Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations.

  • Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929.
Date:
[1840?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Ear and Plant of Polish Wheat. Spelt Wheat—Triticum spelta—is imagined to have been the Triticum 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 of 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