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HUTTON. 



INDEX. 



INHERITANCE. 



ii. 100 ; consanguineous marriages, 

 103. 



Hutton, Capt., on the variability of 

 the silk moth, i. 320 ; on the number 

 of species of silkworms, i. 316; 

 markings of silkworms, i. 318; do- 

 mestication of the rock-pigeon in 

 India, i. 194; domestication and 

 crossing of G alius bankiva, i. 248 ; 

 rerersion in goats from a cross, ii. 

 19. 



Hutchinson, Col., liability of dogs to 

 distemper, i. 37. 



Huxlkt, Prof., on the transmission of 

 polydactylism, i. 457 ; on unconscious 

 selection, ii. 178 ; on correlation in 

 the mollusca, ii. 312 ; on gemmation 

 and fission, ii. 351 ; development of 

 star-fishes, ii. 362. 



Hyacinths, i. 394-396 : bud-variation 

 in. i. 411 ; graft-hybrid by union of 

 half bulbs of, i. 419 ; white, repro- 

 duced by seed, i. 463; red, ii. 215, 

 330 ; varieties of, recognisable bv 

 the bulb, ii. 238. 



Hyacinth, feather, ii. 169, 306. 



Hyacinthus orientals, i. 394. 



Hybiscus syriacus, ii. 277. 



Hybrids, of hare and rabbit, i. 109 ; 

 of various species of Ga'lus, i. 245- 

 248 ; of almond, peach, and nectarine, 

 i. 359 ; naturally produced, of species 

 of Cytistts, i. 41o ; from twin-seed of 

 Fuchsia coccinea and ful tens, i. 426; 

 reversion of, i. 425, 426, ii. 9. 22-24 ; 

 from mare, ass, and zebra, ii. 16 ; of 

 tame animals, wildness of, ii. 19, 20; 

 female instincts of sterile male, ii. 

 27 ; transmission and blending of 

 characters in, ii. 69-73 ; breed better 

 with parent, species than with each 

 other, ii. 112; self-impotence in, ii. 

 119-121; readily produced in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 133. 



Hybridisation, singular effects of. in 

 oranges, i. 357 ; of cherries, i. 369 ; 

 difficulty of, in Cucuroita, i. 381 ; 

 of roses, i. 390. 



Hybridism, ii. 162-165; the cause of 

 a tendency to double flowers, ii. 156 ; 

 in relation to Pangenesis, ii. 381. 



Hybridity in cats, i. 46, 47 ; supposed, 

 of peach and nectarine, i. 363. 



Hydra, i. 398, ii. 283, 352. 



Hydrangea, colour of flowers of, in- 

 fluenced by alum, ii. 267. 

 Hydrocele, ii. 27. 

 Hydrocephalus, ii. 285. 

 Hypericum calycinum, ii. 1 54. 

 Hypericum crispum, ii. 212, 331. 

 Hypermetamorphosis, ii. 363. 

 Hypermetropia, hereditary, i. 452. 



Ichthyopterygia, number of digits 

 in the, ii. 16. 



Hex aqui folium, i. 462. 



Imagination, supposed effect of, on 

 offspring, ii. 251. 



Ima.tophyllum miniatum, bud-variation 

 in, i. 411. 



Incest, abhorred by savages, ii. 103. 



Incubation, by crossed fowls of non- 

 sitting varieties, ii. 18. 



India, striped horses of, i. 61 ; pigs of, 

 i. 69, 80 ; breeding of rabbits in, i. 

 116; cultivation of pigeons in, i. 

 215. 



Individual variabilitv in pigeons, i 

 166-168. 



Ingledew, Mr., cultivation of Euro- 

 pean vegetables in India, ii. 153. 



"Indtsche Taube," i. 151. 



Inheritance, i. 445-473, ii. 366-369, 

 396 ; doubts entertained of, by 

 some writers, i. 446 ; importance of, 

 to breeders, i. 446, 447 ; evidence of, 

 derived from statistics of chances, i. 

 449 ; of peculiarities in man, i. 449- 

 451, 457-460 ; of disease, i. 451, 452, 

 460 ; of peculiarities in the eye, i. 452- 

 454 ; of deviations from symmetry, 

 i. 457 ; of polydactylism, i. 457-460 ; 

 capriciousness of, i. 460-465 ; of muti- 

 lations, i. 466; of congenital monstro- 

 sities, ibid.; causes of absence of, i. 467- 

 472 ; by reversion or atavism, ii. 1- 

 36 ; its connection with fixedness of 

 character, ii. 37-39 ; affected by pre- 

 potency of transmission of character, 

 ii. 40-47 ; limited by sex, ii. 47-51 ; at 

 corresponding periods of life, ii. 51— 

 57 ; summary of the subject of, ii. 57- 

 61 ; laws of, the same in seminal and 

 bud varieties, i. 442 ; of characters 

 in the horse, i. 53 ; in cattle, i. 90 ; 

 in rabbits, i. Ill ; in the peach, i. 360 ; 

 in the nectarine, ibid.; in plums, i. 

 368; in apples, i. 372; in pears. 



