508 i Index
floret, 36
oat, 37f
Floridus, Macer, De Viribus Herbarum, 311
flos, 325, 345n7
flower pregnancy model, Ruel’s, 317– 318
flower ritual frescoes of women, in Crete,
145– 155
Crocus Gatherers fresco in, Xeste 3, 147f, 150,
151 f– 152f
flora of Crete and, 145
gathering in, 145– 148, 146f, 147f
preparation in, 148– 150, 148f, 149f
presentation in, 146f, 147f, 152– 155, 153f, 154f,
178nn34– 35
processions in, 150– 152, 151f, 152f
flowers. See also specific types and topics
Christians on, early, 1
female pregnancy and, 1
virgin birth and, 2
women and, ancient Egypt, 115, 120f
women and, early Renaissance, 305, 310f– 311f,
320nn43– 44
founder crops. See also specific types
cereals in, tough rachis selection in, 36– 40,
38 f– 39f, 65n23
in Fertile Crescent, 36
in Neolithic Europe, early, 69
in Neolithic Europe, rapid East– West spread
of, 70, 83n7
“four humors”
Fahråeus on, 227n11
of Hippocrates, 213– 214, 213f
Foxhall, Lin, 222
Franchthi cave, Peloponnese, 69– 70, 83n2
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 290
frankincense, Saba, 271
fraternal twins, 418, 428n28
French Royal Academy of Sciences, plant sex at,
351– 352
fruit drop, in fruit trees
Herodotus on, in date palms, 223– 224
Theophrastus on, 223
fruit trees. see also date palm trees; specific types
of Çatalhüyük, sacred, 48– 50, 49f, 66n45
“degeneration” in, Theophrastus on, 225– 226
Mesopotamia plantations of, ancient, 92,
132nn23– 25
fruit wall, 484
Fuchs, Leonhart, De Historia Stirpum, 315 f,
316, 320–321n57
Fundamenta Fructificationis (Linnaeus), 373
fungi
classification of, 377n51, 474n9
Malpighi on, 346n12
Furies, 200– 201Gaertner, Friedrich von, 464– 465
Experiments and Observations on the
Production of Hybrids in the Plant
Kingdom, 464
hybrid progeny, 491
Gaia (earth goddess), 184
Galileo, Accademia dei Lincei, 323, 345nn4– 5
gametangia, 480
gametophytes, 480, 486, 494
embryo sac, 479, 486f, 494
female (embryo sac), 494
in ferns, 479
male (pollen grains), 486, 494 (see also pollen
( g ra i n s))
“gardener’s art,” 361, 376n29
The Gardener’s Dictionary (Miller), 363
Garden of Eden, 86. See also Mesopotamia
Eve’s apple as evil in, 298– 299
gardens, enclosed, Song of Songs and, 127– 130
gardens, walled
hortus conclusus and, 280– 281, 282,
285n33, 293
women as, 280– 281, 282, 285n33, 293
garlands, Knossos fresco of, 148– 149, 148f
Garrod, Dorothy, 64nn1, 3
gender, 494. See also specific topics
color and, 4– 5, 164, 178n34, 180n54
definition of, 4
stereotypes of, 5
gender dichotomy, Neolithic, tree goddesses of
ancient Eg ypt, 114– 115
gender identification, nurture on, 4– 5
gender ideology, on human sexuality, 8
generation, spontaneous,
Aristotle’s, 216– 218
genes, 492
Genesis, Eve in, as plant gatherer, 32, 65n9
genetic diversity, 493
genius (genii), Latin, 121, 135n75
genome, 496n16