CHAPTER XI.

ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION.

BUD-VARIATIONS IN THE PEACH, PLUM, CHERRY, VINE, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, AND BANANA, AS SHOWN BY THE MODIFIED FRUIT—IN FLOWERS: CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ROSES, ETC.—ON THE RUNNING OF THE COLOUR IN CARNATIONS—BUD-VARIATIONS IN LEAVES—VARIATIONS BY SUCKERS, TUBERS, AND BULBS—ON THE BREAKING OF TULIPS—BUD-VARIATIONS GRADUATE INTO CHANGES CONSEQUENT ON CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE—CYTISUS ADAMI, ITS ORIGIN AND TRANSFORMATION—ON THE UNION OF TWO DIFFERENT EMBRYOS IN ONE SEED—THE TRIFACIAL ORANGE—ON REVERSION BY BUDS IN HYBRIDS AND MONGRELS—ON THE PRODUCTION OF MODIFIED BUDS BY THE GRAFTING OF ONE VARIETY OR SPECIES ON ANOTHER—ON THE DIRECT OR IMMEDIATE ACTION OF FOREIGN POLLEN ON THE MOTHER-PLANT—ON THE EFFECTS IN FEMALE ANIMALS OF A FIRST IMPREGNATION ON THE SUBSEQUENT OFFSPRING—CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY ... Page 373

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. Dun Devonshire Pony, with shoulder, spinal, and leg stripes ... PAGE 56

2. Head of Japan or Masked Pig ... 69

3. Head of Wild Boar, and of "Golden Days," a pig of the Yorkshire large breed ... 72

4. Old Irish Pig, with jaw-appendages ... 75

5. Half-lop Rabbit ... 108

6. Skull of Wild Rabbit ... 117

7. Skull of large Lop-eared Rabbit ... 117

8. Part of Zygomatic Arch, showing the projecting end of the malar-bone, and the auditory meatus, of Rabbits ... 118

9. Posterior end of Skull, showing the inter-parietal bone, of Rabbits ... 118

10. Occipital Foramen of Rabbits ... 118

11. Skull of Half-lop Rabbit ... 119

12. Atlas Vertebræ of Rabbits ... 121

13. Third Cervical Vertebræ of Rabbits ... 121

14. Dorsal Vertebræ, from sixth to tenth inclusive, of Rabbits ... 122

15. Terminal Bone of Sternum of Rabbits ... 123

16. Acromion of Scapula of Rabbits ... 123

17. The Rock-Pigeon, or Columbia Livia ... 135

18. English Pouter ... 137

19. English Carrier ... 140

20. English Barb ... 145

21. English Fantail ... 147

22. African Owl ... 149

23. Short-faced English Tumbler ... 152

24. Skulls of Pigeons, viewed laterally ... 163

25. Lower Jaws of Pigeons, seen from above ... 164

26. Skull of Runt, seen from above ... 165

27. Lateral view of Jaws of Pigeons ... 165

28. Scapulæ of Pigeons ... 167

29. Furculæ of Pigeons ... 167

30. Spanish Fowl ... 226

31. Hamburgh Fowl ... 228

32. Polish Fowl ... 229

33. Occipital Foramen of the Skulls of Fowls ... 261

34. Skulls of Fowls, viewed from above, a little obliquely ... 262

35. Longitudinal sections of Skulls of Fowls, viewed laterally ... 263

36. Skull of Horned Fowl, viewed from above, a little obliquely ... 265

37. Sixth Cervical Vertebræ of Fowls, viewed laterally ... 267

38. Extremity of the Furcula of Fowls, viewed laterally ... 268

39. Skulls of Ducks, viewed laterally, reduced to two-thirds of the natural size ... 282

40. Cervical Vertebræ of Ducks, of natural size ... 283

41. Pods of the Common Pea ... 328

42. Peach and Almond Stones, of natural size, viewed edgeways ... 337

43. Plum Stones, of natural size, viewed laterally ... 345

THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.

By Charles Darwin

IN TWO VOLUMES.-Vol. II.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

INDEX

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

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