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VITIS. 



INDEX. 



WHEAT. 



■ in amphibious animals, ii. 223 ; varie- 

 ties of, ii. 300 ; affections of organs of, 

 correlated with other peculiarities, ii. 

 328. 

 Vitis vinifera, i. 332-334, 375. 



Viverra, sterility of species of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 151. 



Vogel, varieties of the date palm, ii. 256. 



Vogt, on the indications of stripes on 

 black kittens, ii. 55. 



Voice, differences of, in fowls, i. 259; 

 peculiarities of, in ducks, i. 281 ; inherit- 

 ance of peculiarities of, ii. 6. 



Volz, on the history of the dog, i. 16; 

 ancient history of the fowl, i. 246 ; 

 domestic ducks unknown to Aristotle, i. 

 277 ; Indian cattle sent to Macedonia 

 by Alexander, ii. 202 ; mention of 

 mules in the Bible, ii. 202 ; history of 

 the increase of breeds, ii. 244. 



Von Berg on Verbascum plioeniceum, ii. 

 305. 



Voorhelm, G., his knowledge of hya- 

 cinths, i. 371, ii. 251. 



Vrolik, Prof., on polydactylism, ii. 12 ; on 

 double monsters, ii. 340; influence of 

 the shape of the mother's pelvis on her 

 child's head, ii. 344. 



Waders, behaviour of, in confinement, ii. 



156. 

 Wahlenberg, on the propagation of 



Alpine plants by buds, runners, bulbs, 



&c, ii. 169. 



" Wahlverwandtschaft " of Gartner, ii. 

 180. 



Wales, white cattle of, in the 10th cen- 

 tury, i. 85. 



Walker, A., on intermarriage, i. 404 ; on 

 the inheritance of polydactylism, ii. 13. 



Walker, D., advantage of change of soil 

 to wheat, ii. 146. 



Wallace, A. E., on a striped Javanese 

 horse, i. 59 ; on the conditions of life 

 of feral animals, ii. 32 ; artificial altera- 

 tion of the plumage of birds, ii. 280 ; 

 on polymorphic butterflies, ii. 399-400 ; 

 on reversion, ii. 415 ; on the limit of 



change, ii. 417. 

 Wallace, Dr., on the sterility of Sphin- 



gidse hatched in autumn, ii. 158. 

 Wallachian sheep, sexual peculiarities 



in the horns of, i. 96. 

 Wallflower, bud-variation in, i. 382. 

 Wallich, Dr., on Thuja pendula or fili- 



formis, i. 362. 



Walnuts, i. 356-357; thin-shelled, at- 

 tacked by tomtits, ii. 231 ; grafting of, 

 ii. 259. 



Walsh, B. D., on galls, ii. 282, 283 ; his 

 "Law of equable variability," ii. 351- 

 352. 



Walther, F. L., on the history of the 



dog, i. 16; on the intercrossing of the 



zebu and ordinary cattle, i. 83. 



Waring, Mr., on individual sterility, ii 

 162. 



Wart hog, i. 76. 



Waterer, Mr., spontaneous production of 

 Gytisus alpino-laburnum, i. 390. 



Water melon, i. 357. 



Waterholse, 6. E., on the winter-colour- 

 ing of Lepus variabilis, i. 111. 



Waterton, C, production of tailless foals, 



i. 53 ; on taming wild ducks, i. 278 ; 



on the wildness of half-bred wild ducks, 



ii. 45 ; assumption of male characters 

 by a hen, ii. 51. 



Watson^ Ii. C, on British wild fruit- 

 trees, i. 312; on the non-variation of 

 weeds, i. 317 ; origin of the plum, i. 345 ; 

 variation in Pyrus mains, i. 348; on 

 Viola amoena and tricolor, i. 368 ; on 

 reversion in Scotch kail, ii. 32 ; fertility 

 of Draba sylvestris when cultivated, ii. 

 163; on generally distributed British 

 plants, ii. 285. 



Wattles, rudimentary, in some fowls, ii. 

 315. 



Watts, Miss, on Sultan fowls, i. 228. 

 Webb, James, interbreeding of sheep, ii. 

 120. 



Weber, effect of the shape of the mother's 

 pelvis on her child's head, ii. 344. 



Weeds, supposed necessity for their modi- 

 fication, coincidently with cultivated 

 plants, i. 317. 



Weeping varieties of trees, i. 361. 



Weeping habit of trees, capricious inheri- 

 tance of, ii. 18-19. 



Weevil, injury done to stone-fruit by, in 

 North America, ii. 231. 



Welsh cattle, descended from Bos longi- 

 frons, i. 81. 



West Indies, feral pigs of, i. 77 ; effect of 



climate of, upon sheep, i. 98. 

 Western, Lord, change effected by, in 



the sheep, ii. 198. 

 Westphalia, striped young pigs in, i. 76. 

 West wood, J. O., on peloric flowers of 



Calceolaria, ii. 346. 

 Whately, Archbishop, on grafting early 



and late thorns, i. 363. 

 Wheat, specific unity or diversity of, i. 



312-313,316-317; Hasora, i. 313 ; pre- 

 sence or absence of barbs in, i. 314 ; 

 Godron on variations in, ibid. ; varie- 

 ties of, i. 314-315 ; effects of soil and 

 climate on, i. 316 ; deterioration of, 

 ibid. ; crossing of varieties of, ibid., ii. 

 96, 104-105, 130; in the Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i. 317-319 ; selection applied 

 to, i. 318, ii. 200; increased fertility of 

 hybrids of, with JEgihps, ii. 110; ad- 



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