112 ALFRED B. EENDLE^ ESQ., D.SC, F.K.S., F.L.S., ON 



Mr. W. Dale. F.L.S. : I only want to aslv Dr. Rendle whether, as 

 regards the Cedar of Lebanon, it is good building wood, because I 

 have read that it is not, and that the Cedar employed in building 

 in Joppa was the Red Cedar. Then 1 want to know about the 

 Fig tree, which is very interesting, because it grows in our climate. 

 In a garden in Southampton where Dr. Watts once was, there is a 

 magnificent fig-tree, and also in the ancient Abbey of Beaulieu. 

 I can recollect in the middle of March a fig-tree putting forth her 

 green figs which always fall ofi, and it suggested the stars which • 

 fall from heaven, when it s;^eaks of the fig trees casting their 

 untimely figs. 



Mr. A. W, Oke : This paper will, I am sure, be much valued, 

 and I hope it will cause us to study our Bibles more deeply in our 

 homes and in the libraries. I hope the paper will be scattered 

 broadcast, as well as in th.e'^Transactions of the Society. I am 

 sure it will be of great value. 



Mr. W. HosTE : I want to follow the excellent example of our 

 Chairman by asking a question instead of making remarks. I have 

 read that there is a Lily, which is very prevalent along the shores 

 of the Lake of Galilee, and I think there was a Tiger Lily in Palestine 

 which is really what is referred to. I should very much like an 

 explanation. 



Lt.-Col. G. Mackinlay said he wished to join his warm thanks 

 to the others for the excellent lecture which he had enjoyed very 

 much. He was grateful to Dr. Rendle for pointing out how con- 

 siderable are the references to plants in the Bible, and for correcting 

 the English translation when it is at fault in the rendering of the 

 names of some trees and flowers. 



He spoke of the lilies of the field mentioned in the Sermon on the 

 Mount. Sir Isaac Newton had remarked in the same passage that, 

 as our Lord very frequently referred to things actually present 

 there is good reason to conclude that it was then early summer 

 time. This agrees with and confirms the context. 



Dr. Rendle also referred to a tree plucked up by the root and 

 planted in the sea (Luke xvii. 6). As transplaiiting takes place in 

 the winter, we judge that it was most probably at that season of 

 the year when these words were spoken. This also agrees with and 

 confirms the context. 



