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Show 394 INDEX. Lindley, on tho persistence of varieties, 838. Linnrous, definition of species, 12, 201 ; diagnosis of the three kingdoms of Nature, 808. Lyell, Sir Charles, on tho imperfection of the geological record, 48 ; on gra. dation of species in later formations, 49, 110; theory of geological changes, 103, 109 ; acceptance of Darwinism, 238. Macbride, Dr. James, observations on Sarracenia, 804. Machinery, does not dispense with de-sign, 85. Mal thus, on struggle for existence, 37, 89. Mammoth, Falconer on, 193-196. Man, separation of, from the quadrumana, 50 ; mental power of, not necessarily acquired, 59; may be an exception to the rule, 92, 93, 256; unity of origin, 99, 176 ; antiquity of, 100. Materialism, philosophy of, rejected, 126, • 158, 174; note, 176,285, 250. Mellichamp, Dr.1 on pitcher plants, 329, Mill, J. S., on creation by intelligence, 861,374. Morphology, 52, 121, 122; reconciled with teleology, 121, 288. Mysteries, of natural operations, 53, 158, 817, 818, 827 ; of Providence ancl N ature the same, 153 ; in the action of sundew, 312, 817; in similarity of offspring to parents, 888; proper to be inquired into, 390. Nature, definition of, 61, 160, 259, 269, 889; theistic views of, 158-169, 249, 257, 890; sea Continuity of; veracity of, 370. . Natural history, province of, 209, 260, 268. Natural selection, 34, 89 ; method of operation, 44; a very expansive principle, 278; supposed recent illustrations of its effect, 45; still an hypothesis, 54, 135, 274; not inconsistent with natural theolozy, 87 sq., 137 sq., 255, 272, 386; how 1t produces divergence, 43, 91 ; not disproved by special miraculous exceptions, 93; not the exclusive cause of modification, 104, ·195, 337, 386; extent of operation, 104-109, 273; not to be confounded with variation, 195. Natural theology unshaken by physical science, 22, 58, 84, 89, 95, 137, 150, 151, 152, 259, 837. Naudin, Charles, views regarding the evolution of species, 349 sq. Nectarine, origin of, 111. . Necessity ven·s~ design, 62-86; how related to Darwinism, 69, 7o. Nepenthes, 881. Nettle-sting, nn example of the natnrnl production of a complex organ, 887. N~g~e2'8~: on the antiquity of Sequoia, Newton, Sir Isaac, chargeli with subverting natural theology, 187, 25B. North America, botany of, 206; former climate -of, 224; birds of, 244 . Novelties, diflicult to accept, 87, 108, 247. Oak, Do Cando lie on, 178, 203; Linnrous on, 187; as illustrating tho origin of species, 179; a waning genus, 186 · dispersion of species, 188 ; in the Ter: ~i~~.y deposits, 189; waste of pollen in, Ob,jections to Darwinism, philosophical, 135; a.bsence of close ~radation, 47, 68; d1stance of man from quadrumana, 50 ; hybridism, 50, 51 ; spccinlizalion of organs, 52; novelty, 87, 103, 245. Optimism, absurdity of, 141. Orchids, fertilization of, 287. Ostrich, increase of, 39. Owen, Prof., evolutionary tendencies of, 88, 102 (184, 186 ?) 238. Paley, on teleology, 1>2, 57, Pantheism, 5o, 58. Paraguay, relation of insects to cattle in, 41. • Parsimony, law of, 360 (see Continuity of Nature). Peach, origin of, 111. P erfection, relative, 141. Phyllotaxis, law of, 196. . Pictet on Darwinism, 105, 108, 109, 112, 127; on geological time, 162. Pigeon, known extent of variation, 27; why chosen for experiments, 28; reversion of, 31. Pinguicula, insectivorous, 825. Pitcher Plant, see Sarraccnia. Plants, insectivorous and climbing, 289- 308, 808-887. Pleuronecta, facts concerning, 872, 888. Presumption against novelties, 87, 131, 182. Probability, how far a guide, 47, 107, 260; an element in scriptural interpreta-tion, 260. · Progress in the succession of organic beings, 115 sq., 118. Providence, mysteries of, compared with those of Nature, 58, 142, 177; Lord Bacon's view of, 144. Pump, as illustrating the proof of design, 71. Purpose, see Design; distinguished from design, ~59. Quercus, see Oak. Rape, or Colza, origin of, 111. INDEX. 395 R.;dwood, of California, may be disappearing, 212, see Sequoia. Religion, as af:l'ected by Darwinism, 54, 175, 176; and Science, by Joseph Le Conte, 261. Representative species, definition of, 220, 226. Resemblance of progeny to parent, cuusc of, inscrutable, 29. Revelation do~s not determine the mode of creation, 181, 260, 261. !