CONTENTS.

PART I.
GENERAL REMARKS.
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I.

In what Manner and at what Epochs Cultivation beganin Different Countries

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II.

Methods for discovering or proving the Origin of Species

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PART II.

ON THE STUDY OF SPECIES, CONSIDERED AS TO THEIRORIGIN, THEIR EARLY CULTIVATION, AND THEPRINCIPAL FACTS OF THEIR DIFFUSION.

I.

Plants cultivated for their Subterranean Parts, suchas Roots, Tubercles, or Bulbs

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II.

Plants cultivated for their Stems or Leaves

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III.

Plants cultivated for their Flowers, or for the Organswhich envelop them

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IV.

Plants cultivated for their Fruits

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V.

Plants cultivated for their Seeds

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PART III.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.
I.

General Table of Species, with their Origin and theEpoch of their Earliest Cultivation

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II.

General Observations and Conclusions

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Index[463]

ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS.