ii. 45.
BRICKELL, on raising nectarines from seed, i. 340;
on the horses of North Carolina, ii. 300.
BRIDGES, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del Fuego, i. 39;
on the selection of dogs by the Fuegians, ii. 207.
BRIDGMAN, W. K., reproduction of abnormal ferns, i. 383, ii. 379.
BRIGGS, J. J., regeneration of portions of the fins of fishes, ii. 15.
BROCA, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, i. 31-32;
on hybrids of hare and rabbit, i. 105;
on the rumpless fowl, i. 259;
on the character of half-castes, ii. 47;
degree of fertility of mongrels, ii. 100;
sterility of descendants of wild animals bred in captivity, ii. 160.
BROCCOLI, i. 323;
rudimentary flowers in, ii. 316;
tenderness of, ii. 310.
BROMEHEAD, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii. 200.
BROMFIELD, Dr., sterility of the ivy and _Acorus calamus_, ii. 170.
_Bromus secalinus_, i. 314.
BRONN, H. G., bud-variation in _Anthemis_, i. 379;
effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;
on heredity in a one-horned cow, ii. 12, 13;
propagation of a pendulous peach by seed, ii. 18;
absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii. 88;
on the crossing of horses, ii. 92;
fertility of tame rabbits and sheep, ii. 112;
changes of plumage in captivity, ii. 158;
on the dahlia, ii. 261.
BRONZE period, dog of, i. 18.
BROWN, G., variations in the dentition of the horse, i. 50.
BROWN-SEQUARD, Dr., inheritance of artificially-produced epilepsy in the
guinea-pig, ii. 24.
_Brunswigia_, ii. 139.
BRUSSELS Sprouts, i. 323, ii. 429.
_Bubo maximus_, ii. 154.
BUCKLAND, F., on oysters, ii. 280;
number of eggs in a codfish, ii. 379.
BUCKLE, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii. 3.
BUCKLEY, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181.
BUCKMAN, Prof., cultivation of _Avena fatua_, i. 313;
cultivation of the wild parsnip, i. 326, ii. 201, 277;
reversion in the parsnip, ii. 31.
BUCKWHEAT, injurious to white pigs, when in flower, ii. 337.
BUD and seed, close analogy of, i. 411.
BUD-REVERSION, ii. 37.
BUDS, adventitious, ii. 384.
BUD-VARIATION, i. 373-411, ii. 254, 287-288, 291;
contrasted with seminal reproduction, i. 373;
peculiar to plants, i. 374;
in the peach, i. 340, 374;
in plums, i. 375;
in the cherry, _ibid._;
in grapes, _ibid._;
in the gooseberry, currant, pear, and apple, i. 376;
in