.
_Larus tridactylus_, ii. 302.
LASTERYE, merino sheep in different countries, i. 99.
LATENT characters, ii. 51-56.
LATHAM, on the fowl not breeding in the extreme north, ii. 161.
_Lathyrus_, ii. 38.
_Lathyrus aphaca_, ii. 343.
_Lathyrus odoratus_, ii. 20, 91, 93, 311, 393.
LA TOUCHE, J. D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393.
"LATZ-TAUBE," i. 154.
LAUGHER pigeon, i. 155, 207.
_Laurus sassafras_, ii. 274.
LAWRENCE, J., production of a new breed of fox-hounds, i. 40;
occurrence of canines in mares, i. 50;
on three-parts-bred horses, i. 54;
on inheritance in the horse, ii. 10-11.
LAWSON, Mr., varieties of the potato, i. 330.
LAXTON, Mr., bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;
crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397-398;
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double-flowered peas, ii. 168.
LAYARD, E. L., resemblance of a Caffre dog to the Esquimaux breed, i. 25,
ii. 286;
crossing of the domestic cat with _Felis Caffra_, i. 44;
feral pigeons in Ascension, i. 190;
domestic pigeons of Ceylon, i. 206;
on _Gallus Stanleyi_, i. 234;
on black-skinned Ceylonese fowls, i. 256.
LE COMPTE family, blindness inherited in, ii. 78.
LECOQ, bud-variation in _Mirabilis jalapa_, i. 382;
hybrids of _Mirabilis_, i. 393, ii. 169, 265;
crossing in plants, ii. 127;
fecundation of _Passiflora_, ii. 137;
hybrid _Gladiolus_, ii. 139;
sterility of _Ranunculus ficaria_, ii. 170;
villosity in plants, ii. 277;
double asters, ii. 316.
LE COUTEUR, J., varieties of wheat, i. 313-315;
acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;
adaptation of wheat to soil and climate, i. 316;
selection of seed-corn, i. 318;
on change of soil, ii. 147;
selection of wheat, ii. 200;
natural selection in wheat, ii. 233;
cattle of Jersey, ii. 234.
LEDGER, Mr., on the Llama and Alpaca, ii. 208.
LEE, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, i. 368.
_Leersia oryzoides_, ii. 91.
LEFOUR, period of gestation in cattle, i. 87.
LEGS, of fowls, effects of disuse on, i. 270-272;
characters and variations of, in ducks, i. 284-288;
fusion of, ii. 341.
LEGUAT, cattle of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 88.
LEHMANN, occurrence of wild double-flowered plants near a hot spring, ii.
168.
LEIGHTON, W. A., propagation of a weeping yew by seed, ii. 19.
LEITNER, effects of the removal of anthers, ii. 167.
LEMMING, ii. 152.