INDEX. 63 



Tage. 



Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, appearance only on uncultivated soils 44 



distribution, habits of growth, etc., studies. . 44 



nativity 44 



origin and significance of name 42 



soils, locations, and habits 48-49 



origin at Rasheyya, Palestine 38 



durum, cultivation in Palestine 32 



melanopus, presence of rye in field 45-46 



races, description 32 



monococcum, cultivation as forage plant 40 



prototype, discovery and description 40-41 



ovatum, wheat-crossing experiments 37 



spelta, cultivation as forage plant 40 



turgid um, cultivation in Palestine . 32 



vulgare dicoccoides, prototype of cultivated wheats 38 



wild, varieties and description 43-44 



Troy, early discovery of wheat 41 



Tunis, adaptability of wild emmer 52 



cultivation of " Athl " 35 



Turkestan, adaptability of wild emmer • 52 



Turkey, Government, studies of range of wild emmer 46-48 



wheat, introduction into United States 7 



Turonian limestones. See Limestones, Turonian. 



Um-er-Ruman, Galileean village known as "mother of the pomegranate". ... 18 



United States, arid regions, adaptability of wild emmer 52 



Vegetation, forms, comparison of Mount Tamalpais, California, and Mount 



Carmel, Palestine 11 



Palestine 1 1-13 



Vicias, valuable legumes of Palestine 28 



Vienna, national museum, exhibit of wild emmer from Palestine 38 



Vilmorin, wheat, crosses and hybrids, experiments and results 39 



experiments 40—1 1 



Vinegar, use in artificially ripening dates in Palestine 23-24 



Vinson, experiments in artificially ripening dates in Arizona 24 



Von Tschermak, wheat, crossing, experiments 41 



Vossische Zeitung, account of experiments of Professor Kornicke 51 



Wady Waleh, discovery of wild emmer 46-47 



Wangen, lake dwellings, discovery of emmer 42 



Warburg, reference 42 



Watermelon, " abu-taba," description 34 



exports 34 



cultivation in Tiberias and description 34 



races, cultivation in Palestine 34 



See also Citrullus. 



Werner, reference 38 



Wheat, age of crop, comparison with earliest growth of barley 45 



ancient history, origin, and fatherland, early writings 36-37 



classification and development, study by Kornicke and Hackel 38-39 



artificial, difficulty of maintenance 39 



botanical, list 38-39 



crossing, early experiments 37 



experiments 39 



cultivation, early, in Asia 49 



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