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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I. - Sketch of the Vegetation of Palestine and the neighbouring countries.

CHAPTER II. - Timber and Forest Trees and Shrubs.

• Algum (or Almug) Trees.

• Ash.

• Bay Tree.

• Box.

• Cedar.

• Chesnut.

• Cypress.

• Ebony.

• Fir, Pine.

• Gopher Wood.

• Heath.

• Juniper.

• Mulberry.

• Myrtle.

• Oak, Teil Tree, Terebinth.

• Oil Tree.

• Poplar.

• Shittah Tree, Shittim Wood.

• Thyine Wood.

• Willow.

CHAPTER III. - Fruit Trees and Shrubs.

• Almond.

• Apple.

• Date Palm.

• Fig Tree.

• Husks.

• Nuts.

• Olive, Olive Oil.

• Pomegranate.

• Sycamine, Sycomore.

• Vine.

CHAPTER IV. - Grain and Vegetables.

• Barley.

• Beans, Pulse.

• Cucumbers, Gourd, Melons, Wild Vine.

• Garlick.

• Lentiles.

• Millet.

• 'Rie, 'Wheat.

• Reed, 'Paper Reeds,' Rush, Bulrush, 'Flag'.

• 'Tares'.

CHAPTER V. - Herbs and Flowers.

• Anise, Mint, Rue.

• Bramble.

• Cockle, Hemlock.

• Coriander, Cummin, Fitches.

• Flax (Linen, Fine Linen).

• Hyssop.

• Lily, Rose.

• Mallows.

• Mandrakes.

• Mustard.

• Nettle.

• Thistle.

• Wormwood.

CHAPTER VI. - Perfumes and Medicines.

• Aloes. 203

• Balm 204

• Bdellium 205

• Calamus, 'Sweet Cane'

• Cassia, Cinnamon.

• Camphire.

• Frankincense.

• Galbanum, Onycha, Stac

• Myrrh

• Nard, Spikenard

• Saffron

CHAPTER VII. - Emblematic use of Plants in Scripture