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Henry de Varigny.

Experimental evolution; lectures delivered in the Summer School of Art and Science, University Hall, Edinburgh (August, 1891)

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of salt water on thickness of leaves,
influence of salt water on starch pro-
duction, 212

Leucochroa candidissima, 74



Lime salts produced by animals, 202

Links, missing, not always required
nor really missing, 152

LINNAEUS, on evolution, 20; on the
influence of environment on the
hairy covering of plants, 91

Lion, formerly tamed, 157

Living world, problem of, three
hypotheses concerning, i

LOCARD(A.), on dimensional variation
among molluscs, &c., 74; on form-
variation among molluscs, 93 ;
L. turgida and elophila as 'varieties
of L. stagnates, 94 ; on variations of
Unto in form and colour, 94

LUCAS, tendency towards production
of new forms, 150

Lycaonpictus domesticated in ancient
Egypt, 157

Lychnis githago unequally toxic for
different species of animals, 141

Lychnis, sexuality, 108

LYKLL (C.), on variability among
molluscs, 169

Lyuintea stagnalis larger in ponds
than in rivers, 74 ; stagnalis and
auricularia artificially dwarfed, 79
seq. \frigida and the) malts varieties
of L. peregra, 93 ; auricularia hav-
ing only four whorls in mountain
waters, 93 ; turgida and elophila
varieties ^stagnalis^i, ; differences
between individuals of the same
brood, 136 ', living in salt water, 185 ;
external influences, 197 ; growth,
200; dwarfing produces unisexuality,
201 ; abnormal in ponds containing
many Hydras, 204 ; deformation by
motion of water, 207



MAGNIN, on parasitism and sexuality,

108
MAILLET (DE), on the origin of man

and animals, 15
Malformations, congenital, their value,

36

MANTEGAZZA, on variation in teeth, 10
MARCACCI, on experimental terato-

geny, 196, 197
Marsh-fever, comparative death-rate

of Europeans and Negroes, 123
MARTINS (Cn.), on variation in

Jnssi&a, 98 ; on sex-variability in

Chamcerops, no
MASTERS (MAXWELL), on teratology,

100
Mauchamp breed of sheep, origin, 154,

239

MAUPAS, on nutrition and fertility, 221
Melia azedarach, 142
MER (E.), on variation in Isoetes



INDEX



267



lacustris, ic6 ; on the influence of
currents on aquatic plants, 207

MII.LAKDET, on hybrids between
grape-vines, 246

MILNE-EDWARDS, on chemical differ-
ences between the bones of man and
woman, 121

MILTON, special creation theory ex-
pounded in Paradise Lost, 7

MIVART, SAINT GEORGE, 103

Moina, see Daphnia

MOLESCHOTT, on the influence of
oxygen on pigments, 220

MONNIER, on the influence of brucin
on green and brown frog, 130

MOQUIN TANDON, on changes in the
colour of plants due to environment,
53 ; on dimensional variations, 74

Morphological argument for evolution,
38

MORTON (LORD), on mating a mare
with a quagga, 248

MOYNIER DE VILLEPOISE, on the pro-
duction of lime by marine organisms,
202

MCLLER, on sexuality, 108

Muscular system, variability, 105

Mutilations and sexuality, 220 ; here-
dity of, 255

MUNTZ and GIRARD, on chemical
differences of the wool of different
breeds of sheep, 117

Myosotis sylvatica, 55

Myriophyllnm, variation, 98

My til us transferred to fresh water, 186



NAEGELI, internal forces tending to
develop new forms, 150

Narcissus, sudden variation, 153

NATHUSIUS, on length of gestation in
different breeeds of sheep, 167

Natural selection (anticipated by
Naudin), 20

NAUDIN, his paper on selection (1852),
20, 21 ; on climate, 55 ; on varia-
tion in fruits, 62 ; on physiological
differences between Echhun of differ-
ent climate, 115 ; internal forces tend-
ing to develop new forms, 150

Nautilus has hardly varied since very
remote epochs, 169

Neotenia in Amphibians, no

Neritina thermophila, 205

Nervous system, argument for evolu-
tion, 35

Niata breed of cattle, 153

Nicotin, influence on green and brown
frog, 132

NIEBNER (TH.), on hybrids between
roses, 246

Noctna, 120



O.



