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RHINOCEROS. 



INDEX. 



Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in 

 India, ii. 132. 



Rhododendron, hybrid, ii. 253. 



Rhododendron cili turn, ii. 267. 



Rhododendron dalhousioe, effect of pol- 

 len of R. nuttallii upon. i. 431. 



Ribes grossu'aria, i. 376-378, 400. 



Ribes rubrum, i. 400. 



Ribs, number and characters of. in 

 fowls, i. 280 : characters of. in ducks. 

 i. 297, 298. ' 



Rice, imperial, of China, ii. 189 ; In- 

 dian varieties of, ii. 243 ; variety of. 

 n »t requiring -water, ii. 295. 



Richardson, H. D.. on jaw-appendages 

 in Irish pigs. i. 79; management of 

 pigs in China, i. 71 ; occurrence of 

 striped young in Westphalian pigs, i. 

 80; on crossing pigs, ii. 73 : on in- 

 terbreeding pigs, ii. 102 ; on selection 

 in pigs, ii. 178. 



Richardson. Sir John, observations on 

 the resemblance between North Ame- 

 rican dogs and wolves, i. 21, 22 ; on 

 the burrowing of wolves, i. 28; on 

 the broad feet of dogs, wolves, and 

 foxes in North America, i. 4'_' ; on 

 North American horses scraping away 

 the snow, i. 55. 



Ricinus, annual in England, ii. 295. 



Riedel, Dr., on the " Bagadotte " 

 pigeon, i. 148 ; on the Jacobin pi- 

 geon, i. 162 ; fertility of hybrid 

 pigeons, i. 201 ; circumcision, i. 467. 



RlLEY, on Phylloxera, i. 354. 



Rinderpest, ii. 373. 



RlNTOULj Mr., potato - grafting, i. 

 421. 



Risso. on varieties of the orange, i. 357, 

 ii. 298, 324. 



Rivers. Lord, on the selection of grey- 

 hounds, ii. 221. 



Rivers. Mr., persistency of characters 

 in seedling potatoes, i. 351 ; on the 

 peach, i. 357, 359 ; persistency of 

 races in the peach and nectarine, i. 

 360, 361 ; connection between the 

 peach and the nectarine, i. 361 ; per- 

 sistency of character in seedling 

 apricots, i. 366 ; origin of the plum, 

 i id. ; seedling varieties of the 

 plum, i. 367 ; persistency of cha- 

 racter in seedling plums, i. 368 ; 

 bud-variation in the plum, i. 399 ; 



plum attacked by bullfinches, ii 

 217; seedling apples with surface- 

 roots, i. 371 ; variety of the apple 

 found in a wood, ii. 247 ; on roses, 



i. 390, 391 ; bud-variation in roses, 



i. 404-406 ; production of Provence 



roses from seeds of the moss-rose, i. 



405 ; effect produced by grafting on 



the stock in jessamine, i. 418 ; in the 



ash, ibid. ; on grafted hazels, i. 419; 



hybridisation of a weeping thorn, i. 



461; experiments with the seed of 



the weeping elm and ash, i. 462 ; 



varietv of the cherry with curled 



petals* ii. 218. 

 Riviere, reproduction of Oncidium ca- 



vendishimum, ii. 114. 

 Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the 



horse, i. 454. 

 Robertson. Mr., on glandular-leaved 



peaches, i. 36-1. 

 Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 317-32 L 



ii. 181. 

 J Robinia, ii. 264. 

 Robson, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred 



horses, i. 455. 

 Robson, Mr., on the advantage of 



change of soil to plants, ii. 128, 129; 



on the growth of the verbena, ii. 



263 ; on broccoli, ii. 301. 

 Rock pigeon, measurements of the, i. 



140; figured, i. 141. 

 Rodents, sterilitv of, in captivity, ii. 



134. 

 Fodriguezia, ii. 115, 116. 

 Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by 



mildewed tares, ii. 331. 

 Rohilccnd, feral humped cattle in, i. 



83. 

 Rolle, F., on the historv of the peach, 



ii. 299. 

 Roller-pigeons, Dutch, i. 158. 

 Rolleston, Prof, inherited effects of 



injuries, i. 469 ; incisor teeth af- 

 fected in form in cases of pulmonary 



tubercle, ii. 325. 

 Romanes, on sternum of the fowl, i, 



288 ; rudimentary organs, ii. 309. 

 Romans, estimation of pigeons bv. i, 



215; breeds of fowls possessed bv. i. 



243, 258. 

 , Rooks, pied, ii. 53. 

 ' Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 390. 

 Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced 



