vi PREFACE. 



and of a natural specimen of the &quot;Sodom s Apple,&quot; the finest 

 that he has ever seen. Also to Lieut. Lloyd, K.K, and lady, of 

 Malta, for their kindness in aiding him to preserve many varieties. 

 The work is intended to comprise notices of every PLANT men 

 tioned in the Scriptures, with its fruit and flowers. In this respect 

 we believe the work is complete, not one having been omitted. 

 The addition of an equally extended and illustrated series of articles 

 on the TREES of the Holy Land would have made this work too 

 expensive. That must be reserved for another time. 



While considerable reading has been required, and many author 

 ities have been consulted, few have been cited in the text, the 

 results alone, in a work of this nature, having been considered 

 more acceptable when not encumbered with references. The 

 following are a few of the authorities consulted and sometimes 

 referred to: 



THEOPHRASTUS, a Greek philosopher and botanist, born B.C. 371, con 

 sidered the father of botany. 



DIOSCORIDES, a Greek physician and botanist, lived about the time of Nero, 

 A.D. GO. 



PLINY the Naturalist, lived about the same time. 



BOCH ART S Ilierozoicon, with ROSENMULLER S notes. 



HASSELQUIST, a Swedish botanist and traveller in the Holy Land. 



CLUSIUS S Hieroboticon, (Sacred Botany.) 



Physica Sacra, Scheuchzer, 8 vols. folio. 



Scripture Herbal, Lady Maria Callcott, London, 1842, a valuable little 

 work, from which the author has obtained many suggestions. 



H. S. 0. 

 PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 28, 1859. 