Onopordon acanthiuin, 91
Ontogeny, 30, 35

ORBIGNY (D'), on dimensional varia-
tion, 70, 71

Osteology, variations in, 103
Ostrea transferred to fresh water, 186
Ovibos moschatus, 159
Oxalis strzcta, variations, 72
Oxytropis man tana, 54



P.



Pagiirus Prideauxii transferred to
fresh water, 188

Palajontological argument for evolu-
tion, 25

PALLAS, 159

Paludina living in salt water, 185

Pansy has varied slowly, 149

PASTEUR, 5

Pecten transferred to fresh water, 186

P debates, 112

PENZIG (O ), on teratology, 100

Persicaria, 91

PETERMANN, on the influence of soil
on roots, 203

PFLUGER, on segmentation, 197

Phaseolus vnlgaris, varieties, 177

Phasnta, colour-variation, 51

Phylogeny, 30, 35

Physa contorta, 74 ; acuta, 205

Physiological differences between
plants of same species, but different
climate, 115 ; between different spe-
cies, 119 ; between different species
of insects towards the same external
conditions, 120; between man and
woman, 122 ; between different hu-
man races, 123 ; between European
and Algerian sheep, 124; between
normal and attenuated Bacillus an-
thracis, 127 ; between Rana escu-
lenta and temporaria, 130 seq. ; be-
tween the different individuals of the
same brood, 136 ; between seeds,
137 ; may be experimentally in-
duced, 145 ; between bacteria thriv-
ing only in different media, 183 ',
between plants watered with fresh
and sea water, 211

Physiological transmutation, 127

Physiological variation. 114

Picrotoxine, influence on common crab,
1 20

PIERLOT, on variation of toxicity of
valerian, 136

Pigeons in Florence congregating in
flocks according to their colour, and
breeding together, 243

Pilocarpin, influence on green and
brown frog, 132



268



INDEX



PIKE, on deformation of Planorbis
by life in a pond containing a super-
abundance of plants, 207

Pisidium pulchellum and cinerenm
varieties of same species, 94

Planorbis of Steinheim, 27, 149 ;
living in sea-water, 185 ; deformed
by superabundance of plants, 207

Plants, wild and cultivated, types of,
173 ; De Candolle's investigations
on, 173 ; list of cultivated species of,

174

PLATEAU, on adaptation to salinity,
190

PLINY, 158 ; on varieties of Brassica
oleracea,) 177 ; on mutilation of
grape-vine, 220

Poisons, physiological variability as
concerns their effects, 139

POLO (MARCO), 159

POLYBIUS, 73

Polygonum amphibium, morphologi-
cal variations, 98, 209

Polygonum fagopyrum, 142

Pompiliis UHifasciatus, 120

Portunns puber transferred to fresh
water, 188

POUCHET (G.), on osteological varia-
bility, 104

POUCHET and BEAUREGARD, on osteo-
logical variability, 104

POUCHET and CHABRY, on the influ-
ence of decalcification of sea-water
on the development of larvae of sea-
urchins, 195

POULIN (M.), on sudden variation,
i53

POULTON (E B ), on the influence of
the colour of environment, 58 ; on
heredity, 225 ; on heredity of ab-
normalities, 255

PRANTL, on food and sexuality, 108

Pressure, its influence on life, 191

PREVOST (J. L.), on the influence of
veratrin on green and brown frog,
131

Prismatocarpus speculum, 91

PRJEVALSKY, 159

Proteus anguineus, neotenia, 112

Py ralis zntis, colour-variation, 51

Pyridin, influence on green and brown



frog, 132



Q.



