Bubo maximus.

BUCKLAND, F., on oysters. -number of eggs in a codfish.

BUCKLE, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance.

BUCKLEY, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees.

BUCKMAN, Prof., cultivation of Avena fatua. -cultivation of the wild parsnip. -reversion in the parsnip.

BUCKWHEAT, injurious when in flower to white pigs.

BUD and seed, close analogy of.

BUD-REVERSION.

BUDS, adventitious.

BUD-VARIATION. -contrasted with seminal reproduction. -peculiar to plants. -in the peach. -in plums. -in the cherry. -in grapes. -in the gooseberry and currant. -pear and apple. -and in the banana, camellia, hawthorn, Azalea indica, and Paritium tricuspis. -in the hollyhock and pelargonium. -in Geranium pratense and the chrysanthemum. -in roses. -in sweet williams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and snapdragons. -in wall-flowers, cyclamen, Oenothera biennis, Gladiolus colvillii, fuchsias, and Mirabilis jalapa. -in foliage of various trees. -cryptogamic plants. -by suckers in Phlox and barberry. -by tubers in the potato. -in the dahlia. -by bulbs in hyacinths. -Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips. -in Tigridia conchiflora. -in Hemerocallis. -doubtful cases. -in Cytisus adami. -summary of observations on.