2i8 FLORAL SYMBOLISM 



the palm tree of Cades, and also a pomegranate 

 laden with fruit. Midway there is a rose hedge 

 thick with the roses of Jericho. A terrace runs 

 across the garden, and upon the parapet are two 

 stone vases, one labelled Mirra and the other i 

 Balsamum. \ 



These trees and plants are the trees and plants 

 to which Wisdom, and therefore Mary, is likened 

 in Ecclesiasticus, with the pomegranate of the I 

 Canticles. 



' Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano, et 

 quasi cypressus in Monte Sion: quasi palma 

 exaltata sum in Cades, et quasi plantatio rosae 

 in Jericho: . . . Sicut cinnamomum et bal- 

 samum aromatizans odorem dedi : quasi myrrha 

 electa dedi suavitatem odoris.' 



' Emissiones tuae paradisus malorum puni- 

 corum cum pomorum fructibus.' ^ 



' Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 17, 18, 20. 

 * Cant. Cantic. iv. 13. 



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