Quagga, mated with a mare, 248
QUATREFAGES (DE), on dimensional

variations, 72
Quercus tosa toxic for Southdowns, not

injurious for Pyrenean sheep, 141
Quercy phosphorites, fauna of, 150
QUETELET, on thechemical differences

of the blood of man and woman, 122



K



Rabbits, dwarfed, 74

Rana esculenta, and tcmporaria,

principal physiological differences,

130
Ranunculus, different forms according

to environment, 95 ; forms of leaves,

97 ; R aquatilisa.n& hederaceus, 97 ;

differences according to aerial and

aquatic mode of life, 208 ; R. sylva-

ticus, 55 ; R.Jicarla, 142
RAULIN ( JULES), on the influence of

very slight chemical changes on the

life of Aspergillus niger, 182
REGELSPERGER (G.), on deformation

in molluscs by living in warm waters,

205
RFGNARD (P.), on the influence of

pressure on life, 191
Reptiles, evolution of circulatory appa-

ratus, 33
Rhododendron ferriigineum, form of

R. hirsutuin, 219
Rhns corlaria, 142
Ribs, variation of number, 103
RITZEMA Bos, on peculiar characters

of Tylenchi having fed only on one

species of plants, 206
ROBINET(B. J.), on evolution, 16
ROMANES (G. J.)>

ments, 250, 259



on propose exper-



,
d e



Roots, influence of the soil on their

growth, 204
Rosa alpina, 55
Rose carrying white and pink flowers,

60

ROSSLIN, 158

ROUJON (A.), on dwarfed plants, 75
ROUSSEAU (J. J.), on meditation, 4
Rubus, variation, 97
Rumex, sexuality, 108



S.



Saccnlina, development shows its real

systematic position, 30
Sagartia parasitica transferred to

fresh water, 187
Sagittaria, leaf- variation, 97
SAINT GEORGE MIVART, on variability

in the number of ribs, 103
SAINT HILAIRE, GEOFFROY, 19, 43
SAINT HILAIRE, ISIDORE GEOFFROY,

SAINT LAGER, on special forms of some
plants due to the chemical nature of
the soil, 219

SAINTE CLAIRE DEVILLE, on chemical
variability, 116

Salainandra atra, neotenia, 112

Salinity, adaptation to, 189

Salmon, chemical analyses of, 117



INDEX



269



SAUERMANN, on food in its relations to
colour, 57

SAUNTER (GASPARD DE), 159

Scent of flowers, variation, 102

SCHMANKEWITSCH, on differences in-
duced in Daphnia rectirostris by
mode of life, 213 ; on Branchipus
ferox, 216 ; on Artei/tia and Bran-
chipus, 217

SCHMIEDEBERG, . on the action of
caffein on green and brown frog,
JSi-iSS

SCHUBELER, on seeds of same species
obtained under different climates,
218

Scilla maritiina, 142

Sea-shore, influence on plants, 211

Sea-urchins, development of their
larvae in decalcified sea-water, 195

Sea-water fatal to most but not all
fresh-water organisms, 186 ; influence
on plants, 211

Seeds, physiological variability, 137-
139 ; influenced by environment, 218

Selection, natural, a factor in evolu-
tion, 230 ; sexual, 230 ; physio-
logical, 230; Weismann on, 231;
experiments on, 236 ; proposed ex-
periments, 240

Selection, Naudin on, 21 ; produces
most new forms when not subservient
to man's utilitarian demands, 168 ;
of carrots, 203 ; proposed experi-
ments, 241

SEMPER (K.), on dimensional varia-
tions, 79, 200; on environment, 179,

221

Serratula tinctoria, 95

Sexuality, variation, 107 ; influence of
food, 107 ; variation in plants, 107 ;
variation in human species and ani-
mals, 107 ; proportion of males to
females among domestic animals,
108 ; and parasitism, 108 ; and muti-
lations, 108 ; and food, 109 ; and
climate, 109 ; and external factors,
109, no ; sexes, proportion of males
and females in different animals,
108 ; and dwarfing, 200

Sheep, Mauchamp breed, 239 ; colour
and flesh, 68 ; colour and climate,
69 ; from Senegal acquiring wool
under northern climates, 89 ; chemi-
cal differences in skeleton of differ-
ent breeds, 116; Mauchamp breed
suddenly produced, 154; variability
in length of gestation of different
breeds, 167

