570 Vhjjical Oh fer nations &c. 



was too early^ when I was in the Holy Land, to fee it,) fliould be 



a Species of the WingedTea ; perhaps the Hierazune or xh^Lotus 



tetragonolohis of the Botanijls. It is certain that the Bloom of 



all or moft of the luguminous Plants yields a grateful Smell ; a 



Quality which the Scriptures ' attribute to the Plant we 



are looking after. 



'yLftfXt T^hQ Boccore, as I have before obferved, was far from being 



foufor Pigs, jj^ ^ f^ate of Maturity in the latter end of March: for, in the 



Scripture Expreflion, the Time of Figs was not yet, or not before 



the middle or latter end o^Jtme. However it frequently falls 



out in Barharj, and we need not doubt of the like Circum- 



ftance in this much hotter Climate, that, according to the 



Quality of the preceding Seafon, fome of the more forward 



and vigorous Trees will now and then yield a few ripe Figs a 



Month, fix Weeks or more before the full Seafon. No fooner 



The su,nmer ^^^^ ^j^g Boccove draw near to Perfedlion, than the Kermez or 



'till AuguA. Summer Fig (the fame that is preferved and fold by the 



Grocers,) begins to be formed, though it rarely ripeneth before 



Aiigufl : about which Time the fame Tree frequently throws 



The wtnur out a third Crop, or the Winter Fig as we may call it. This 



^Jn Tf-Tree IS ufually of a much longer Shape, and darker Complexion than 



'uti spnvg. ,^j^^ Kermez, hanging and ripening upon the Tree, even after 



^he Leaves are flied ; and, provided the Winter proves mild 



and temperate, is gathered as a delicious Morfel in the Spring. 



It is well known that the Fruit of this prolific Plant doth always 



precede the Leaves ; and confequently when Our Saviour, faw 



one of the?n, in full Vigour, having Leaves, (Mar. ii. 13.) he 



might, according to the common Courfe of Things, veryjuftly 



look for Fruit, and hapfy find fome, of the former or the latter 



Kind, in Perfection. 



TheU. Land Scvcral Parts of the Hofy Lund, no lefs than of Idumea ^ that 



Palm Tree! lycs contiguous to it, are defcribed by the Antients to abound 



with Date Trees. Thus Judea,'^\(\zh. denoted the whole Country 



of the Jews^ is typified, in feveral Coins 5 of Vefpafians, by a 



difconfolate Woman fitting und^r a Palm Tree. Upon the 



I The Mandrakes give a Smell. Cant. 7. 13. 



2 Primus Idamaeas refer am tibi Mantua F almas. Ftrg. Georg. 3. 1. 12. 



Arbaftis Palmarum dives Idume. Luc. 1. 3. 



Fraiigat Idumsas m/?« Vicioria Paltnas. Mart. Ep. I.13. Ep. fo. 



3 Vid. Occonis Imperat. Roman. Nuawftn. exhibits ftudio & cura Franc. Mediobarbi &c. 

 p. no. Ill, 112, 113. Amfl.\7\7^. 



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