16 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



camphire, with spikenard ; spikenard and saffron ; calamus 

 and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense ; myrrh and 

 aloes, with all the chief spices : a fountain of gardens, a 

 well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon :" upon 

 which, the object of his love, as if in an enthusiasm of de- 

 light at his speaking so of the place she lives in, beautifully 

 exclaims, " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; 

 blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may come 

 out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his 

 pleasant fruits." 



Moore describes the Aloes- wood burnt as a perfume in a 

 Persian palace : 



" Here the way leads o'er tesselated floors, 

 Or mats of Cairo, through long corridors, 

 Where, ranged in cassolets, and silver urns, 

 Sweet wood of aloe or of sandal burns ; 

 And spicy rods, such as illume at night 

 The bowers of Tibet, send forth odorous light, 

 Like Peri's wand, when pointing out the road 

 For some pure spirit to its blest abode. 1 ' 



A little further on he speaks of it as used for the lattices 

 of aviaries ; he says that the sandal-wood, and Aloes-wood, 

 which the Arabs call Oud Comari, are brought in great 

 quantities from Comorin : 



" On one side, gleaming with a sudden grace 

 Through water, brilliant as the crystal vase 

 In which it undulates, small fishes shine, 

 Like golden ingots from a fairy mine ; 

 While, on the other, latticed lightly in 

 With odoriferous woods of Comorin, 

 Each brilliant bird that wings the air is seen V 



Latrobe describes a very beautiful Aloe growing at the 

 Cape, with most brilliant flowers : 



" Large Aloes were interspersed among the bushes, and 

 with their broad leaves form a striking contrast to the many 

 small-leaved evergreens which surround them. Some of 



* Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. 



