IMAGINATION, supposed effect of, on offspring.

Imatophyllum miniatum, bud-variation in.

INCEST, abhorred by savages.

INCUBATION, by crossed fowls of non-sitting varieties.

INDIA, striped horses of. -pigs of. -breeding of rabbits in. -cultivation of pigeons in.

INDIVIDUAL variability in pigeons.

INGLEDEW, Mr., cultivation of European vegetables in India.

"INDISCHE Taube."

INHERITANCE. -doubts entertained of, by some writers. -importance of, to breeders. -evidence of, derived from statistics of chances. -of peculiarities in man. -of disease. -of peculiarities in the eye. -of deviations from symmetry. -of polydactylism. -capriciousness of. -of mutilations. -of congenital monstrosities. -causes of absence of. -by reversion or atavism. -its connection with fixedness of character. -affected by prepotency of transmission of character. -limited by sex. -at corresponding periods of life. -summary of the subject of. -laws of, the same in seminal and bud varieties. -of characters in the horse. -in cattle. -in rabbits. -in the peach. -in the nectarine. -in plums. -in apples. -in pears. -in the pansy. -of primary characters of Columba livia in crossed pigeons. -of peculiarities of plumage in pigeons. -of peculiarities of foliage in trees. -effects of, in varieties of the cabbage.

INSANITY, inheritance of.