[527] 'Journal of Horticulture,' Oct. 24th, 1865, p. 239.
[528] Prescott's 'Hist. of Mexico,' vol. ii. p. 61.
[529] Sageret, 'Pomologie Physiologique,' 1830, p. 47; Gallesio, 'Teoria della Riproduzione,' 1816, p. 88; Godron, 'De l'Espèce,' 1859, tom. ii. pp. 63, 67, 70. In my tenth and eleventh chapters I have given details on the potato; and I can confirm similar remarks with respect to the onion. I have also shown how far Naudin concurs in regard to the varieties of the melon.
[530] Godron, 'De l'Espèce,' tom. ii. p. 27.
[531] 'The Anthropological Treatises of Blumenbach,' 1865, p. 292.
[532] Mr. J. J. Murphy in his opening address to the Belfast Nat. Hist. Soc., as given in the Belfast Northern Whig, Nov. 19, 1866. Mr. Murphy here follows the line of argument against my views previously and more cautiously given by the Rev. C. Pritchard, Pres. Royal Astronomical Soc., in his sermon (Appendix, p. 33) preached before the British Association at Nottingham, 1866.
[533] On the Vision of Fishes and Amphibia, translated in 'Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,' vol. xviii., 1866, p. 469.
[534] Fourth edition, 1866, p. 215.
[535] Quoted by Youatt on Sheep, p. 325. See also Youatt on Cattle, pp. 62, 69.
[536] MM. Lherbette and De Quatrefages, in 'Bull. Soc. Acclimat.,' tom. viii., 1861, p. 311.