Thi: Canadian Horticulturist. 



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ARUM SANCTUM. 



HIS is another of the novelties figured in the catalogue of new and 

 rare bulbs, published by A. Blanc, of Philadelphia. It is a flower 

 that grows in the Holy Land, in the vicinity of the City of Jerusalem. 

 The tradition is that it was introduced from Egypt at the time of 

 King Solomon. This may have some foundation, for we know that King Solo" 

 mon gave much time to the study of rare and curious plants, and collected them 

 from all parts of the world. We read, in the Book of Ecclesiastes, about his 

 wisdom concerning plants. He seems to have been practically acquainted with 

 all that were then known, from the giant cedar down to the tiny hyssop. 



Fic. 32.— Arilm Saxctcm, or Solomon's Lir.v. 



