[2] Pliny Nat. Hist. XV: 15. From a translation made for the writer by Professor H. H. Yeames; Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y.

[3] Goderonne: From godron, a sculptural ornament having the shape of an elongated egg.

[4] Cordus, Valerius Hist. Pl. 3:176-182. 1561.

The writer is indebted to Professor H. H. Yeames, Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., for the translation of this chapter from the original text.

[5] A Hist. of Gard. in Eng. 35-37. 1910.

[6] Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections 1st Ser. 1:118.

[7] Mass. Records 1:24.

[8] Mass. Hist. Collections 3d Ser. 23:337.

[9] Hist. Mass. Hort. Soc. p. 16. 1829-1878.

[10] Report of Me. Pom. Soc. 7:1873.