PAUL, W., on the hyacinth. -varieties of pelargoniums. -weakness of transmission in hollyhocks. -improvement of pelargoniums.
Pavo cristatus and muticus, hybrids of.
Pavo nigripennis.
"PAVODOTTEN-TAUBE."
PEACH. -derived from the almond. -stones of, figured. -contrasted with almonds. -double-flowering. -hybrids of. -persistency of races of. -trees producing nectarines. -variation in. -bud-variation in. -pendulous. -variation by selection in. -peculiar disease of the. -glands on the leaves of the. -antiquity of the. -increased hardiness of the. -varieties of, adapted for forcing. -yellow-fleshed. -liable to certain diseases.
PEACH-ALMOND.
PEAFOWL, origin of. -japanned or black-shouldered. -feral, in Jamaica. -comparative fertility of, in wild and tame states. -white.
PEARS. -bud-variation in. -reversion in seedling. -inferiority of, in Pliny's time. -winter nelis, attacked by aphides. -soft-barked varieties of, attacked by wood-boring beetles. -origination of good varieties of, in woods. -Forelle, resistance of, to frost.
PEAS. -origin of. -varieties of. -found in Swiss lake-dwellings. -fruit and seeds figured. -persistency of varieties. -intercrossing of varieties. -effect of crossing on the female organs in. -double-flowered. -maturity of, accelerated by selection. -varieties of, produced by selection. -thin-shelled, liable to the attacks of birds. -reversion of, by the terminal seed in the pod.
PECCARY, breeding of the, in captivity.