The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication · Charles Darwin
“LATZ-TAUBE,” 5.
LAUGHER pigeon, 5, 6. _Laurus sassafras,_ 23. LAWRENCE, J., production of a new breed of foxhounds, 1; —occurrence of canines in mares, 2; —on three-parts-bred horses, 2; —on inheritance in the horse, 12 (2). LAWSON, Mr., varieties of the potato, 9. LAXTON, Mr., bud-variation in the gooseberry, 11; —crossing of varieties of the pea, 11 (2); —weakness of transmission in peas, 14; —double-flowered peas, 18. LAYARD, E. L., resemblance of a Caffre dog to the Esquimaux breed, 1, 23; —crossing of the domestic cat with _Felis caffra,_ 1; —feral pigeons in Ascension, 6; —domestic pigeons of Ceylon, 6; —on _Gallus stanleyi,_ 7; —on black-skinned Ceylonese fowls, 7. LE COMPTE family, blindness inherited in, 14. LECOQ, bud-variation in _Mirabilis jalapa,_ 11; —hybrids of _Mirabilis,_ 11, 18, 22; —crossing in plants, 17; —fecundation of _Passiflora,_ 17; —hybrid _Gladiolus,_ 17; —sterility of _Ranunculus ficaria,_ 18; —villosity in plants, 23; —double asters, 24. LE COUTEUR, J., varieties of wheat, 9; —acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, 9; —adaptation of wheat to soil and climate, 9; —selection of seed-corn, 9; —evil from inter-breeding, 17; —on change of soil, 18; —selection of wheat, 20; —natural selection in wheat, 21; —cattle of Jersey, 21. LEDGER, Mr., on the llama and alpaca, 20. LEE, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, 10. _Leersia oryzoides,_ 15. LEFOUR, period of gestation in cattle, 3. LEGRAIN, falsified experiments of, 17. LEGS, of fowls, effects of disuse on, 7; —characters and variations of, in ducks, 24. LEGUAT, cattle of the Cape of Good Hope, 3. LEHMANN, occurrence of wild double-flowered plants near a hot spring, 18. LEIGHTON, W. A., propagation of a weeping yew by seed, 12. LEITNER, effects of removal of anthers, 18. LEMOINE, variegated _Symphytum_ and _Phlox,_ 11. —orange fecundated by pollen of the, 11. LEMURS, hybrid, 4.
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