Shell, left-handed, due to electrical in-
fluences, 204

Skull-capacity of wild and domestic
forms, 165

Stnerinthus, colour-variation, 51

Soil, influence on taste of wine, 219



Solanum stoloniferum, 236

SPALLANZANI on sexuality, 108

Special creation theory, 7, 22

Species, different, react differently to-
wards same poisons, 141 ; what are,
144, 254 ; all variable, 148 ; selec-
tion, 203

Specific characters not merely external
and morphological, but chemical and
physiological, 143

SPENCER (HERBERT), on evolutionists'
and anti-evolutionists' demands, 24 ;
on dimensional variations, 79, 200

Sphinx elpenor, colour- variation, 51

Spinacia oleracea, proportions of
sexes, 107 ; sexuality, 108

Starving, experiments on, 77

STELLA (ERASMUS), 158

Sterility of dwarfecl plants, 75

Stilbe americana and A bramis versi-
color identical, 90

Stomach, variability, 105

Stomata in aquatic and aerial indi-
viduals of same species, 208, 209

STRABO, 73, 158

Stratiotes aloides, influence of mode
of life on leaves, 209

Strychnine, influence on common crab,
120

STUDER, on molluscs living in warm
water, 205

STURTEVANT, on the origin of culti-
vated plants, 179

Sus vittatus, 158

SWAMMERDAM, on experimental tera-
togeny, 194

Syphilis, 124



T.



Tadpoles, influence of food on sexua-
lity, 107 ; experiments on the influ-
ence of salt, 189 ; influence of food,
199 ; embryology, 33

Taraxacum dens-leonis and palustre,
95

TARCHANOFF (JEAN DE), on the brain
of young animals, 145

Teeth of whales, 35 ; variation in num-
ber, 103

Tellina transferred to fresh water,
1 86

Temperature and life, 205

"Tendency to betterment," Delbceuf's,

i5 2

Teratogeny, experimental, 193
TERQUEM, on Foraminifera, 27
TESTUT, on muscular anomalies in

man and their interpretation, 37 105
Tetragonia, 236
Thalassema mellita, 197
THEOPHRASTUS, on varieties of Bras-

sica oleracea, 177



270



INDEX



THOMSON (J. A.), on the influence of
environment, 179 ; on heredity, 225

Thuja occidentalis^ influence of ex-
ternal conditions, 222 ; dwarfed, 71

Thnjopsis dolabrata variegata, 59

Thytnus serpyllum, 55, 91

TICHOMIROFF, on artificially induced
parthenogenesis, 197

TILLET, on investigations with artifi-
cial soils, 198

TOURNEFORT, 95 ; on varieties of
Brassica oleracea, 177

Toxicity of plants varies according to
their different parts, 142

Tradescantia virginica, variation of
an individual plant in respect of
flower-ir.orphology, 101

Transmutation of one micro-organism
into another, 126

Trifoliuin molineri, form of T. incar-
natum, 219

Triton, 112

TROCHU, on the non-spiny form of
Ulex europceus, 92

Tropceolum , influence of external con-
ditions, 222

Tuberculosis, comparative immunity
of Mongolians, 124

Turbo thermalis, 205

TURREL, on the non-spiny form of
Capparis spinosa, 92

Tylenchus devastatrix acquiring pecu-
liar characters from living on one
species of plant only, 206



U.

