Note 17 — Chapter XXII · CAUSES OF VARIABILITY.
Reading edition
M. Alexis Jordan mentions four excellent pears found in woods in France, and alludes to others (‘Mém. Acad. de Lyon,’ tom. ii. 1852, p. 159). Poiteau’s remark is quoted in ‘Gardener’s Mag.,’ vol. iv., 1828, p. 385. See ‘Gardener’s Chronicle,’ 1862, p. 335, for another case of a new variety of the pear found in a hedge in France. Also for another case, see Loudon’s ‘Encyclop. of Gardening,’ p. 901. Mr. Rivers has given me similar information.