[593] Metzger, 'Kohlarten,' s. 51.
[594] These experiments by Vilmorin have been quoted by many writers. An eminent botanist, Prof. Decaisne, has lately expressed doubts on the subject from his own negative results, but these cannot be valued equally with positive results. On the other hand, M. Carrière has lately stated ('Gard. Chronicle,' 1865, p. 1154) that he took seed from a wild carrot, growing far from any cultivated land, and even in the first generation the roots of his seedlings differed in being spindle-shaped, longer, softer and less fibrous than those of the wild plant. From these seedlings he raised several distinct varieties.
[595] Loudon's 'Encyclop. of Gardening,' p. 835.
[596] Alph. De Candolle 'Géograph. Bot.,' 960. Mr. Bentham ('Hort. Journal,' vol. ix. (1855), p. 141) believes that garden and field peas belong to the same species, and in this respect he differs from Dr. Targioni.
[597] 'Botanische Zeitung,' 1860, s. 204.
[598] 'Die Pflanzen der Pfahlbauten,' 1866, s. 23.
[599] A variety called the Rouncival attains this height, as is stated by Mr. Gordon in 'Transact. Hort. Soc.' (2nd series), vol. i., 1835, p. 374, from which paper I have taken some facts.
[600] 'Phil. Transact.,' 1799, p. 196.
[601] 'Gardener's Magazine,' vol. i., 1826, p. 153.
[602] 'Encyclopædia of Gardening,' p. 823.