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The Temperature of Gelatinization of Various Starches In Degrees Centigrade

Aesculus Hippocastanum 69.00
Alstroemeria aurantiaca, (aurea) 54.75
Alstroemeria brasiliensis 57.75
Alstroemeria ligtu 58.50
Amaryllis belladonna major 74.00
Andropogon Sorghum 66.90
Andropogon Sorghum var. (White Kaffir) 68.00
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Yellow Branching) 70.00
Antholyza crocommoides 74.00
Antholyza paniculata 72.00
Arachis hypogaea 66.50
Arisaema triphyllum 70.00
Arrhenatherum elatina var 60.25
Arum cornutum 70.00
Arum italicum 72.00
Arum palaestinum 70.50
Avena, sativa var. (Clydesdale) 63.00
Babiana var. (Athraction) 82.00
Babiana var. violacea 80.00
Brodiaea californica 67.30
Brodiaea candida 62.00
Brodiaea capitata 65.57
Brodiaea coccinea, 70.00
Brodiaea congesta 69.25
Brodiaea grandiflora 65.90
Brodiaea lactea 64.50
Brodiaea laxa 61.00
Brodiaea peduncularis 68.50
Brodiaea Purdyi 67.00
Brodiaea stellaris 68.10
Brodinea ixioides var. splendens 61.75
Calochortus albus 53.00
Calochortus Benthami 61.50
Calochortus Howelli 50.50
Calochortus Leichtlinii 63.00
Calochortus lilacinus 59.00
Calochortus luteus var. oculatus 58.10
Calochortus Maweanus var. major 59.50
Calochortus nitidus 54.75
Calochortus splendens 55.10
Canna edulis 67.50
Canna musaefolia 70.50
Canna Roscoeana 69.50
Canna var. (J. D. Eisele) 62.50
Canna var. (Jean Tissot) 70.00
Canna var. (Konigin Charlotte) 65.25
Canna var. (L. E. Baily) 69.00
Canna var. (Mrs. Kate Grey) 62.50
Canna var. (Scilla peruviana 65.50
Canna Warscewiczii 69.00
Castanea americana 59.25
Castanea pumila 59.75
Castanea sativa var 61.00
Castanea sativa var. numbo 60.00
Chionodoxa Lucillae 60.00
Chionodoxa sardensis 61.10
Chionodoxa Tmolusi 62.35
Colchicum Parkinsoni 61.25
Convallaria majalis 61.00
Crinum americanum 77.00
Crinum fimbriatulum 76.00
Crocus Susianus (Cloth of Gold) 70.00
Crocus var. (Baron von Brunow) 74.00
Crocus versicolor (Cloth of Silver) 75.00
Curcuma longa 82.50
Curcuma petiolata 82.50
Cypella Herberti 55.00
Dieffenbachia illustris (cortex) 70.00
Dieffenbachia illustris (pith) 69.50
Dieffenbachia seguine var. irrorata (cortex) 68.75
Dieffenbachia seguine var. maculata (cortex) 70.60
Dieffenbachia seguine var. maculata (pith) 70.60
Dieffenbachia seguine var. nobilis (pith) 69.00
Dieffenbachia seguine, var. nobilis (cortex) 69.00
Dieffenbachia. seguine var. irrorata (pith) 69.00
Dolichos Lablab 79.50
Dracunculus vulgaris 64.25
Erythronium americanum 63.45
Erythronium californicum 57.90
Erythronium citrinum 50.45
Erythronium Dens-canis 52.65
Erythronium Dens-caniz var. grandiflorum 54.00
Erythronium grandiflorum 53.00
Freesia refracta var. alba 76.75
Freesia refracta var. Leichtlinii 77.25
Fritillaria armena 66.60
Fritillaria imperialis var. Aurora 68.40
Fritillaria liliacea 55.10
Fritillaria meIeagris 59.50
Fritillaria pudica 49.60
Fritillaria recurva 58.7
Fritillaria, pyrensica 63.15
Fritillaris, aurea 62.76
Galanthus Elwesii 70.00
Galanthus nivalis 66.50
Galtonia candicans 58.60
Gelasine azurea 73.50
Gladiolus byzantinus 78.50
Gladiolus cardinalis (Blushing Bride) 76.50
Gladiolus floribundus 81.00
Gladiolus primulinus 80.50
Haemanthus Katherinae 80.00
Hedychium coronarium 72.30
Hedychium Gardnerianum 71.15
Hippeastrum aulicum var. robustum 71.75
Hippeastrum equestre 72.50
Hippeastrum vittatum 72.00
Homeria collina 72.50
Hordeum sativum var. (Champion) 61.00
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (Ital) 69.50
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (White) 69.00
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albus super 67.00
Hymenocallis calathina 68.50
Hymenocallis undulata 71.50
Iris alata 66.50
Iris Bismarckiana 72.00
Iris caucasica 64.50
Iris florentina 71.50
Iris Histrio 65.50
Iris iberica 78.10
Iris pallida speciosa 74.50
Iris pumila var. cyanea 73.25
Iris reticulata 66.25
Iris tingitans 65.50
Iris xiphium var. Grand Tresorier 65.50
Iris xiphium var. lusitanica 67.00
Iris xiphium var. Wilhelmine 66.50
Ixia speciosa 84.00
Ixia var. (Emma) 84.50
Ixia viridiflora 83.00
Lachenalia pendula 60.65
Lachenalia tricolor var. luteola 73.10
Lathyrus latifolius var. albus 63.00
Lathyrus magellanicua var. albus 69.00
Lathyrus odoratus var. Shahzada 68.50
Lathyrus sylvestris 58.00
Lens esculenta 72.25
Leucojum aestivum 72.50
Leucojum vernum 71.50
Lilium auratum 58.60
