WHEAT. 



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Ear and plant of Polish Wheat. 



SPELT WHEAT Trilicum spelta is imagined 

 to have been the Triliciim of the Romans, and 

 the Zea of the Greeks, although this latter name 

 has now been given to Maize, a grain unknown to 

 the ancients. This variety is still very abundantly 

 cultivated in many parts of the Continent, and parti- 

 cularly in the south of Europe. It may be raised 

 upon much coarser soil than is required for the better 

 kinds of wheat in England, and calls for much less 

 culture. In many parts ot Germany, in Switzerland, 

 in the south of France, in the north of Africa, and at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, spelt is grown abundantly. 

 This is likewise the case in Spain, where, on occa- 

 sions when barley is scarce, this grain is given to 



