The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms (1881)/Index
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- Abinger, Roman villa at, 178
- Abinger castings from Roman villa, with rounded particles, 253
- Acids of humus, action on rocks, 240
- Africa, dust from, 235
- Air, currents of, worms sensitive to, 28
- Amount of earth brought to the surface by worms, 129
- Ants, intelligence of, 93
- Archiac, D', criticisms on my views, 4
- Artemisia, leaves of, not eaten by worms, 33
- Ash-tree, petioles of, 79
- Beaulieu Abbey, burial of the old pavement, 193
- Beaulieu Abbey, castings from, with rounded particles, 255
- Beaumont, Élie de, on vegetable mould, 2
- Beaumont, Élie de, the rubbish underlying great cities, 178
- Beaumont, Élie de, the transport of dust, 237
- Beaumont, Élie de, the permanence of mould, 289
- Beaumont, Élie de, the permanence of ancient tumuli, 290
- Beech-forests, stones not buried under by castings, 144
- Bengal, worms of, 123
- Bones, crushed, burial of, under castings, 146
- Brading, Roman villa at, 199
- Brading, castings from, with rounded particles, 254
- Bridgman, Mr., on worms eating leaves of a Phlox, 33
- Buckman, on grasses profiting by being rolled, 10
- Burial of the remains of ancient buildings by worms, 176
- Burrows, depth of, 109
- Burrows, direction of, on a slope, 270
- Burrows, excavation of, 98
- Burrows, lined with black earth, 111
- Burrows, lined with leaves, 112
- Burrows, mouths of, worms lie motionless near, 15
- Burrows, old, their collapse, 118
- Burrows, plugged up, 58
- Burrows, terminating in a small chamber, often lined with stones or seeds, 114
- Calciferous glands, 17, 43
- Cannibal worms, 36
- Carnagie, Mr., depth of burrows, 114
- Castings, acid, 52
- Castings, from Beaulieu, 101
- Castings, tower-like, near Nice, 106
- Castings, ejection of, 116
- Castings, tower-like, from near Calcutta, 123
- Castings, of great size on the Nilgiri Mountains, 126
- Castings, weight of, from a single burrow and from a given area, 160
- Castings, thickness of layer formed from, during a year, 169
- Castings, ejected over ancient buildings, 253
- Castings, flowing down slopes, 261
- Castings, washed away, 272
- Castings, dry, disintegration of, 275
- Castings, blown to leeward, 283
- Cells, free, with calcareous matter in the calciforous glands, 47
- Cellulose, digestion of, 37
- Chalk-formation, surface of, muck denuded, 137
- Chalk, residue of, forming a superficial deposit, 138
- Chalk, fragments of, soon buried and corroded, 139
- Chalk, formation of mould over, 297
- Chedworth, Roman villa of, 197
- Circular trenches near Stonehenge, 287
- Claparède, structure of the intestines of worms, 19
- Claparède, on the salivary glands of worms, 42
- Claparède, on the calciferous glands, 44
- Claparède, the pharynx adapted for suction, 56
- Claparède, doubts whether earth serves worms as food, 102, 105
- Claparède, on the gizzards of worms, 246
- Clematis, petioles of, used in plugging up burrows, 58, 77
- Cobra-snake, intelligence of, 94
- Collapsing of old burrows, 118
- Concluding remarks, 305
- Concretions of lime in the anterior calciferous glands, 45
- Concretions calcareous, use of, 54
- Corals, mud derived from, 256
- Corniche Road, disintegrated castings on, 276, 281
- Croll, Mr., on denudation, 233
- Crowns or ridges on old ploughed fields, 292
- Currents of air, worms sensitive to, 28
- Dancer, Mr., on the action and number of worms, 146, 159
- Deafness of worms, 26
- Débris, over the Roman remains at Silchester, 201
- Decay of leaves not hastened by the secretion with which they are bathed, 38
- Denudation of the land, 230
- Depth to which worms burrow, 109
- Digaster, 246
- Digestion of worms, 37
- Digestion extra-stomachal, 43
- Disintegration of rocks, aided by worms, 240
- Distribution of worms, 120
- Down, amount of earth here brought annually to the surface, 137
- Downs near Winchester, valleys in, 301
- Dust, distance transported, 235–237
- Earth, amount of, brought to the surface by worms, 129
- Earth, amount of, which flows down a given slope, 266
- Earth, swallowed as food, 100
- Earth, weight of, ejected from a single burrow, 160
- Eisen, number of species of worms, 9
- Eisen, depth of burrows, 110
- Ejection of castings, 116
- Embankments on hill-sides, 278, 282
- Encampments, ancient, 290
- Ernst, Dr., on worms at Caracas, 121
- Excavation of the burrows, 98
- Fabre, M., on the instincts of Sphex, 93
- Farrer, Mr. T. H., on the Roman villa at Abinger, 178–188
- Fat eaten by worms, 36
- Fields formerly ploughed, 292
- Fish, Mr., criticisms on my views, 6
