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Ear and Plant of Duck-bill Wheat, 



CONICAL WHEAT Trilicum turgidum, has been 

 attempted in England, but without any profitable r?- 

 sult, having no qualities that recommend it to the no- 

 tice of the agriculturist. 



Some other varieties exist, which, although they 

 do not appear to be well adapted to the climate of 

 England, are yet cultivated extensively elsewhere; 

 they are therefore deserving of description. 



EGYPTIAN, or MANY-SPIKED WHEAT Triticitm 

 compositum, called also the Corn of Abundance. 

 This species is principally cultivated in the country 

 whose name it bears, and in Italy. It is probably 

 a native of the north of Africa, and resembles spring 

 wheat, in its habits, more than any other description. 



