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REYN1ER, 



INDEX. 



ROMANS 



characters derived from a previous cross 

 in man, dogs, pigeons, pigs, and fowls, 

 li. 34-35; in hybrids, ii. 36; by bud-pro- 

 pagation in plants, ii. 36-38 ; by age in 

 fowls, cattle, &c, ii. 38-39 : caused by 

 crossing, ii. 39-51 ; explained by latent 

 characters, ii. 51-56; producing mon- 

 strosities, ii. 57; producing peloric 

 flowers, ii. 58-60 ; of feral pigs to the 

 wild type, i. 77-78 ; of supposed feral 

 rabbits to the wild type, i. 104, 111, 

 115 ; of pigeons, in coloration, when 

 crossed, i. 197-202; in fowls, i. 239- 

 246; in the silkworm, i. 302; in the 

 pansy, i. 369 ; in a pelargonium, i. 378 ; 

 in Chrysanthemums, i. 379 ; of varie- 

 ties of the China rose in St. Domingo, 

 i. 380 ; by buds in pinks and carna- 

 tions, i. 381 ; of laciniated varieties of 

 trees to the normal form, i. 382; in 

 variegated leaves of plants, i. 383-384 ; 

 in tulips, i. 386; of suckers of the seed- 

 less barberry to the common form, i. 

 384 ; by buds in hybrids of Tropteolum, 

 i. 392 ; in plants, i. 409 ; of crossed 

 peloric snapdragons, ii. 71 ; analogous 

 variations due to, ii. 349-351. 

 Reynier, selection practised by the Celts, 

 ii. 202-203. 



Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in 

 India, ii. 150. 



Rhododendron, hybrid, ii. 265. 

 Rhododendron ciliatum, ii. 277. 

 Rhododendron Dalhoasise, effect of pollen 



of R. Nuttallii upon, i. 400. 

 Rhubarb, not medicinal when grown in 



England, ii. 274. 

 R'tbes grossularia, i. 354-356, 376. 

 Ribes rubrum, i. 376. 

 Ribs, number and characters of, in fowls, 



i. 267 ; characters of, in ducks, i. 283- 



284. 



Rice, Imperial, of China, ii. 205 ; Indian 

 varieties of, ii. 256 ; variety of, not re- 

 quiring water, ii. 305. 



Richardson, H. D., on jaw-appendages in 

 Irish pigs, i. 76 ; management of pigs 

 in China, i. 68 ; occurrence of striped 

 young in Westphalian pigs, i. 76 ; on 

 crossing pigs, ii. 95 ; on interbreeding 

 pigs, ii. 122 ; on selection in pigs, ii. 

 194. 



Richardson, Sir John, observations on 

 the resemblance between North Ame- 

 rican dogs and wolves, i. 21-22 ; on the 

 burrowing of wolves, i. 27 ; on the 

 broad feet of dogs, wolves, and foxes in 

 North America, i. 40 ; on North Ame- 

 rican horses scraping away the snow, i. 

 53. 



Ricinus, annual in England, ii. 305. 

 Riedel, on the " Bagadotte " pigeon, i. 



141; on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154; 

 fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192. 

 Rinderpest, ii. 378. 



Risso, on varieties of the orange, i. 336 

 ii. 308, 331. 



Rivers, Lord, on the selection of <>;rey- 

 hounds, ii. 235. 



Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters in 

 seedling potatoes, i. 331 ; on the peach, 

 i. 338, 339 ; persistency of races in the 

 peach and nectarine, if 339, 340 ; con- 

 nexion between the peach and the nec- 

 tarine, i. 340 ; persistency of character 

 m seedling apricots, i. 344 ; origin of 

 the plum, i. 345 ; seedling varieties of 

 the plum, i. 346 ; persistency of cha- 

 racter in seedling plums, i. 347 ; bud- 

 variation in the plum, i. 375; plum, 

 attacked by bullfinches, ii. 232 ; seed- 

 ling apples with surface-roots, i. 349 ; 

 variety of the apple found in a wood, 

 ii. 260 ; on roses, i. 366-367 ; bud-varia- 

 tion in roses, i. 379-381 ; production of 

 Provence roses from seeds of the moss- 

 rose, i. 380 ; effect produced by grafting 

 on the stock in jessamine, i. 394 ; in 

 the ash, i. 394 ; on grafted hazels, i. 

 395 ; hybridisation of a weeping thorn, 

 ii. 18 ; experiments with the seed of 

 the weeping elm and ash, ii. 19 ; va- 

 riety of the cherry with curled petals, 

 ii. 232. 



Riviere, reproduction of Oncidium Ca- 

 vendish! anum* ii. 133. 



Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the hor^e, 



ii. 10. 

 Robertson, Mr., on 



peaches, i. 343. 

 Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 301-304, ii. 



197. 

 Robinia, ii. 274. 



Robson, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred 



horses, ii. 11. 

 Robson, Mr., on the advantage of change 



of soil to plants, ii. 146-147 ; on the 



growth of the verbena, ii. 273; on 



broccoli, ii. 310. 



Rock pigeon, measurements of the, i. 134 ; 



figured, i. 135. 

 Rodents, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 152. 



glandular-leaved 



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5. 



Rodriguezia, ii. 134, 



Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by mil- 

 dewed tares, ii. 337. 



Rohilcund, feral humped cattle in, i. 79. 



Rolle, F., on the history of the peach, ii. 

 308. 



Roller-pigeons, Dutch, i. 151. 



Rolleston, Prof., incisor teeth affected 

 in form in cases of pulmonary tubercle, 



ii. 332. 

 Romans^ estimation of pigeons by, i. 205 ; 

 breeds of fowls possessed by, i. 231, 247. 





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