Ulex europceus devoid of spines,
92 ; Ulex nanus, 92 ; U. major,
form of U. paiviflorus, 219 ; U.
europceus, 245

Unio's variations in form and colour,
94 ; living in sea-water, 185

Urodela, 112

Use and disuse, a factor in evolution,
230 ; proposed experiments, 239

Ustilago antherarum, influence on
sexuality, 108



dimensions, 70 ; integuments, 89 ;
form, 93 ; leaf, 97 ; fruit, 99 ; flower,
101 ; personal, 125 ; universal, 147 ;
sudden, 152

Variations, osteological, 103 ; visceral,
105 ; sexual, 107

Variegation and environment, 54 ;
Carriere on, 58 ; some localities un-
favourable to variegation, 58, 59 ; are
variegated plants weaker than
others, 59 ; sudden variegation, 59

VARIGNY (DE), on history of evolution-
ary notions, 17 ; on the loss of
weight in Coelenterates during
inanition, 77 ; on dimensional varia-
tions (experiments on Lymncea), 79 ;
on abnormal prolongation of tadpole
condition, in ; influence of brucin,
strychnine, and picrotoxine on com-
mon crab, 120 ; observations on
normal variation among individuals
of the same brood of Lymncea, 137 ;
on the influence of heat on seeds,
137 ; on the influence of sulphate
of copper and of strychnine on
seeds, 138 ; experiments on accus-
toming marine animals to live in
fresh water, 187 ; experiments on the
adaptation of fresh-water forms to
life in saline media, 189

VARRO, 158

Venus, transferred to fresh water, 186

Veratrin, influence on green and brown
frogs, 131

Verbascum lychnis, 54

Vigour and colour, 69

VILMORIN (L. DE), on changes of colour
due to culture, 53 ; on variegation,
59 ; on Ulex nanus and europceus,
93; experiments in selection, 236, 237 ;
experiments on beet-root, 238 ; on
selection generally, 241

Visceral variations, 105

Vitis rupestris, predominant heredity,
245.

Vorticellce subjected to high pres-
sures, 192

Vulpes alopex, 50

VULPIAN, on the influence of poisons
on green and brown frogs, 131 ; on
the influence of brucine, 132



Valerian, less toxic when grown on dry
soil, 136

VALLEMONT (DE), on growth in thick-
ness partly determined by external
influences, 199

Variability present at all epochs, in all
organisms, 147 ; is itself variable,
149 ; causes unknown, 150

Variation among pathogenetic organ-
isms under different modes of culture,
126 ; in structure, 47 ; colour, 48 ;



WALLACE (A. R.), on seasonal colour-
variation, 52 ; on colour-variation,
67 ; on variability of the length of
the digestive system, 106

WEISMANN (A.), on variability in com-
mon pansy, 149 ; on acquired
characters, 221 ;on selection, 231

Whales, rudimentary teeth, 39 ; osteo-
logical variability, 103



INDEX



271



Wheat, chemical differences according

to soil, 118

WHITFIELD (R. P.)> on dwarfing in-
ducing unisexuality in Lynin&a,

200
WILLOUGHBY (F.), on hellebore and

water-dropwort not being toxic for

the common quail, 139
WINTZENRIED (L.), on the action of

brucin, 132

WOODHEAD, see IRVINE
Wool of sheep, relation to food, 90 ;

chemical differences according to

breeds, 117



Y.



YuNG(E.), on the influence of the
nature of food on the development
of tadpoles, 199



Zea Mays, sexuality and nutrition,
108 ; dwarfed, 75




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Dunedin, New Zealand. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo. ios. 0>d.

PROFESSOR RAY LANKESTER in NA TURE :" Professor Jeflfery Parker is to be
congratulated on having produced an extremely well-written, well-considered, and
original class-book. The teachipg of so-called ' elementary biology ' has, in conse-
quence of the coercion of examination schedules and the multiplication of little cram-
books dealing with the selected and protected ' types,' become in this country a very
poor thing. The practical work in the laboratory with frog, fern, rabbit, and worm,
which was, when first introduced, a step in advance, has become, like so many other
things which were good in their or.gin, a tyranny and an impediment to knowledge.
. . . Professor Parker's book should help to remedy this state of things. ... In
this little book the student will find many of the most important conceptions of
biological science "set forth and illustrated, not by reference merely to the types
which he dissects or examines with greatest ease in the elementary course in a
laboratory but by the use of a larger area of well-chosen examples, both of plants
and animals. Original woodcuts, often of exceptional merit, are fully introduced in
the text. . . . Their merit, however, consists not merely in the general plan, but in
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