There are several varieties of the Olive; 
the one here given is the kind which is 
chiefly cultivated in the South of France, 
and of which the best oil is made. Witi 
creased by cuttings, and will grow in almost 
any soil: the flowers are produced in July. 
The specific name of europza which bo- 
earliest ages, and is the second tree with 
which we are acquainted, that is mentioned 
in the sacred writings : it must have been 
known before the Flood, as the dove re- 
turned to Noah in the ark with a leaf of it 
in her mouth. There can be little doubt of 
this incident having been the origin of the 
Olive’s being considered the emblem of 
