Chapter V: Vallisneria spiralis, 893, 1006

Vanilla, 955, 1152

Van Tieghem, 967

Vaucher, 1015

Vaucluse, the Gorges of, 604-5

Vedas, the, 501

Vega, 51-52, 57, 63, 76, 85, 87, 123, 187, 193

Vegetable-ivory, 1179

Vegetation, in Africa, 909-15
in America, 915-26
in Asia, 905-9
in Australia, 926-29
in Canary Isles, 932-34
of the earth, 946-56
in Europe, 898-904
in New Zealand, 939-30
zones of, 930-45

Venus, 131, 312, 317, 326, 331, 358-64
atmosphere of, 361
and Mercury, 355
climate of, 361
geography of, 362
orbit of, 360
phases of, 359-60
revolution of, 360
year of, 361

Venus’s Fly-trap, 1076-77

Vertebrata, 1301, 1337

Vertebrates, 460-61

Vesper, 359

Vesuvius, 525, 543, 545, 546, 548-49, 551, 556, 557

Via Lactea, 27

Virey, 1687

Vitellio, 799

Vitruvius, 598

Vizcacha, 1617-19

Volcanic, action, 516-27, 541-42
tuff, 445

Volcano, 545
definition of, 537-38

Volcanoes, 525-27, 536-59, 562, 570
eruptions of, 517
gaseous emanations, 518-19, 538-39
mud, 519-20, 522-25

Volga, the, 627, 637

Vulcan, 353

Vulpecula, 78

Vulture, 1551

W

Wahlenberg’s region, 930, 939, 1143

Walker, Francis, 1452

Wallace, A. R., 1003, 1100-1, 1127, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1297, 1591,
1594, 1595, 1596, 1597

Wallich’s region, 940

Wasps, 1408, 1409, 1634

Water-bearer, the, 78

Waterspouts, 845

Weak, J. P. Mansel, 1101, 1598

Weather, 784
prognostics, 784-85, 827-28
charts of the, 786, 788, 827

Weaver-birds, 1631-33

Wells, Dr. William Charles, 813

Westwood, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405

Whale, 1561
the, 98-99

Whately, 1658, 1661

Wheat, 944, 945

Whirlwind, 849, 852-53

Whitney, Prof., 878

Whorl, 866

Wildcat, 1542

Williams, Stanley, 409-10

Wilson, Alexander, 813

Winds, 828-45
trade, 834-36, 841-42

Wings of insects, 1428-34

Winlock, Prof., 818

Withering, 998

Wolf, Max, 155, 263

Wollaston, 54

Wolves, 1574-75

Woods, Brazilian, 1146-61

Worms, 459-60, 1619

Wren, Sir Christopher, 792-93