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- Cited by Zirkle; note that the color of the kernel is actually derived from the underlying
tissue, the aleurone layer, which is the outer endosperm. The genetic effect of pollen on the color
of the endosperm is a special type of hybridization known as xenia. - Leapman, M. (2000), The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild. St. Martin’s Press, p. 10.
- Common names are typically not capitalized in modern English usage.
- As discussed later, the actual origin of the hybrid is still unresolved.
- Darlingtron, W., and H. Marshall (1849), Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry
Marshall. Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia. (Republished by Ulan Press, 2012). - In Elizabethan times, the “gardener’s art” probably referred to grafting, since the role of
pollination was still unknown. - Trembley, J. A. (1743), Theses Physicae de Vegetatione et Generatione Plantarum. M. - M.
Bousquet & Sociorum. - Bradley, R. (1717), New Improvements of Planting and Gardening Both Philosophical and
Practical. - Blair, P.(February 4, 1719/ 20). Extracts from the Journal Book of the Royal Society, XII
(1714– 1720): pp. 411– 412. Cited by Zirkle. - Leapman, The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild.
- Bradley, New Improvements of Planting and Gardening.
- From Philip Miller’s Letter to Richard Bradley, dated October 6, 1721, quoted in
R. Bradley’s A General Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening (1726). The crucial phrase in brack-
ets is taken from Miller’s shorter account in the 1751 edition of Gardener’s Dictionary. - In this respect, he had something in common with his highly influential contemporary,
the Swedish scientist- mystic Swedenborg, who believed he had been singled out by God to inter-
pret the secrets of the universe. See Erikson, G. (1983), Linnaeus the botanist, in Tore Frängsmyr,
ed., Linnaeus, the Man and His Work. University of California Press, pp. 63– 109. - From the Greeks onward, herb collecting has always been surrounded by superstitions
and rituals. Among these superstitions was the doctrine of signatures. Later popularized and
elaborated by Paracelsus (1491– 1541), a professor at the University of Basel, the “Doctrine of
Signatures” held that the medicinal properties of plants can be discerned from their resemblance
to the parts of the body that they are designed by God to treat. For example, the British botanist
William Cole (1626– 62) wrote that the walnut kernel “hath the very figure of the Brain,” and
thus, when properly prepared, “it comforts the brain and head mightily.” - Harrison, P. (2009), Linnaeus as a second Adam? Taxonomy and the religious vocation.
Zygon 44:879– 893. - In Pinax Theatri Botanica (Illustrated Exposition of Plants), Bauhin described about 6,000
species and classified them according to their “natural affinities.” Although he anticipated
Linnaeus by using binomial nomenclature (genus and species) for many of the plants, he was
inconsistent in its application. - Koerner, L. (1999), Linnaeus: Nature and Nation. Harvard University Press.
- He interpreted the fact that insects often feasted upon different species of the same genus
with no apparent harm as evidence that genus constitutes a “natural” grouping (Disquisito de
Sexu Plantarum 1760). - Cited by Harrison, Linnaeus as a second Adam?
43. Ibid.