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Lindley Theory of Horticulture. 1855 p. 346. refers to Decandolle' Phys. Vegeta. p. 788 for curious facts on grafting.— (Hybrid Chapter)

p 352 quotes A. Knight that grafting Pear on Quince, &c Peach & Apricot on Plum is wrong where extensive growth & durability are wanted

p. 355. Nurserymen know very well that what they call French Peaches such as ....... will only take on the Pear Plum, while other vars. prefer the Muscle Plum; & a var. called the Prompton suit them all equally well.

Lindley says that these "some well attested facts relating to the preference of particular vars for one kind of stock rather than for another". which we cannot explain

p 359 Refers to tripartite orange & statement that found by grafting together 3 kinds of seeds.—

p 493. Mr Isaac. Anderson asserts that blooms of Calceolaria were tinted red from crossing one flower with a red kind—!!! like Pea-case.—

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p 493. Mr Isaac Anderson says "my hybrid Veronica intermediate between V. saxatilis & V. fruticosa seeds, I would say, more abundantly than either parent; & the progeny from its self-sown seeds I find to be of various shades of blue; violet & red."—

p 497. A. Knight never cd make morello & common cherry bred together— Lindley has tried to cross gooseberry & currant.—