'Ann. Sc. Nat.,' ser. 5, vol. vi, 1866, p. 228,
tab. xii.
[267] 'Act. Acad. Nat. Cur.,' 22, 11. 1850, p. 543, t. v, vi.
[268] 'Neue Denkschrift der allg. Schweiz. Gesellsch.,' band v. p. 9,
tab. 3, 4.
[269] 'Ann. Sc. Nat.,' 2 ser., vol. i, p. 308, pl. ix, c.
[270] 'Adansonia,' vol. iv, pp. 159, 171.
[271] 'Bildungsabweichungen,' &c., tab. iv, figs. 1, 2, 21, 28, 29, &c.
[272] 'Bull. Soc. Bot. France,' viii, p. 395.
[273] 'Notulae,' p. 125, atlas, pl. xxxv; and 'Journals of Travels,'
1847, p. 475, _Lonicera_.
[274] 'Ann. Science Nat.,' 3rd ser., vol. ix, p. 86, tabs. 5, 6.
[275] 'Comptes Rendus,' vol. xviii, March 25th, 1864, and 'Ann. Sc.
Nat.,' 3 ser., vol. ii, p. 32.
[276] 'Mem. Acad. Sc. Toulous.,' ser. 5, vol. iii.
[277] 'Bildungsabweich. Pflanz. Famil.,' p. 89, tab. xi.
[278] 'Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.,' 1865, p. 411.
[279] Translated in 'Ann. Sc. Nat.,' 4th series, t. xiv, p. 24.
[280] The calyx is not unfrequently excepted.
[281] 'Bull. Bot.,' t. i, p. 6.
[282] Lindley, 'Theor. Horticult.,' ed. 2, p. 84, f. 17.
[283] Gris, 'Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.,' 1858, vol. v, p. 261, and 'Ann. Sc.
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1856, p. 129.
[284] 'Flora,' 1856, p. 711.
[285] 'Theory of Horticult.,' ed. 2, p. 90, f. 25.
[286] As considerable interest attaches to the "Plymouth strawberry,"
and very little is known of it in this country, or on the continent, the
author gladly avails himself of this opportunity of inserting an account
of it, for which he is indebted to the kindness of Dr. Robert Hogg.--The
Plymouth Strawberry (_Fragaria vesca fructu hispido_) is a sort of
botanical Dodo upon which many have written, and which few have seen.
Many years have elapsed since it was first discovered; and although a
century and a half have passed since there was any evidence of its
existence, it serves still as an illustration for students in morphology
of one of those strange abnormal structures with which the vegetable
kingdom abounds.
It is to old John Tradescant we are indebted for the earliest record of
this plant. Johnson, in his edition of 'Gerard,' says; "Mr. John
Tradescant hath told me that he was the first that tooke notice of this
strawberry, and that in a woman's garden at Plimouth, whose daughter had
gathered and set the roots in her garden, in stead of the common
strawberry; but she, finding the fruit not to answer her expectation,
intended to t
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