INDEX. 



463 



Labat, on the tusks of feral boars in 



the West Indies, i. 180 ; on French 



wheat grown in the West Indies, ii. 



297 ; on the culture of the vine in 



the West Indies, ii. 298. 

 Laburnum, Adam's, see Cytis'is adami; 



oak-leaved, reversion of, i. 408 ; pelo- 



rism in the, ii. 338; Waterer's, i. 416. 

 Lachmann, on gemmation and fission, 



ii. 351. 

 Lachnanthes tinctoria, ii. 212, 330. 

 Lactation, imperfect, hereditary, i. 



452 ; deficient, of wild animals in 



captivity, ii. 142. 

 Ladrone Islands, cattle of, i. 89. 

 La Gasca, Prof, individual variation in 



wheat, i. 332. 

 Laing, Mr., resemblance of Norwegian 



and Devonshire cattle, i. 85. 

 Lake-dwellings, sheep of, i. 98, ii. 



423 ; cattle of, ibid. ; absence of 



the fowl in, i. 258 ; cultivated plants 



of i. 337, ii. 423, 424 ; cereals of, i. 



335-337 ; peas found in, i. 345 ; 



beans found in, i. 349. 

 Lamare-piquot, observations on half- 

 bred North American wolves, i. 22. 

 Lambert, A. B., on Thuja pendula or 



fliformis, i. 386. 

 Lambert family, i. 448, ii. 53. 

 Lambertye, on strawberries, i. 373, 



374 ; five-leaved variety of Fragaria 



col Una, i. 375. 

 Landt, L., on sheep in the Faroe 



Islands, ii. 81. 

 Lankester, Ray, on longevity, ii. 376. 

 La Plata, wild dogs of, i. 28; feral 



cat from, i. 49. 

 Larch, ii. 301. 

 Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for 



the full fecundation of, i. 464. 

 Larus argentatus, ii. 141, 292. 

 Larus tridactylus, ii. 292. 

 Lasterye, merino sheep in different 



countries, i. 103. 

 Latent characters, ii. 25-31. 

 Latham, on the fowl not breeding in 



the extreme north, ii. 144. 

 Lathyrus, ii. 11. 

 Lathyrus aphaca, ii. 335. 

 lathyrus odoratus, i. 426, 463, ii. 68, 71, 



302, 

 La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple 



with dimidiate fruit, i. 425, 426. 



" Latz-Taube," i. 162. 



Laugher pigeon, i. 163, 217. 



Laurus sassafras, ii. 264. 



Lawrence, J., production of a new 

 breed of foxhounds, i. 42 ; occurrence 

 of canines in mares, i. 52 ; on three- 

 parts-bred horses, i. 57 ; on inheri- 

 tance in the horse, i. 454, 455. 



Lawson, Mr., varieties of the potato, i. 

 350. 



Laxton, Mr., bud-variation in th? 

 gooseberry, i. 4U0; crossing of 

 varieties of the pea, i. 428, 429 ; 

 weakness of transmission in peas, ii. 

 42; double-flowered peas, ii. 152. 



Layard, E. L., resemblance of a CafFre 

 dog to the Esquimaux breed, i. 26, ii„ 

 276 ; crossing of the domestic cat 

 with Fells caffra, i. 46 ; feral pigeons 

 in Ascension, i. 200 ; domestic pigeons 

 of Ceylon, i. 215; on Gallus Stanley i, 

 i. 246 ; on black-skinned Ceylonese 

 fowls, i. 269. 



Le Compte family, blindness inherited 

 in, ii. 54. 



Lecoq, bud-variation in Mirabilisjalapa, 

 i. 407 ; hybrids of Mirabilis, i. 426, 

 ii. 153, 253 ; crossing in plants, ii. 

 108; fecundation of Passiflora, ii. 118 ; 

 hybrid Gladiolus, ii. 121 ; sterility of 

 Panunculus ficaria, ii. L54 ; villosity in 

 plants, ii. 267 ; double asters, ii. 307. 



Le Coutetxr, J., varieties of wheat, i. 

 331-334; acclimatisation of exotic 

 wheat in Europe, i. 333 ; adaptation 

 of wheat to soil and climate, ibid. ; 

 selection of seed-corn, i. 335 ; evil from 

 inter-breeding, ii. 101 ; on change of 

 soil, ii. 129; selection of wheat, ii. 

 184 ; natural selection in wheat, ii. 

 218 ; cattle of Jersey, ii. 220. 



Ledger, Mr., on the llama and alpaca, 

 ii. 193. 



Lee, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, 

 i. 391. 



Leersia oryzoides, ii. 69. 



Lefour, period of gestation in cattle, i. 

 90. 



Legrain, falsified experiments of, ii.100 



Legs, of fowls, effects of disuse on, i. 

 284-287 ; characters and variations 

 of, in ducks, ii. 299-302. 



Leguat, cattle of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, i. 91. 



