[138] ‘Bot. Zeitung,’ May, 1868, p. 326.

[139] See Dr. J. Stockton-Hough, in ‘American Naturalist,’ Jan. 1874, p. 29.

[140] ‘Transact. Hort. Soc.,’ vol. v. p. 69.

[141] ‘Bull. de l’Acad. Imp. de St. Petersburg,’ tom. xvii. p. 275, 1872. The author gives references to those cases in the Solanaceæ of fruit affected by foreign pollen, but as it does not appear that the mother-plant was artificially fertilised, I have not entered into details.

[142] ‘Bot. Zeitung,’ Sept. 1868, p. 631. For Maximowicz’s judgment, see the paper last referred to.

[143] ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ Jan. 20th, 1863, p. 46.

[144] See on this head the high authority of Prof. Decaisne, in a paper translated in ‘Journ. Hort. Soc.,’ vol. i., new series, 1866, p. 48.

[145] Vol. xliii., 1744-45, p. 525; vol. xlv., 1747-48, p. 602.

[146] ‘Transact. Hort. Soc.,’ vol. v. pp. 65 and 68. See also Prof. Hildebrand, with a coloured figure, in ‘Bot. Zeitung,’ May 15th, 1868, p. 327. Puvis also has collected, ‘De La Dégénération,’ 1837, p. 36)several other instances; but it is not in all cases possible to distinguish between the direct action of foreign pollen and bud-variations.

[147] T. de Clermont-Tonnerre, in ‘Mém. de la Soc. Linn. de Paris,’ tom. iii. 1825, p. 164.