1144
Well drawn in Duhamel, Traité des Arbres, edit. 2, vi. pl. 59; and in Decaisne, Jard. Frui. du Mus., pl. 1, figs. B and C. P. balansæ, pl. 6 of the same work, appears to be identical, as Boissier observes.
1145
This is the case in the forests of Lorraine, for instance, according to the observations of Godron, De l’Origine Probable des Poiriers Cultivés, 8vo pamphlet, 1873, p. 6.
1146
Rosenmüller, Bibl. Alterth.; Löw, Aramaeische Pflanzennamen, 1881.
1147
The spelling Pyrus, adopted by Linnæus, occurs in Pliny, Historia, edit. 1631, p. 301. Some botanists, purists in spelling, write pirus, so that in referring to a modern work it is necessary to look in the index for both forms, or run the risk of believing that the pears are not in the work. In any case the ancient name was a common name; but the true botanical name is that of Linnæus, founder of the received nomenclature, and Linnæus wrote Pyrus.
1148
Comes, Ill. Piante nei Dipinti Pompeiani, p. 59.
1149
Heer, Pfahlbauten, pp. 24, 26, fig. 7.
1150
Sordelli, Notizie Stat. Lacustre di Lagozza.
1151
Nemnich, Polyglott. Lex. Naturgesch.; Ad. Pictet, Origines Indo-Europ., i. p. 277; and my manuscript dictionary of common names.
1152
From a list of plant-names sent by M. d’Abadie to Professor Clos, of Toulouse.
1153
Godron, ubi supra, p. 28.
1154
Jacquin, Flora Austriaca, ii. pp. 4, 107.
1155
Decaisne, Jardin Fruitier du Muséum, Poiriers, pl. 21.
1156
Decaisne, ibid., p. 18, and Introduction, p. 30. Several varieties of this species, of which a few bear a large fruit, are figured in the same work.
1157
Boreau, Fl. du Centre de la France, edit. 3, vol. ii. p. 236.
1158
Palladius, De re Rustica, lib. 3, c. 25. For this purpose “pira sylvestria vel asperi generis” were used.
1159
The Chinese quince had been called by Thonin Pyrus sinensis. Lindley has unfortunately given the same name to a true pyrus.
1160
Decaisne (Jardin Fruitier du Muséum, Poiriers, pl. 5) saw specimens from both countries. Franchet and Savatier give it as only cultivated in Japan.
1161
Nyman, Conspectus Floræ Europeæ, p. 240; Ledebour, Flora Rossica, ii. p. 96; Boissier, Flora Orientalis, ii. p. 656; Decaisne, Nouv. Arch. Mus., x. p. 153.
1162
Boissier, ibid.
1163
Maximowicz, Prim. Ussur.; Regel, Opit. Flori, etc., on the plants of the Ussuri collected by Maak; Schmidt, Reisen Amur. Franchet and Savatier do not mention it in their Enum. Jap. Bretschneider quotes a Chinese name which, he says, applies also to other species.
1164
Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ., i. p. 261.
1165
Boreau, Fl. du Centre de la France, edit. 3, vol. ii. p. 236.
1166
Boissier, ubi supra.
1167
Orig. Indo-Eur., i. p. 276.
1168
Heldreich, Nutzpflanzen Griechenlands, i. p. 64.