xiv DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



PART II 

 THE ORIGIN OF DOMESTICATED RACES 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XVII. Origin of Domesticated Animals 207 



Domesticated mammals — The dog — The horse — The ass 



— The ox — The sheep — The goat — The pig — The cat — 

 Domesticated birds — The hen — The goose — The duck — 

 The turkey — The peacock — The swan — The guinea fowl 



— Additional races and semidomestication — Unwelcome 

 domestication 



XVIII. Origin of Cultivated Grains and Grasses . . 241 



Cultivated plants, like domesticated animals, originated in the 

 wild — Wheat — Barley — Indian Corn — Oats — Rye — Rice 



— Sorghum — Sugar Cane — Millet — Buckwheat — Timothy 



— Blue Grass — Redtop — Orchard grass — The Festucas — 

 Miscellaneous grasses 



XIX. Origin of the Cultivated Legumes 257 



Clover — Alfalfa — The lentil — The bean — The pea — The 

 vetch — The lupine — The soybean — The cowpea 



XX. Origin of Cultivated Fruits 267 



The apple — The pear — The plum. — The sour cherry — The 

 peach — The apricot — The orange and the lemon — The 

 banana — The pineapple — The grape — The strawberry — 

 The raspberry — The blackberry — The melon — Miscella- 

 neous fruits 



XXI. Origin of Farm and Garden Vegetables and 



Miscellaneous Plants 285 



The potato — The sweet potato — Miscellaneous tubers — 

 Edible Roots — The onion — The beet — Manioc, or mandioca 



— The turnip — Miscellaneous roots — Vegetables cultivated 

 for their foliage — Cabbage — Celery — Lettuce — Asparagus 



— Plants cultivated for beverage — Coffee — Tea — Mate — 

 Plants grown for sedative effect — The poppy — Coca — The 

 betel — Tobacco — Fiber plants — Cotton — Flax — Hemp — 

 Ornamental plants — Weeds 



Appendix 301 



Glossary 312 



Index 3*7 



