; beans found in, i! 

 330. 



Lamare-Piquot, observations on half-bred 



North American wolves, i. 22. 

 Lambert, A. B., on Thuja pendula or 



filiformis, i. 362. 

 Lambert family, ii. 4, 76. 

 Lambeetye on strawberries, i. 351, 352; 



five-leaved variety of Fragaria collina, 



i. 353. 



Landt, L., on sheep in the Faroe islands, 

 ii. 103. 



La Plata, wild dogs of, i. 27 ; feral cat 



from, i. 47. 

 Larch, ii. 31 0. 



Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for 



the full fecundation of, ii. 21. 

 Larus argentatus, ii. 157. 

 Larus tridactylus, ii. 302. 



Lasterye, merino sheep in different 



countries, i. 99. 

 Latent characters, ii. 51-56. 

 Latham, on the fowl not breeding in the 



extreme north, ii. 161. 

 Lathyrus, ii. 38. 

 Lathyrus aphaca, ii. 343. 

 Lathyrus odoratus, ii. 20, 91, 93, 311, 393. 

 La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple 



with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393. 

 " Latz-Taube," i. 154. 

 Laugher pigeon, i. 155, 207. 



Laurus sassafras, ii. 274. 



Lawrence. J., production of a new breed 

 of fox-hounds, i. 40; occurrence of 

 canines in mares, i. 50; on ihree-parts- 

 bred horses, i. 54; on inheritance in 

 the horse, ii. 10-11. 



Lawson, Mr., varieties of the pofato, i. 

 330. 



Laxton, Mr., bud-variation in the 

 srooseberrv. i. 376: crcstintr of varieties 





