62 AGRICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE. 



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Secale cereale, origin 37 



montanum, prototype of cultivated rye 37 



Seeds, colocynth, use in bread making in Siwah 47 



Senebiera lepidoides seeds, use for food by Touaregs 47 



Serbes, wheat cultivation 40 



Sesame, experiments in crop rotation in semiarid regions of United States 32 



growing, preparation of soil, methods, and difficulties 31 



Haifa, value in markets of Marseille and Germany 31 



Jaffa or Ghor, comparison with Haifa sesame 31 



races, adaptation to local conditions, importance of selection 31 



unfitness for introduction into United States, causes 31-32 



valuable legume of Palestine, varieties, description, etc 31-32 



Shrubs, evergreen, growth, comparison of Palestine and California 11 



Sidon, early name for Saida 27 



Siwah, Tibbus, use of seeds of colocynth for food 47 



Smyrna fig. See Fig, Smyrna. 



watermelons, shipment from Palestine 34 



Solms-Laubach, Count, cereals, cultivation, early studies 37, 49 



Spelt, retention of brittle rachis, study 40 



Swabians, wheat, cultivation 40 



Sweet-pod tree. See Carob tree. 



Syria, adaptability of wild emmer 52 



and Palestine, rediscovery of wild emmer, description, etc 42-49 



rye, wild and cultivated, discovery 45-46 



"Tadmuri" apricot. -See Apricot, "Tadmuri." 



Tamarix articulata, cultivation in southern Tunis and adaptability for United 



States 35 



use for tannin in Palestine and description 35 



Tannin in artificially ripened dates in Palestine 23-24 



use of "Athl" galls in Palestine 35 



Tarim, original home of cereals 49 



Tell Nimrin, occurrence of emmer 48 



Thompson Seedless grape. See Grape, Thompson Seedless. 



Tibbus, of Siwah, bread making from colocynth seeds 47 



Tiberias, watermelons, cultivation and description 34 



Touaregs, use of seeds of crucifers for food 47 



Touzelle wheat. See Wheat, Touzelle. 



Trabut, wheat crossing, experiments 41 



Trans-Jordan, nativity of wild emmer 44 



Trifolium alexandrinum, origin and description 28 



carmeli, description 28 



leguminous plant of Palestine 11 



panormitanum, wild legume of Palestine 28 



sp., valuable legume of Palestine 28 



supinum, wild legume of Palestine 28 



Trigonella, leguminous plant of Palestine 11 



Triticum aestivum, crossing, experiments 37 



cultivation in Palestine 32 



origin, study by Count of Solms-Laubach 49 



classification and development, study by Kornicke 38 



dicoccum, cultivation as forage plant 40 



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