ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate I 



Date palms in Mesopotamia l 



Plate II 



Flowers of the date 2 



Plate III 



Date inflorescences 3 



Plate IV 



Young date tree in fruit 4 



Plate V 



Fruiting branch of the date 5 



Plate VI 



Demonstration by Arabs of the pollination of the date 6 



Plate VII 



Demonstration by Arabs of the polltnatiofi of the date 7 



Plate VIII 



Figure of Ashur-nasir-pal attended by winged 

 mythological being 8 



Plate IX 



Assyrian bas-relief of priest 9 



Plate X 



Two figures of Ashur-nasir-pal attended by priests 10 



Plate XI 



Rudolph Jacob Camerarius 13 



