rof. Lecoq, 'De la Fecondation,' 2nd edit., 1862, p. 76.

[308] 'Bastarderzeugung,' s. 64, 357.

[309] Idem, s. 357.

[310] 'Zweite Fortsetzung,' s. 10; 'Dritte Fort.,' s. 40.

[311] Duvernoy, quoted by Gaertner, 'Bastarderzeugung,' s. 334.

[312] 'Gardner's Chronicle,' 1846, p. 183.

[313] 'Transact. Hort. Soc.,' vol. vii., 1830, p. 95.

[314] Prof. Lecoq, 'De la Fecondation,' 1845, p. 70; Gaertner,
'Bastarderzeugung,' s. 64.

[315] 'Gardener's Chron.' 1866, p. 1068.

[316] 'Journal of Proc. of Linn. Soc.,' vol. viii., 1864, p. 168.

[317] 'Amaryllidaceae,' 1837, p. 371; 'Journal of Hort. Soc.,' vol. ii.,
1847, p. 19.

[318] Loudon's 'Gardener's Magazine,' vol. xi., 1835, p. 260.

[319] 'Gardener's Chronicle,' 1850, p. 470.

[320] 'Journal Hort. Soc., vol. v. p. 135. The seedlings thus raised were
given to the Hort. Soc.; but I find, on inquiry, that they unfortunately
died the following winter.

[321] Mr. D. Beaton, in 'Journal of Hort.,' 1861, p. 453. Lecoq, however
('De la Fecond.,' 1862, p. 369), states that this hybrid is descended from
_G. psittacinus_ and _cardinalis_; but this is opposed to Herbert's
experience, who found that the former species could not be crossed.

[322] This is the conclusion of Prof. Devay, 'Du Danger des Mariages
Consang.,' 1862, p. 97. Virchow quotes, in the 'Deutsche Jahrbuecher,'
1863, s. 354, some curious evidence on half the cases of a peculiar form of
blindness occurring in the offspring from near relations.

[323] For England, _see_ below. For Germany, _see_ Metzger,
'Getreidearten,' 1841, s. 63. For France, Loiseleur-Deslongchamps ('Consid.
sur les Cereales,' 1843, p. 200) gives numerous references on this subject.
For Southern France, _see_ Godron, 'Florula Juvenalis,' 1854, p. 28.

[324] 'A general Treatise of Husbandry,' vol. iii. p. 58.

[325] 'Gardener's Chronicle and Agricult. Gazette,' 1858, p. 247; and for
the second statement, idem, 1850, p. 702. On this same subject, _see_ also
Rev. D. Walker's 'Prize Essay of Highland Agricult. Soc.,' vol. ii. p. 200.
Also Marshall's 'Minutes of Agriculture,' November, 1775.

[326] Oberlin's 'Memoirs,' Eng. translat., p. 73. For Lancashire, _see_
Marshall's 'Review of Reports,' 1808, p. 295.

[327] 'Cottage Gardener,' 1856, p. 186. For Mr. Robson's subsequent
statements, _see_ 'Journal of Horticulture,' Feb. 18, 1866, p. 121. For Mr.
Abbey's remarks on grafting, &c., idem, July 18, 1865, p. 44.

[328] 'Mem. de l'