The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

by Charles Darwin

[77] For pigeons, see Dr. Chapuis, ‘Le Pigeon Voyageur Belge,’ 1865, p. 66.

[78] ‘Swedish Acts,’ vol. i., 1739, p. 3. Pallas makes the same remark in his ‘Travels’ (Eng. translat.), vol. i. p. 292.

[79] A. Kerner, ‘Die Cultur der Alpenpflanzen,’ 1864, s. 139; Watson’s ‘Cybele Britannica,’ vol. i. p. 131; Mr. D. Cameron, also, has written on the culture of Alpine plants in ‘Gard. Chronicle,’ 1848, pp. 253, 268, and mentions a few which seed.

[80] ‘Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Befruchtung,’ 1844 s. 333.

[81] ‘Nova Acta Petrop.,’ 1793, p. 391.

[82] ‘Cottage Gardener,’ 1856, pp. 44, 109.

[83] Dr. Herbert, ‘Amaryllidaceæ,’ p. 176.

[84] Gärtner, ‘Beiträge zur Kenntniss,’ etc., s. 560, 564.

[85] ‘Gardener’s Chronicle,’ 1844, p. 215; 1850, p. 470. Faivre gives a good résumé on this subject in his ‘La Variabilité des Espèces,’ 1868, p. 155.

[86] ‘Beiträge zur Kenntniss,’ etc., s. 252, 338.