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the lane side of the hedge at different times. The other example 
of the Pear,’ (I may now add I have since found a third in the 
locality,) comparatively a young one, grows about one-eighth of a 
mile from the one just mentioned ; on the other side of the lane, and 
not in the hedge-row but on the side of the hedge-bank, only a 
little above the level of the lane ; hence in a spot where we may 
reasonably conclude that it sprang from seed, especially as I could 
find none of it in the hedge-row above.’’”’? With reference to the 
preceding paragraph Dr. Masters continues, ‘“‘In these terms Mr. 
Briggs writes to me, and on comparing the specimens with which 
he has now favoured me with those formerly distributed by him, 
and with the Brittany specimens referred to in my previous com- 
munication, I can but come to the conclusion that, so far as the 
evidence before us justifies an opinion, they all belong to one and 
the same form. The second communication to which I referred 
consisted in the transmission of the type specimen of Pyrus Bovs- 
stertana, Buhse, n. 1046a. For this I am indebted to the ereat 
kindness of M. Boissier. On comparing this with the French and 
with the Devonshire and Cornwall specimens, I can but conclude 
that as species and varieties go nowadays, the Persian plant is quite 
distinct from the others.’’ Dr. Masters adds, ‘‘ It now remains to 
see how Dr. Phené’s fascinating speculations are affected by these 
facts. First, as the identity of the Western French specimens and 
those of South-western England is rather confirmed than otherwise, 
so the Arthurian origin of the small-fruited Pear in Cornwall is 
strengthened proportionately. But as to the Persian origin of these 
forms the evidence is decidedly weakened, though it is still quite 
within the bounds of possibility that the plant has migrated from 
Persia, and that the existing differences are referable to climatal 
variations extending over centuries.”’ 
To the above particulars from Dr. Masters I will add but little. 
Tam however pleased at being able to say that I have reason to 
think a pear-tree in a hedge near Tregantle, and so at a third 
station, is of a similar kind. In the autumn of 1875 I obtained a 
few seeds from fruits of the Egg Buckland shrub, three of which 
produced plants, the largest now nearly two feet high, which I am 
going to send to Kew, in order that it NG) be planted in the 
Arboretum there. 
I proceed to say something about the Apples of our hedge-rows. 
As to their classification, we find much the same difficulty as we 
