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INDEX. 



LUIZET. 



Linum, ii. 165. 



Lion, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 150, 



151. 



Lip art, feral rabbits of, i. 113. 



Livingstone, Dr., striped young pigs on 

 the Zambesi, i. 77 ; domestic rabbits at 

 Loan da, i. 112 ; use of grass-seeds as 

 food in Africa, i. 308 ; planting of fruit- 

 trees by the Batokas, i. 309 ; character 

 of half-castes, ii. 46 ; taming of animals 

 among the Barotse, ii. 160 ; selection 

 practised in South Africa, ii. 207, 209. 



Livingstone, Mr., disuse a cause of droop- 

 ing ears, ii. 301. 



Lizards, reproduction of tail in, ii. 294 ; 

 with a double tail, ii. 341. 



Llama, selection of, ii. 208. 



Lloyd, Mr., taming of the wolf, i. 26; 

 English dogs in northern Europe, i. 36 ; 

 fertility of the goose increased by do- 

 mestication, i. 288; number of eggs 

 laid by the wild goose, ii. 112 ; breed- 

 ing of the capercailzie in captivity, ii. 

 156. 



Loanda, domestic rabbits at, i. 112. 



Loasa, hybrid of two species of, ii. 98. 



Lobelia, reversion in hybrids of, ii. 392 ; 

 contabescence in, ii. 166. 



Lobelia fulgens, cardinalis, and syphili- 

 tica, ii. 136. 



Lockhaet, Dr., on Chinese pigeons, i. 

 206. 



Locust-tree, ii. 274. 



Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, originals of 

 cultivated plants, i. 307 ; Mongolian 

 varieties of wheat, i. 313 ; characters 

 of the ear in wheat, i. 314 ; acclimatisa- 

 tion of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315 : 

 effect of change of climate on wheat, i. 

 316 ; on the supposed necessity of the 

 coincident variation of weeds and cul- 

 tivated plants, i. 317 ; advantage of 

 change of soil to plants, ii. 146. 



Lolium temulentum, variable presence of 

 barbs in, i. 314. 



Long-tailed sheep, i. 94, 95. 



Loochoo islands, horses of, i. 53. 



Lord, J. K., on Canis latrans, i. 22. 



" Lori rajah," how produced, ii. 280. 



Tjorius garrulus, ii. 280. 



" Lot an/' tumbler pigeon, i. 150. 



Loudon, J. W., varieties of the carrot, i. 

 326 ; short duration of varieties of peas, 

 i. 329 ; on the glands of peach-leaves, i. 

 343; presence of bloom on Kussian 

 apples, i. 349 ; origin of varieties of the 

 apple, i. 350; varieties of the goose- 

 berry, i. 354 ; on the nut tree, i. 357 ; 

 varieties of the ash, i. 360; fastigate 

 juniper (J. suecica), i. 361; on Ilex 

 aquifolium ferox, i. 362; varieties of 

 the Scotch fir, i. 363 ; varieties of the 



hawthorn, ibid ; variation in the per- 

 sistency of leaves on the elm and Turk- 

 ish oak, i. 363; importance of culti- 

 vated varieties, ibid. ; varieties of Ilosa 

 spinosissima, i. 367; variation of dah- 

 lias from the same seed, i. 370 ; pro- 

 duction of Provence roses from seeds of 

 the moss rose, i. 380 ; effect of grafting 

 the purple-leaved upon the common 

 hazel, i. 395 ; nearly evergreen Cornish 

 variety of the elm, ii, 310. 

 Low, G., on the pigs of the Orkney 

 islands, i. 70. 



Low, Prof., pedigrees of greyhounds, ii. 3 ; 

 origin of the dog, i. 1 ; burrowing in- 

 stinct of a half-bred Dingo, i. 28; 

 inheritance of qualities in horses, i. 

 51; comparative powers of English 

 race-horses, Arabs, &e., i. 54; British 

 breeds of cattle, ' i. 80 ; wild cattle of 

 Chartley, i. 84; effect of abundance 

 of food on the size of cattle, i. 91 ; effects 

 of climate on the skin of cattle, i. 92, ii 

 326; on interbreeding, ii. 116; selec- 

 tion in Hereford cattle, ii. 214 ; forma- 

 tion of new breeds, ii. 244; on "sheet- 

 ed " cattle, ii. 349. 



Lowe, Mr., on hive bees, i. 299. 



Lowe, Kev. Mr., on the range of Pyrus 

 malus and P. acerba, i. 348. 



" Lowtan " tumbler pigeon, i, 150. 



Loxia pyrrlmla, ii. 154. 



Lubbock, Sir J., developments of the 

 EphemeridsB, ii. 366. 



Lucas, P., effects of cross-breeding on the 

 female, i. 404; hereditary diseases, ii. 

 7, 78-79 ; hereditary affections of the 

 eye, ii. 9-10 ; inheritance of anomalies 

 in the human eye and in that of the 

 horse, ii. 10, 11 ; inheritance of poly- 

 clactylism, ii. 13 ; morbid uniformity in 

 the same family, ii. 17 ; inheritance of 

 mutilations, ii. 23 ; persistency of cross- 

 reversion, ii. 35 ; persistency of charac- 

 ter in breeds of animals in wild 

 countries, ii. 64 ; prepotency of trans- 

 mission, ii. 65, 68; supposed rules of 

 transmission in crossing animals, ii. 68 ; 

 sexual limitations of transmission of 

 peculiarities, ii. 72-73; absorption of 

 the minority in crossed races, ii. 88; 

 crosses without blending of certain char- 

 acters, ii. 92 ; on interbreeding, ii. 116; 

 variability dependent on reproduction, 

 ii. 250 ; period of action of variability, ii. 

 260 ; inheritance of deafness in cats, 

 ii. 329 ; complexion and constitution, ii. 

 335. 

 Lucaze-Dl Thiers, structure and growth 



of galls, ii. 282-284. 

 Luizet, grafting of a peach-almond on a 



peach, i. 338. 



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