THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 207 
(Cain, Act. iii. sc. 1.) and see a similar description in the 
Bride of Abydos, canto ii. stanza 28. 
Theophrastus has stated, that the Cypress dies if it be de- 
capitated, or have its top cut off,—édv dvadev éxinonh à Gago, 
eeigeras, (Lib. iv. cap. 19.) But Pollard Cypress-trees are 
frequently met with in the modern gardens of Italy in a 
flourishing condition. 
The wood was said never to decay, and was used in turn- 
ing and carving; Theophrastus asserts,—ré ô àyáħuara yav- 
Qovow ix. zc Kuragirrov, that statues were cut from the Cypress. 
(lib. v. cap. 5.) Also Theocritus mentions, Idyl. v. v. 104. 
yauros Kuragisovos, a bowl made of Cypress, and Thucydides, 
cypress coffins—rdgvanag xuragiocivas, (lib. ii. cap. 34.) Theocri- 
tus gives xurágocos, the epithets adv}, Idyl. xi. v. 45, and 
Idyl. xxvii. v. 45; dxginouos. ldyl. xxii. v. 41, and side, 
Epig. iv. v. t. Like the Stone Pine, the Cypress is domesti- 
cated in Sicily about villas, hence "Theocritus calls the tree 
an ornament to the garden. (Idyl. xviii. v. 29.) 
- , , 
boos &govgæ 
"H xác Kurderooos. 
And in the following verse the “chant of trees,” or 
** melody of summer winds,” among the leaves and boughs, 
is elegantly described (Jdyl. xxvii. v. 5T.) "AdAdAaug Xaéovri 
rely yámo ai Kurágioson For an account of some very old and 
venerable Cypresses, confer Dodwell, vol. i. p. 121. 
130. Juniperus Sabina.—Savin. 
_ Kedgia, 7j xsdeic. Theoph. lib. i. cap. 15, according to Stack- 
131. J. Oxycedrus.—Brown-berried Juniper. 
OFixsdcoc, Theoph, lib. iii. cap. 12. apud Sprengelium. 
