BOOKS. 



INDEX. 



SALTER. 



475 



Rooks, pied, ii. 77. 



Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 366. 



Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced 

 by, on the white Banksian rose, i. 396. 



Rosa indica and centifolia, fertile hybrids 

 of, i. 366. 



Rosa spinosissima, history of the culture 

 of, i. 367. 



Eosellini, on Egyptian dogs, i. 17. 



Eoses, i. 366-367 ; origin of, i. 364 ; bud- 

 variation in, i. 379-381 ; Scotch, doubled 

 by selection, ii. 200 ; continuous varia- 

 tion of, ii. 241 ; effect of seasonal con- 

 ditions on, ii. 273 ; noisette, ii. 308 ; 

 galls of, ii. 284. 



Eouennais rabbit, i. 105. 



Boulin, on the dogs of Juan Fernandez, 

 i. 27 ; on South American cats, i. 46 ; 

 striped young pigs, i. 77 ; feral pigs in 

 South America, i. 78, ii. 33 ; on Colum- 

 bian cattle, i. 88, ii. 205, 226 ; effects 

 of heat on the hides of cattle in South 

 America, i. 92 ; fleece of sheep in the 

 hot valleys of the Cordilleras, i. 98 ; 

 diminished fertility of these sheep, ii. 

 161 ; on black-boned South American 

 fowls, i. 258 ; variation of the guinea- 

 fowl in tropical America, i. 294 ; fre- 

 quency of striped legs in mules, ii. 42 ; 

 geese in Bogota, ii. 161; sterility of 

 fowls introduced into Bolivia, ii. 162. 



Eoy, M., on a variety of Magnolia gran- 

 diflora, ii. 308. 



Eoyle, Dr., Indian varieties of the mul- 

 berry, i. 334 ; on Agave vivipara, ii. 

 169 ; variety of rice not requiring irri- 

 gation, ii 305 ; sheep from the Cape in 

 India, ii. 306. 



Rubus, pollen of, ii. 268. 



Budimentary organs, i. 12, ii. 315-318. 



Bufz de Lavison, extinction of breeds of 

 dogs in France, ii. 425. 



Buminants, general fertility of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 1 50. 



Bumpless fowls, i. 230. 



Stints, i. 142-144; history of, i. 210; 

 lower jaws and skull figured, i. 164-165. 



Bussian or Himalayan rabbit, i. 108. 



Eutimeyer, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic 

 period, i. 19; horses of Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i. 49 ; diversity of early do- 

 mesticated horses, i. 51 ; pigs of the 

 Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 65, 67-68 ; on 

 humped cattle, i. 80 ; parentage of 

 European breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81, ii. 

 427 ; on " Niata " cattle, i. 89 ; sheep of 

 the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 94, ii. 427 ; 

 goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 

 101 ; absence of fowls in the Swiss 

 lake-dwellings, i. 246 ; on crossing 

 cattle, ii. 98 ; differences in the bones 

 of wild and domesticated animals, ii. 



279 ; decrease in size of wild European 

 animals, ii. 427. 

 Eye, wild, De Candolle's observations on, 

 i. 313 ; found in the Swiss lake-dwel- 

 lings, i. 3! 9; common, preferred by 

 hares and rabbits, ii. 232 ; less variable 

 than other cultivated plants, ii. 254. 



Sabine, Mr., on the cultivation of Rosa 

 spinosissima, i. 367 ; on the cultivation 

 of the dahlia, i. 369-370, ii. 261 ; effect 

 of foreign pollen on the seed-vessel in 

 Amaryllis vittata, i. 400. 



St. Ange, influence of the pelvis on the 

 shape of the kidneys in birds, ii. 344. 



St. Domingo, wild dogs of, i. 28 ; bud- 

 variation of dahlias in, i. 385. 



St. Hilaibe, Aug., milk furnished by 

 cows in South America, ii. 300 ; husked 

 form of maize, i. 320. 



St. John, C, feral cats in Scotland, i. 47 ; 

 taming of wild ducks, i. 278. 



St. Valery apple, singular structure of 

 the, i. 350 ; artificial fecundation of the, 

 i. 401. 



St. Vitus' Dance, period of appearance of, 

 ii. 77. 



Sageret, origin and varieties of the 

 cherry, i. 347-348; origin of varieties 

 of the apple, i. 350 ; incapacity of the 

 cucumber for crossing with other spe- 

 cies, i. 359 ; varieties of the melon, i. 

 360 ; supposed twin-mongrel melon, i. 

 391 ; crossing melons, ii. 108, 129 ; on 

 gourds, ii. 108 ; effects of selection 

 in enlarging fruit, ii. 217 ; on the ten- 

 dency to depart from type, ii. 241 ; varia- 

 tion of plants in particular soils, ii. 278. 



Salamander, experiments on the, ii. 293, 

 341 ; regeneration of lost parts in the, 

 ii. 15, 376, 385. 



Salamandra cristata, polydactylism in, ii. 

 14. 



Salisbury, Mr., on the production of 

 nectarines by peach-trees, i. 341 ; on 

 the dahlia, i. 369-370. 



Salix, intercrossing of species of, i. 336. 



Salix humilis, galls of, ii. 282, 283. 



Salle, feral guinea-fowl in St. Domingo, 

 i. 294. 



Salmon, early breeding of male, ii. 384. 



Salter, Mr., on bud-variation in pelar- 

 goniums, i. 378 ; in the Chrysan- 

 themum, i. 379 ; transmission of varie- 

 gated leaves by seed, i. 383; bud- 

 variation by suckers in Phlox, i. 384 ; 

 application of selection to bud-varieties 

 of plants, i. 411 ; accumulative effect 

 of changed conditions of life, ii. 262 ; 

 on the variegation of strawberry leaves, 

 ii. 274. 



Salter, S. J., hybrids of Gallus Sonneratii 



