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Smith, F - History of BIBLE Plants
DURING my long official connection with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, I was often appealed to by visitors and others for information respecting the plants of the Bible, some requesting to be shown the shittim, sycamore, and sycamore trees, the Rose of Sharon, sweet-smelling camphire, etc., they, at the same time, saying that they were well acquainted with the plants growing in parks and gardens in this country known to them by the same names as those given in the Bible. They were, however, much surprised when told that many, such as hyssop, balm, myrrh, Lily of the Valley, tares, nuts, apple, and chestnut trees, spoken of in the Bible, were quite different from the plants known by those names in this country.
The number of names of plants, and of plant products, mentioned in the Bible, amounts to about one hundred; and in the authorized version, their Hebrew names, with few exceptions, have been translated into English names. Many of them have been correctly identified with those of the present day, and, as already stated, some differ; while a few cannot be identified with any degree of certainty. This is, no doubt, partly due to the original translators not having been sufficiently acquainted with the plants of Palestine and Greece, so as to enable them to correctly translate the Hebrew names of the Palestine plants into the Greek names of the same plants; and it may readily be supposed that mistakes have occurred in translating the Greek and Latin into English. The difficulty is increased by the same Hebrew word, in many cases, being applied to different plants; or different Hebrew words to the same plant: for instance, six words have been translated Oak. The identification, however, has been greatly assisted by its having been found that many of the modern Arabic names are the same, or nearly the same, in spelling and sound as the original Hebrew.
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Preface
Introduction
Bible Plants
Division 1. - Grass. (Heb., Desher)
Paper Reeds (Heb., Aroth)
Division 2. - Herbs. (Heb., Chatzer)
Division 3. - Trees and Bushes
Miscellaneous
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