134 POMEGRANATE. 



pomegranates;&quot; and in another Gath-Rimmon, (Josh. xix. 45,) 

 or &quot; pomegranate of Gath.&quot; The beautiful form of the fruit 

 was early copied by architects in the execution of ornamental 

 work, as we see in 1 Kings vii., where it appears that the 

 decorations of the capitals of the temple-columns were of carved 

 pomegranates. 



The mention of the plant is most poetical and appropriate 

 wherever it occurs in the Song of Solomon ; and, from passages 

 therein, it seems that the time of flowering was not distant 

 from that of the blossoming of the grape-vines, so that the 

 beauty of the pomegranate-flower, which has no special fra 

 grance, was made more agreeable by the perfume of the vine- 

 blossoms. The flowers and leaves are represented in Plate V. 



