PATERS0N. 



INDEX. 



PHALANGES. 



469 



Paterson, E., on the Arrindy silk-moth, 

 ii. 306. 



Paul, W., on the hyacinth, i. 370 ; 

 varieties of pelargoniums, i. 378 ; im- 

 provement of pelargoniums, ii. 216. 



Pavo cristatus and mutlcus, hybrids of, i. 

 290. 



Pavo nigripennis, i. 290-291. 



" Pavodotten-Taube," i. 141. 



Peach, i. 336-344 ; derived from the 

 almond, i. 337 ; stones of, figured, ibid. ; 

 contrasted with almonds, i. 338; double- 

 flowering, i. 338-339 343 ; hybrids of, 

 i. 339 ; persistency of races of, ibid. ; 

 trees producing nectarines, i. 340-341; 

 variation in, i. 342-343, ii. 256; bud- 

 variation in, i. 374; pendulous, ii. 18; 

 variation by selection in, ii. 218 ; pecu- 

 liar disease of the, ii. 228 ; glands on 

 the leaves of the, ii. 231 ; antiquity of 

 the, ii. 308 ; increased hardiness of the, 

 ibid. ; varieties of, adapted for forcing, 

 ii. 310; yellow-fleshed, liable to certain 

 diseases, ii. 336. 



Peach- almond, i. 338. 



Peafowl, origin of, i. 290 ; japanned or 

 black-shouldered, i. 290-291 ; feral, in 

 Jamaica, i. 190; comparative fertility 

 of, in wild and tame states, ii. 112, 268 ; 

 white, ii. 332. 



Pears, i. 350 ; bud-variation in, i. 376 ; 

 reversion in seedling, ii. 31 ; inferiority 

 of, in Pliny's time, ii. 215 ; winter 

 nelis, attacked by aphides, ii. 231 ; soft- 

 barked varieties of, attacked by wood- 

 boring beetles, ii. 231 ; origination of 

 good varieties of, in woods, ii. 260 ; Fo- 

 relle, resistance of, to frost, ii. 306. 



Peas, i. 326-330 ; origin of, 326 ; varieties 

 of, 326-329, found in Swiss lake-dwell- 

 ings, i. 317, 319, 326-329; fruit and 

 seeds figured, i. 328; persistency of 

 varieties, i. 329 : intercrossing of varie- 

 ties, i. 330, 397, ii. 129; effect of 

 crossing on the. female organs in, i. 

 398 ; double-flowered, ii. 168 ; maturity 

 of, accelerated by selection, ii. 201 ; 

 varieties of, produced by selection, ii. 

 218 ; thin-shelled, liable to the attacks 

 of birds, ii. 231 ; reversion of, by the 

 terminal seed in the pod, ii. 347. 



Peccary, breeding of the, in captivity, ii 

 150. J 



Pedigrees of horses, cattle, greyhounds 

 game-cocks, and pigs, ii. 3. 



Pegu, cats of, i. 47 ; horses of, i. 53. 



Pelargoniums, multiple origin of, i. 364 • 

 zones of, _ i. 366 ; bud-variation in, i! 

 378 ; variegation in, accompanied 'by 

 dwarfing, i. 384 ; pelorism in, ii. 167, 

 345 ; by reversion, ii. 59 ; advantage of 

 change of soil to, ii. 147 ; improvement 



of, by selection, ii. 216; scorching of, 

 ii. 229 ; numbers of, raised from seed, ii. 

 235 ; effects of conditions of life on, ii. 

 274 ; stove-variety of, ii. 311 ; correla- 

 tion of contracted leaves and flowers in 

 ii. 330-331. 



Pelargonium fulgidum., conditions of fer- 

 tility in, ii. 164. 



" Pelones," a Columbian breed of cattle, 

 i. 88. 



Peloric flowers, tendency of, to acquire 

 the normal form, ii. 70; fertility or 

 sterility of, ii. 166-167. 



Peloric races of Gloxinia speciosa and 

 Antirrhinum majus, i. 365. 



Pelorism, ii. 58-60, 345-346. 



Pelvis, characters of, in rabbits, i. 122- 

 123 ; in pigeons, i. 166 ; in fowls, i. 268 ; 

 in ducks, i. 284. 



Pembroke cattle, i. 81. 



Pendulous trees, i. 361, ii. 348 : uncer- 

 tainty of transmission of, ii. 18-19. 



Penguin ducks, i. 280, 282 ; hybrid of the, 

 with the Egyptian goose, i. 282. 



Pennant, production of wolf-like curs at 

 Fochabers, i. 37; on the Duke of 

 Queeusberry's wild cattle, i. 84. 



Pennisetum, seeds of, used as food in the 

 Punjab, i. 309. 



Pennisetum distichum, seeds of, used as 

 food in Central Africa, i. 308. 



Percival, Mr., on inheritance in horses, 

 ii. 10 ; on horn-like processes in horses, 

 i. 50. 



Perdix rubra, occasional fertility of, in 

 captivity, ii. 156. 



Period of action of causes of variability, 

 ii. 269. 



Periosteum of a dog, producing bone in 

 a rabbit, ii. 369. 



Periwinkle, sterility of, in England, ii. 

 170. 



Persia, estimation of pigeons in, i. 205 ; 

 carrier pigeon of, i. 141 ; tumbler 

 pigeon of, i. 150; cats of, i. 45-47; 

 sheep of, i, 94. 



Persica intermedia, i. 338. 



Persistence of colour in horses, i. 50 ; of 

 generic peculiarities, i. 111. 



Peru, antiquity of maize in, i. 320 ; pecu- 

 liar potato from, i. 331 ; selection of 

 wild animals practised by the Incas of, 

 ii. 207-208. 



" Perxjcken-Taube," i. 154. 



Petals, rudimentary, in cultivated plants, 

 ii. 316 ; producing pollen, ii. 392. 



Petunias, multiple origin of, i. 364 ; 

 double-flowered, ii. 167. 



" Pfauen-Taube," i. 146. 



Phacochwrus Africanus, i. 76. 



Phalxnopsis, pelorism in, ii. 346. 



Phalanges, deficiency of, ii. 73. 



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