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" Giublias glan na Lochlainn, 

 Fuaight' le copar ruadh." 



Polished fir of Norway, 

 Bound with reddish copper. 



P. larix — Larch. Gaelic and Irish : laireag. Scotch : larick. 

 Latin : larix^ from the Celtic, lar^ fat, from the abundance of 

 resin the wood contains. Welsh : larswyddefi, fat wood. 



P. strobus — {Sti'ohus^ a name employed by Pliny for an east- 

 ern tree used in perfumery ) Weymouth pine. Gaelic : giiithas 

 Sasimnach (Fergusson), the English pine. It is not English, 

 however; it is a North American tree, but was introduced from 

 England to Dunkeld in 1725. 



Cupressus — Cypress. Irish and Gaelic: ciiphair^ an altera- 

 tion of Cyprus, where the tree is abundant. 



C. sempervirens — Common cypress. Gaelic : craobh bhrom, 

 the tree of sorrow. Bron, grief, sorrow, weeping. Craobh uaine 

 giutkatSj the green fir-tree. 



" Is cosmhuil mi ri crann uaine glut hais." — HOSEA xiv. 8. 

 T am like a green fir-tree. 



The fir-tree of Scripture (Hebrew berosh and beroth are translated 

 fir-trees) most commentators agree is the cyjDress. 



Thuja articulata — Thyine wood. Gaelic : jiodh-thine. 



" Agus gach uile ^nhfhiodha thine." — Rev. xviii. 12. 

 And all kinds of thyine wood. 



Alteration of thya^ from Qvm, to sacrifice. Another kind of 

 pine, Hebrew, 07'en (Irish and Gaelic, oruifi), is translated ash 

 in Isaiah xliv. 14, and beech by O'Reilly. 



Cedar — (So called from its firmness.) Hebrew: <^'^'^, erez. 

 Cedrus Liba?ii^ cedar of Lebanon. Gaelic and Irish : crami 

 sheiidar, cedar-tree. 



'■'' Kg\x% ^\x \x\\q. sheudaraibh Lcbanoiti.'^'' — Isaiah ii. 13. 

 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon. 



The cedar wood mentioned in Lev. xiv. 4, was probably y//f;//}^<?;7^i- 

 oxy cedrus, which was a very fragrant wood, and furnished an oil 

 that protects from decay — cedar oil (KeSptov). " Carmina linenda 

 cedro " — i.e., worthy of immortality. 



*' Agnsjiod/i sheudar, agus scarlaid, agus hiosop." 

 And cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 

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