- Flints, standing vertically in the residue over the chalk, 138
- Flints, acted on externally and internally by atmospheric agencies, 245
- Flowing down of castings, 261
- Fluid, digestive, of worms, 37
- Food of worms, leaves, 35
- Food of worms, earth, 100
- Foster, Michael, on the pancreatic ferment, 37
- Foster, Michael, on the acidity of the contents of the intestines, 52
- Foundations, deep, of the Roman buildings at Wroxeter, 227
- Furrows on old ploughed fields, 292
- Galton, Mr., on the number of dead worms, 14
- Geikie, Archibald, on Denudation, 233
- Geikie, Archibald, controverts É. de Beaumont's views on Denudation, 289
- Geike, James, controverts Richthofen's views, 237
- Geike, James, on glaciated rocks, 245
- Geographical distribution of worms, 120
- Gizzards of worms, 246
- Glands, calciferous, 17, 43
- Glands, calciferous, function of, 49
- Glen Roy, evidence of rarity of debacles, 260
- Haast, Von, on aboriginal instruments in New Zealand found buried, 147
- Hearing, sense of, 26
- Heat, perception of, 25
- Heaths, inhabited by few worms, except where paths cross them, 10
- Henson on the number of worms in gardens, 5
- Hensen on worms not subsisting on earth, 108
- Hensen depth of burrows, 110
- Hensen on number of worms living in a given area, 158
- Hensen on the composition of mould, 238
- Hensen on the amount of humus formed by two worms, 310
- Henslow, Prof., on ledges on hill-sides, 278
- Hoffmeister, number of species of worms, 9
- Hoffmeister, on worms hybernating in company, 34
- Hoffmeister, perception of light by worms, 20, 22
- Hoffmeister, on the enemies of worms, 62
- Hoffmeister, depth of burrows, 110
- Hoffmeister, on hybernation of worms, 114
- Hooker, Sir J., on ledges of earth on the Himalaya, 278
- Humus acids, action of on rocks, 240, 244
- Instinct of worms, 35
- Intelligence of worms, 35, 64
- Intestines of worms, their contents acid, 51
- Islands, inhabited by worms, 120
- Johnson, Dr. H., on the Roman remains at Wroxeter, 222–228
- Johnson, Dr. H., on ammonia in worm-castings, 242
- Johnson, S. W., 'How Crops Feed,' 242
- Joyce, Rev. J. G., on the Roman remains at Silchester, 201
- Julien, Mr. A. A., on the composition of peat, 238
- Julien, Mr. A. A., on the humus acids, 240, 244
- Key, Rev. H., on the burial of cinders by worms, 146
- King, Dr., on the formation of mould in forests in France, 5
- King, Dr., on castings near Nice, 106, 117
- King, Dr., on great castings on the Nilgiri Mountains and in Ceylon, 126
- King, Dr., weight of castings near Nice, 163
- King, Dr., on disintegrated castings on the Corniche road, 276, 281
- King, Dr., on the washing away of the castings on the Nilgiri Mountains, 274
- Knole Park, beech-woods, worms absent, 12
- Koninck, De, on the disintegration of rocks, 235
- Laburnum leaves, 67
- Land, denudation of, 230
- Lankester, Ray, on the structure of worms, 18
- Lankester, Ray, on worms from Kerguelen Land, 121
- La Plata, dust storms of, 236
- Layard, Mr., on the habits of the cobra, 94
- Leaves, worms distinguish the taste of different kinds, 32
- Leaves, consumed by worms, 35
- Leaves, their decay not hastened by the alkaline secretion with which they are bathed, 38
- Leaves, decayed, generate acids, 50
- Leaves, used in plugging up burrows, 65
- Leaves, used to line burrows, 112
- Ledges of earth on hill-sides, 278
- Léon, F., on the digestive fluid of worms, 38
- Light, perception of, by worms, 20
- Lime, carbonate, concretions of, 45
- Maer Hall, amount of earth brought to surface, 130
- Mallett, Mr., on the sinking of the ground under great buildings, 158
- Meat, raw, eaten by worms, 36
- Mental qualities of worms, 34
- Mint, leaves of, only nibbled, 33
- Mississippi, drainage area of, 233
- Möbius on the habits of a pike, 94
- Moniligaster, 246
- Morren on worms surviving long immersion, 13
- Morren on worms lying motionless near mouths of their burrows, 15
- Morren on worms eating sugar, 36
- Morren on the disappearance of the calciferous glands during winter, 48
- Morren on stones in the gizzards of worms, 247, 249
- Mould, thickness of, annually ejected by worms, 169
- Mould, thickness of, over Roman remains at Chedworth, 199
- Mould, nature and thickness of, over the Roman remains at Silchester, 218
- Mould, thickness of, at Wroxeter, 223
- Mould, formation and thickness of, over the chalk, 297
- Mountains, worms absent from, 12
- Müller, Fritz, on the worms in South Brazil, 121
- Nice, castings near, 106
- Nice, disintegrated castings near, 276
- Night, worms leave their burrows, 14
- Nilgiri Mountains, castings on, 126
- Objects strewed on the surface soon buried under castings, 130
