Waves, depth of action of.
Wax, secretion on leaves (see also Bloom).
Wealden period.
Weale, J.P.M., sends locust dung from Natal to Darwin.
Webb, on flora of Teneriffe.
Wedgwood, Elizabeth.
Wedgwood, Emma (Mrs. Darwin), letter to.
Wedgwood, Hensleigh: brother-in-law to Charles Darwin. -Darwin visits. -influenced by Lyell's book on America. -on Tyndall.
Wedgwood, Josiah, letter to.
Weeds, adaptation to cultivated ground. -English versus American. -Asa Gray on pertinacity of.
Weeping, physiology of.
Weir, H.W., on Cytisus.
Weir, Mr. John Jenner (1822-94): came of a family of Scotch descent; in 1839 he entered the service of the Custom House, and during the final eleven years of his service, i.e. from 1874 to 1885, held the position of Accountant and Controller-General. He was a born naturalist, and his "aptitude for exact observation was of the highest order" (Mr. M'Lachlan in the "Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," May 1894). He is chiefly known as an entomologist, but he had also extensive knowledge of Ornithology, Horticulture, and of the breeds of various domestic animals and cage-birds. His personal qualities made him many friends, and he was especially kind to beginners in the numerous subjects on which he was an authority ("Science Gossip," May 1894). -experiments on caterpillars. -letters to. -extract from letter to Darwin from. -on birds. -invited to Down. -value of his letters to Darwin. -mentioned.
Weismann, A., Darwin asked to point out how far his work follows same lines as that of. -on dimorphism. -"Einfluss der Isolirung." -letters to. -Meldola's translation of "Studies in Descent." -"Studies in Theory of Descent." -faith in Sexual Selection.
Wellingtonia.
Wells, Dr., essay on dew. -quoted by Darwin as having enunciated principle of Natural Selection before publication of "Origin."
Welwitschia, Hooker's work on. -Darwin on. -a "vegetable Ornithorhynchus."
Welwitschia mirabilis, seedlings of.
Wenlock, coral limestone of.
West Indies, plants of. -coral reefs. -elevation and subsidence of. -orchids of.
Westminster Abbey, memorial to Lyell.
"Westminster Review," Huxley's review of the "Origin" in. -Wallace's article.
Westwood, J.O. (1805-93): Professor of Entomology at Oxford. The Royal medal was awarded to him in 1855. He was educated at a Friends' School at Sheffield, and subsequently articled to a solicitor in London; he was for a short time a partner in the firm, but he never really practised, and devoted himself to science. He is the author of between 350 and 400 papers, chiefly on entomological and archaeological subjects, besides some twenty books. To naturalists he is known by his writings on insects, but he was also "one of the greatest living authorities on Anglo-Saxon and mediaeval manuscripts" ("Dictionary of National Biography"). -on range of genera. -and Royal medal. -mentioned.
Whales, Flower on.
Wheat, mummy. -fertilisation of. -forms of Russian.
Whewell, W.
Whiston.
Whitaker, W., on escarpments.
White, F.B., letter to. -on hemiptera of St. Helena.
White, Gilbert, Darwin writes an account of Down in the manner of.
White, on regeneration.
Whiteman, R.G., letter to.
Whitney, on origin of language.
Wichura, Max, on hybrid willows. -on hybridisation.
Widow-bird, experiments on.
Wiegmann.
Wiesner, Prof. J., disagrees with Darwin's views on plant movement. "Das Bewegungsvermogen der Pflanzen." -on heliotropism. -letter to.
Wigand, A., "Der Darwinismus..." -Jager's work contra.
Wight, Dr., on Cucurbitaceae.
Wilberforce, Bishop, review in the "Quarterly."
Wildness of game.
Wilkes' exploring expedition, Dana's volume in reports of.
Williamson, Prof. W.C.
Willis, J.C., reference to his "Flowering Plants and Ferns."
Willows, Walsh on galls of. -Wichura on hybrid.
Wilson, A.S., letters to. -on Russian wheat.
Wind-fertilised trees and plants, abundant in humid and temperate regions.
Wingless birds, transport of.