FIXEDNESS of character, conditions of, discussed.

FLAX, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings. -climatal difference in products of.

FLEECE, fineness of, in Austrian merinos.

FLEISCHMANN, on German sheep crossed with merinos.

"FLORENTINER-TAUBE."
FLOUNDER.

FLOURENS, crossing of wolf and dog. -prepotency of the jackal over the dog. -hybrids of the horse and ass. -breeding of monkeys in Europe.

FLOWER-GARDEN, earliest known, in Europe.

FLOWERS, capricious transmission of colour-varieties in. -tendency to uniformity in striped. -scorching of, dependent on colour. -change in, caused by conditions of life. -rudimentary. -relative position of, to the axis.

FOETATION, abdominal.