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INDEX. 



PHLOX. 



152; maturity of, accelerated by 

 selection, ii. 185 ; varieties of, pro- 

 duced by selection, ii. 203 ; thii*- 

 sheiled, liable to the attacks of birds, 

 ii. 216 ; reversion of, by the terminal 

 seed in the pod, ii. 339. 



Peocaky, breeding of the. in captivitv. 

 ii. 133. 



Pedigrees of horses, cattle, greyhounds, 

 game-cocks, and pigs, i. 4-17. 



Pegu, cats of. i. 49 ; horses of, i. 56. 



Pelargoniums, multiple origin of. i. 

 388 ; zones of, i. 390 ; bud-variation 

 in, i. 402 ; variegation in, accom- 

 panied by dwarfing, i. 409 ; pelorism 

 in, ii. 150, 337 ; by reversion, ii. 33 ; 

 advantage of change of soil to, ii. 1 29 ; 

 improvement of, by selection, ii. 201 ; 

 scorching of, ii. 214; numbers of. 

 raised from seed, ii. 221 ; effects of 

 conditions of life on, ii. 263 ; stove- 

 variety of, ii. 301 ; correlation of 

 contracted leaves and flowers in, ii. 

 324, 325. 



Pelargonium fulgidum, conditions of 

 fertility in, ii. 14-7. 



" Pelones." a Columbian breed of cattle, 

 i. 92, 212. 



Peloric flowers, tendency of, to ac- 

 quire the normal form, ii. 46 ; fer- 

 tility or sterility of, ii. 150, 151. 



Peloric races of Gloxinia speciosa and 

 Antirrhinum majus, i. 389. 



Pelorism, ii. 32-34, 337, 338. 



Pelvis, characters of, in rabbits, i. 128 ; 

 in pigeons, i. 176 ; in fowls, i. 281 ; 

 in ducks, i. 298. 



Pembroke cattle, i. 84. 



Pendulous trees, i. 385, ii. 340 ; un- 

 certain v of transmission of, i. -461, 

 462. 



Penguin ducks, i. 294. 296 ; hybrid of 

 the, with the Egvptian goose, i. 

 296. 



Pennant, production of wolf-like curs 

 at Fochabers, i. 39 ; on the Duke of 

 Queensberry's wild cattle, i. 88. 



Pennisetum, seeds of, used as food in 

 the Punjab, i. 326. 



Pennisetum distichum, seeds of, used as 

 food in Central Africa, i. 326. 



Peecival, Mr., on inheritance in horses, 

 i. 455 ; on horn-like processes in 

 horses, i. 52. 



Perdix rubra, occasional fertility of, in 



captivity, ii. 139. 

 Period of action of causes of variability, 



ii. 257. 

 Periosteum of a dog, producing bane 



in a rabbit, ii. 365. 

 Periwinkle, sterility of. in England, 



ii. 158. 

 Persia, estimation of pigeons in, i. 215 ; 



carrier pigeon of, i. 148 ; tumbler 



pigeon of, i, 156; cats of, i. 47-49 ; 



sheep of, i. 102. 

 Persistence of colour in horses, 



i. 53 ; of generic peculiarities, i. 



114. 

 Peru, antiquity of maize in, i. 338; 



peculiar potato from, i. 350 ; selection 



of wild animals practised by the 



Incas of, ii. 191, 192. 

 " Perucken-Taube," i. 161. 

 Petals, rudimentary, in cultivated 



plants, ii. 307 ; producing pollen, ii. 



387. 

 Petunias, multiple origin of. i. 



388. 

 Pevritsch, Dr., vegetable teratology, 



ii. 32, 

 " Pfauen-Taube," i. 153. 

 Phalamopsis, pelorism in, ii. 338. 

 Phalanges, deficiency of, ii. 49. 

 Phaps chalcoptera, ii. 342. 

 Phaseolus multiflorus, ii. 300, 314. 

 Phiseolus vulgaris, i. 350, ii. 300. 

 Phasianus pictus, i. 289. 

 Phasianus amherstix, i. 289. 

 Pheasant, assumption of male plumage 



by the hen, ii. 26 ; wildness of hybrids 



of, with the common fowl, ii. 19 ; 



prepotency of the, over the fowl, ii. 



43 ; diminished fecundity of the, in 



captivity, ii. 139. 

 Pheasants, golden and Ladv Amherst's, 



i 289. 

 Pheasant-fowls, i. 256. 

 Philipeaux, regeneration of limbs in 



the salamander, ii. 359. 

 Philippar, on the varieties of wheat, i. 



332. 

 Philippine Islands, named breeds of 



game fowl in the. i. 24-3. 

 Phillifs, Mr., on bud-variation in the 



potato, i. 411. 

 Phlox, bud-variation bv suckers in, i 



410. 



