60 AGRICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE. 



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Orange, Malta, comparison with Jaffa orange 26 



Schamouti, grafting, methods, stock, etc 26 



Oranges, recent introduction into the Orient 25 



Oregon, comparison with Trans-Jordan region, Palestine 11 



Orient, agricultural possibilities 7-8 



exploration, botanical-agronomic, necessity 33 



Palestine and California, analogy 8-13 



Syria, rediscovery of wild emmer, description, etc 42-49 



climate and rainfall, comparison with California 8-10 



conformation, comparison with California 8 



dates, cultivation, etc 22-24 



figs, cultivation, varieties, etc 21-22 



flora, species, comparison of number with Algeria 11 



California 11 



forage plants, varieties, description, etc 27-28 



fruits, cultivated, adaptability to United States 17-18 



geological formation, comparison with California 10-11 



grapes, cultivation, varieties, uses, etc 24-25 



Jaffa oranges, cultivation, description, etc 25-27 



legumes new to United States, varieties, description, etc 28-32 



location and size, comparison with California 8 



mountains, comparison with California 8 



plants, economic, worthy of introduction into United States 13-17 



topography, climate, agricultural possibilities, etc., comparison with 



California 8-13 



Trans-Jordan region, comparison with California, Oregon, and Idaho. . 11 



useful plants, possibilities of introduction into United States 7-8 



vegetation, comparison with California 11-13 



Paliurus spina-christi, adaptability to United States, description, etc 14 



Palmyrian apricot. -See Apricot, "Tadmuri." 



Panicum turgidum, seeds, use in bread making in Sahara 47 



Parasites, olive, destruction due to low temperature 21 



Paste, apricot. See Apricot paste. 



Pear, wild, Palestine, adaptability to humid regions of United States, descrip- 

 tion, etc 16-17 



See also Pyrus. 



Pears, grafting stock, introduction from Palestine 16 



Pennisetum, use in bread making in Africa 47 



Persia, wheat, cultivation by Bactrians 40 



Persimmons, artificial ripening in Japan, method 24 



Pistache nut. See Nut, pistache, and Pistacia. 



Pistacia atlantica, adaptability to United States, description, etc 14 



palaestina, adaptability to United States, description, etc 14 



terebinthus, adaptability to United States, description, etc 14 



Pistacia. See also Nut, pistache. 



Plants, cultivation, earliest history 36 



effect of pacification in Orient 33 



nineteenth century study 36-37 



economic, Palestine, worthy of introduction into United States 13-17 



forage, Palestine, varieties, description, etc 27-28 



medicinal, Palestine, varieties, description, etc 34-36 



useful, possibilities of introduction from Palestine 7-8 



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