Lilium candidum 61.65
Lilium Henryj 56.00
Lilium longiflorum var. eximium 65.60
Lilium longiflorum var. giganteum 62.55
Lilium martagon 59.10
Lilium pardalinum 63.30
Lilium Parryi 52.60
Lilium philadelphicum 63.90
Lilium rubellum 63.95
Lilium speciosum var. album 64.35
Lilium superbum 61.60
Lilium tenuifolium 67.30
Lilium tigrinum var. splendens 62.15
Maranta arundinacea 77.00
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 2 72.00
Maranta leuconeura 74.00
Maranta Massangeana 69.00
Maranta smindinacea var. No. I 72.50
Marica gracilis 70.00
Moraea tristis 70.00
Mucuna pruriens 74.00
Musa Cavendishii 67.75
Musa Cavendishii (green fruit) 67.50
Musa ensete 63.00
Musa sapienturn 68.00
Muscari botryoides 71.00
Muscari commutatum 72.00
Muscari comosum 68.00
Muscari compactum 70.00
Muscari conicum 73.00
Muscari micranthurn 69.75
Muscari paradoxam 73.00
Muscari racemosum 74.75
Narcissus biflorus 75.00
Narcissus Bulbocodium 72.00
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. conspicuus 72.75
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. monophyllus 74.00
Narcissus Horsfieldii 74.00
Narcissus incomparabilis 76.25
Narcissus Jonquilla 76.00
Narcissus Jonquilla Campernelli rugulosus 76.50
Narcissus Jonquilla rugulosus 75.25
Narcissus maximus 75.25
Narcissus odorus 74.50
Narcissus poeticus 73.25
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis 77.00
Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidale) 55.50
Ornithogalum nutans 61.25
Ornithogalum thyrsoides var. aureum 66.00
Ornithogalum umbellatum 56.75
Oryza sativa var 74.75
Panicum Crus-galli var 75.25
Phaseolus lunatus var. (Henderson's Bush Lima) 79.75
Phaseolus vulgaris var. (Red Kidney Bean) 74.50
Pisum sativum var. (Electric Extra Early) 70.00
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie, green) 74.50
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie, yellow) 73.50
Pisum sativum var. (Large White Marrowfat) 68.50
Pisum sativum var. (Mammoth Gray Seeded) 70.50
Pisum sativum var. (Thomas Larton) 73.25
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (American) 63.50
Polygonum Pagopyrum var. (Japanese) 64.75
Puschkinia scilloides 56.35
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica 56.70
Quercus alba 60.75
Quercus Muhlenbergii 63.75
Quercus Prinus 64.75
Quercus rubra 63.00
Quercus texana 64.25
Richardia africana 75.00
Richardia albo-maculata 77.50
Richardia Elliotiana 76.00
Romulea rosea var. speciosa 73.50
Scilla bifolia 64.75
Scilla sibirica 66.00
Secale cereale var. (Mammoth Winter) 61.00
Secale cereale var. (spring) 62.00
Sparaxis grandiflora alba 71.50
Sparaxis var. (Albertine) 72.50
Sprekelia formosissima 77.00
Sternbergia lutea 75.50
Tacca pinnatifida 68.00
Tigridia Pavonia var. conchiflora 60.00
Tigridia Pavonia, var. grandiflora alba 61.00
Trillium grandiflorum 58.00
Trillium ovatum 56.75
Trillium sessile var. californicum 55.00
Triteleia uniflora 69.45
Triticum sativum var. dicoccum 62.90
Triticum sativum var. vulgare 64.00
Tritonia crocata 82.50
Tritonia crocata var. lilacina 81.75
Tritonia crocata var. rosea 81.50
Tritonia crocosmaeflora 73.00
Tritonia Pottsii 72.50
Tritonia securigera 81.00
Tulipa australis 51.15
Tulipa Billietiana 55.25
Tulipa Clusiana var. persica 54.75
Tulipa Didieri 50.75
Tulipa Didieri var. Fransoniana 54.85
Tulipa Didieri var. mauriana 50.95
Tulipa Greigi 50.30
Tulipa Hageri 56.90
Tulipa Clusiana 57.10
Tulipa sylvestris 57.15
Tulipa oculus-solis 53.75
Tulipa praecox 55.80
Vallota purpurea 74.25
Vicia fulgens 72.00
Vicia Gerardi 71.00
Vicia sativa 72.50
Vicia villosa 66.00
Vida Faba 65.00
Watsonia humilis 75.50
Watsonia iridifolia var. O'Brieni 74.50
Watsonia Meriana 76.25
Wistaria chinensis 71.50
Zea Mays var. everta (Golden Queen) 63.25
Zea Mays var. everta (White Rice) 63.25
Zea Mays var. indentata (Early Learning) 66.50
Zea Mays var. indentata (Hickory King) 66.75
Zea Mays var. indurata (Compton's Early) 68.50
Zea Mays var. indurata (North Dakota) 68.00
Zea Mays var. saccharata (Black Mexican) 65.00
Zea Mays var. saccharata (Stowell's) 66.85
Zea Mays var. saccharata (Golden Bantam) 66.60
Zephyranthes candida 73.00
Zephyranthes rosea 76.00
Zingiber officinale 73.86
Zingiber officinale var. Cochin 90.00
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 1 82.25
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 2 85.90

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