~eversion to aboriginal stock, 33!J, 341 ; takes place in pigeons, 81 ; reason of, 81; not proved in general, 81, 839. Roth, obs01·vations of, on Drosera, 296, 297. Rudimentary organs, 371. l~utabaga, origin of, Ill. Sachs, his view of the motion of climbin~ plunt~, 336. Saporta, Count Gaston de, on origin of tertiary species, 197, 198. Sarracenia, insectivorous habits of, 801, 302,328. Science does not concern itself with primary cause, 145, 259, 268, 268. Scientific spirit, the, 95, 255, 259. Selection, artificial, 30; may preserve a variety which could not remain in a natural state, 889; methodical, 31 ; unconscious, 80; natural, 34, 89, 90; pro!Jably hinders, 135, 196, 837i· De Candolle's estimate of, 192; I eer's view of, 192; Falconer on, 198-196; confounded with variation, 195, 389; relation of, to contagious diseases, 241; to vaccination, 241 ; compared to the rudder of a ship, 886. Sequoia and its history, 205-285; age of, 207, 218 · its isolation, 208, 230; antiquity of, Z29, 233; relations to the bahl cypress, 218, 221>; to Glyptostrobus, 214, 225; to tertiary species, 214, 228; in the arctic zone, 229; to cretaceous species, 233. Sexual reproduction, meaning of, 847. Sisley, Mr., on individuality and longevity of species, 844. South America, former existence of the horse in, 117. Species, ordinary view of, 11, 16, 118, 129, 168, 199, 200, 201; Agassiz's view of, 13-16, 117, 168, 164, 168, 191, 199; Darwin's view of, 13-16, 117; Dana's view of, 11 ; De Candolle's view of, 191, 201, 202; Jussieu's definition of, 168, 201; Grise bach's definition of, 226; Linnrous's definition of, 12, 163, 201; average numbers of· individuals in, 89, 40; arranged in clusters, 97, 118; t".Ommunity of origin, how inferred, 12, 35, 111, 112, 118, 122, 182, 164, 188, 201, 2118, 255, 264; distribution of, 98, 118, 191, 1~2, 200; in the tertiary period, 114; In time, 118, 283, 243; transmutation of, how to bo proved, 23 ; localization of, 118, 114, 118, 200; connection of, illustrated br a genealogical tree, 17 sq.; physica connection of, not inconsistent with intellectual, 22, 58, 54, !l5, 131, 146, 147, IM, 166, 167, 176, 234, 215, 278, 279, 857, 860, 385, 889 ; do they wear ouU 347; di1l1cnlty ~~~c~~~ftit;0lm9d'p~;!ls~!!~;~~; i~; 185, 193, 838 Bq., 848 ; mode of origiu necessarily hypothetio:al, 129, 130, Ull, 186; of the oak, 179 Bq., 208. Spencer, Herbert, philosophy of, 250. Spitzbergen, fossil Sequoia of, 228, 229. Spontaneous generation, rejected by Darwin, 93. St. Clair, George, on Darwinism and Design, 269, 280. Sterility of hybrius, how far proved, 50; test of theories regarding, 52. Struggle for existence, 87, 88, 41, 89, 882; conceived by De Canclolle, 87. l::lundew, eee Drosera. Taxodimn (ltee Cypr.ess). Teleology, Paley on, 52, 57; of Darwinism, 57, 84-86, 822, 874; reconciled with morphology, 121, 210, 288, 357 < denial of ordinary doctrine ot; not atheism, 188-140, 154, 258; not disturbed by Darwinism, 145, 149, 151- 153, 176, 247, 822, 337: 8GO, 871, 875; evolutionary, article on, 85G-890; old doctrine of, needs reconstruction, 870, 874, 380 ; olrl doctrine of, does not account for abortive ann useless organs, 870; nor for the wastefulness of Nature, 372; nor for imperfections and failures, 878. Tertiary period, gradation of species In, 84, 49, 101, 110, 200 j distribution of species in, 112-115, 2:.::8-282; no hiatus between the cretaceous and, 197, 198, 238. Theism, as affected by Darwinism, 54, 131, 176, 234, 235, 248, 252-265, 807, 337, 379 ; by other physical theories, 54-56; by nebular hypothesis, 137; Darwinism compatible with, 67, 144sq., 151-157, 199, 249, 288, 379; three views of Nature compatible 'vith, 158-168, 177, 275, 277. Theologians, interest of, in evolutionary hypothesis, 252; attitude toward, 21>8, 254, 261 ; deal largely in probabillties, 260. Time, geological evidence of, 98-100, 162. Transmutation, theories of, no novelty, 28 · Lamarck's theory of, 28 ; of tho "Vestiges of Creation," 24. Treat, Mrs., of New Jersey, observations on !Sundew, 298 · on Utricularia, 824. Truth, search for, iaudable, 95. |