Chapter Certify* 



VARIORUM. 



" He that hath light within his own clear breast 

 May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day." 



Milton. 



THE POMEGRANATE (Punica Granatum). 



r<- HE history of the Pomegranate reaches almost 

 as far back as that of the pistachio and the 

 almond. It comes to the front in Scripture 

 as one of those delightful orientals which at 

 all points touch the earliest recorded life of 

 civilized man. That it was a familiar and 

 valued fruit in the earliest of the historic times is shown 

 not only by the frequent references to it in the Old 

 Testament ; this is proved also by the frescoes of ancient 

 Egypt, and by the sculptures of Nineveh and Persepolis. 