- Obliteration of old furrows on ploughed land, 292
- Odours, degree of sensitiveness to, by worms, 29
- Pancreatic secretion, 37
- Pancreatic secretion, not acid, 53
- Paper, triangles of, 82
- Path, paved, burial of, by worm-castings, 145
- Paths inhabited by worms, 10
- Pavement, modern, undermined by worms, 192
- Pavements, ancient, subsidence of, at Silchester, 212
- Peat, formation of, 239
- Percolation of earth into the chalk, 297
- Perichæta, naturalized near Nice, 106
- Perrier, worms surviving long immersion, 13
- Perrier, on the calciferous glands, 44
- Perrier, on the action of the pharynx, 56
- Perrier, on the burrowing power of worms, 99
- Perrier, on naturalized worms, 106
- Perrier, on worms killed by acetic acid, 159
- Perrier, on the gizzards of worms, 246, 249
- Petioles of Clematis, 77
- Petioles of the ash, 79
- Pharynx, action of, 56
- Pike, stupidity of, 94
- Pine-leaves used in plugging up burrows, 58, 70
- Pine-leaves lining burrows, 112
- Pipes, formation of, in the chalk, 137
- Playfair on Denudation, 290
- Ploughed fields, old, 292
- Plugging up of the burrows, 58
- plugging use of the process, 62
- Prehension, power of, by worms, 56
- Qualities, mental, of worms, 34
- Ramsay, Mr., on the sinking of a pavement undermined by worms, 192
- Ramsey, Mr., on Denudation, 231
- Remains, ancient, buried by worms, 176
- Rhododendron leaves, 69
- Richthofen on dust deposits in China, 237
- Robinia, petioles of, 81
- Rocks, disintegration of, aided by worms, 240
- Rocks, triturated in the gizzards of worms, 249
- Rolling down of dry castings, 275
- Romanes, Mr., on the intelligence of animals, 95
- Sachs on living roots corroding rocks, 243
- Sage, leaves of, not eaten by worms, 33
- Saliva, doubtful whether any secreted by worms, 42
- Saussure, H. De, on brick-pebbles, 254
- Schmulewitsch on the digestion of cellulose, 37
- Scott, Mr. J., on worms near Calcutta, 123
- Seeds preserved in the burrows of worms, 115
- Semper on various animals swallowing sand, 103
- Senses of worms, 19
- Silchester, old Roman town, 201
- Silica, colloid, acted on by the humus acids, 242
- Sinking of the pavements at Silchester, 212
- Sites inhabited by worms, 9
- Smell, sense of, 29
- Social feelings of worms, 34
- Sorby, Mr., on the trituration of small particles of rock, 257
- Starch eaten by worms, 36
- Starch digestion of the granules in the cells of leaves, 41
- St. Catherine's Hill, near Winchester, 302
- Stones, great, undermined by worms at Leith Hill and at Stonehenge, 148
- Stones, small, heaped over burrows, 60
- Stones, small, in the gizzards of worms, 247
- Stones, rounded in the gizzards of worms, 249
- Stonehenge, great stones of, undermined by worms, 154
- Stonehenge, circular trenches near, 287
- Structure of worms, 16
- Subsidence of the pavements at Silchester, 212
- Suction, power of, 56
- Sugar eaten by worms, 36
- Summary of whole book, 305
- Surface, objects strewed on, buried under castings, 130
- Taste, power of, 32
- Thickness of the layer of mould annually ejected by worms, 169
- Thickness of the mould over the remains at Chedworth, 199
- Thickness of the mould over the remains at Silchester, 218
- Thickness of the mould over the Roman remains at Wroxeter, 223
- Thyme, leaves of, not eaten by worms, 33
- Touch, worms highly sensitive to, 28
- Triangles of paper, 82
- Trituration of particles of rock in the gizzards of worms, 249
- Tumuli, ancient, 290
- Tylor, Mr. A., on Denudation, 233
- Tylor, Mr. E., on anciently ploughed land, 293
- Typhosolis, 19
- Utricularia, bladders of, 109
- Vibrations, worms sensitive to, 27
- Vision, power of, in worms, 20
- Walls, ancient, at Abinger, penetrated by worms, 188
- Walls, ancient, penetrated by worms at Silchester, 209
- Washing away of castings, 272
- Wedgwood, Mr., on the formation of mould, 3
- Weight of earth ejected from a single burrow, 160
- Whitaker, Mr., on Denudation, 232
- White, on worms leaving their burrows at night, 14
- Winchester, chalk formation near, 301
- Wind, action of, on castings, 283
- Worms, nocturnal, 13
- Worms, large numbers occasionally die, 14
- Worms, dead eaten by other worms, 36
- Worms, contents of intestines, acid, 51
- Worms, their castings, acid, 52
- Worms, power of suction, 56
- Worms, plugging up their burrows, 58
- Worms, intelligence of, 64
- Worms, formation of their burrows, 98
- Worms, number of, living in a given area, 158
- Worms, penetrating ancient walls, 188, 209
- Worms, gizzards of, and the trituration of the contained stones, 246
- Worms, prefer to live in fine earth, 291
- Wright, Mr., on the age of Wroxeter, 221
- Wroxeter, old Roman town of, 221