he was born and died — and, as we are told, the last Budh of this 

 world cycle, Areemadehya, will receive his Buddhaship under the 

 Mesua feryea. 



The Burman also regards the Eugenia as a plant of peculiar 

 sanctity — a protective from all harm. The Jamboa, or Rose Apple, 

 is held in much reverence in Thibet, where it is looked upon as the 

 representative of the mystical Amyiia, the tree which in Paradise 

 produces the amvita or ambrosia of the gods. 



The Cedar has always been regarded by the Jews as a sacred 

 tree ; and to this day the Maronites, Greeks, and Armenians go 

 up to the Cedars of Lebanon, at the Feast of the Transfiguration, 

 and celebrate Mass at their feet. 



To the ancient inhabitants of Northern Europe the Elm and 

 the Ash were objects of especial veneration. Many sacred trees 

 or pillars, formed of the living trunks of trees, have been found in 

 Germany, called Irminsctile, one of which was destroyed by 

 Charlemagne in 772, in Westphalia. 



The Mountain Ash, or Rowan Tree, was, in olden times, an 

 object of great veneration in Britain ; and in Evelyn's day was 

 reputed of such sanctity in Wales, that there was not a churchyard 

 that did not contain one. 



The colossal Baobab {Adansonia) is worshipped as a divinity 

 by the negroes of Senegambia. The Nipa or Susa Palm (Nipa 

 fniticans) is the sacred tree of Borneo. The gigantic Dragon 

 Tree [Dracana Draco) of Orotava was for centuries the object of 

 deep reverence to the aborigines of the Canary Isles. The 

 Zamang of Guayra, an enormous Mimosa, has from time imme- 

 morial been held sacred in the province of Caracas. The Moriche 

 Palm {Mauritia Jiexiiosa) is considered a deity by the Tamancas, a 

 tribe of Oronoco Indians, and is held sacred by the aboriginal 

 Mexicans. 



The Nelumbo, or Sacred Bean [Nelumbiiini speciosum), was the 

 Lotus adored by the Ancient Egyptians, who also paid divine 

 honours to the Onion, Garlic, Acacia, Laurel, Peach-tree, Lentils 

 of various sorts, and the Heliotrope. Wormwood was dedicated 

 to Isis, and Antiryhinum (supposed to be the ancient Cynocephalia, 

 or Dog's Head) to Osiris. 



The sacred Lotus of the East, the flower of the 



" Old Hindu mythologies, wherein 

 The Lotus, attribute of Ganga — embleming 

 The world's great reproductive power — was held 

 In veneration," 



was the Nelumhitim speciosum. This mystic flower is a native of 

 Northern Africa, India, China, Japan, Persia, and Asiatic Russia, 

 and in all these countries has, for centuries, maintained its sacred 

 character. It is the Lien-wha of the Chinese, and, according to 

 their theology, enters into the beverage of immortality. 



