...time. In a passage already quoted, Solomon is said to have discoursed of plants, " from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall," — from the great tree to the minute herb ; and Cowley rose, in his metrical treatise, as has...

...the value of a good name. " He who spoke 3,000 proverbs, whose songs were 1,005, who spake of trees from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall, and spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes," knew well how...

...attention to natural history, in more than one of its departments. We are told that " he spake of trees from the cedar that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; " and in looking over his sacred treatises, we meet with many allusions to the names and habits...

...allusions are made to the vegetable kingdom in the Bible, and Solomon is said to have spoken " of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall." Todd's Index Rerum serves as a ledger, into which the student may post such illustrations as...

...forests, and fields of Palestine. What a pity that Solomon's botany is lost, in which " he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ! " 3 The cedar we know, but what is the hyssop of the royal botanist ? Mr. B , French consul...

...sympathize with his enthusiasm. When in his preaching he expatiated with delight on vegetable life, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall, he did not turn aside to another gospel, but drew the same old gospel of grace through a greater...

...of Lebanon in Holy Writ : how Solomon's botanical knowledge was said to extend from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall — from the grandest to the most insignificant growth in the vegetable kingdom. How it was used...

...following pages. The next important notice of plants, in the Bible, is that king Solomon " spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall," by which it is reasonable to infer that he had all plants that came under his observation catalogued...

...and investigated both vegetable and animal life, until he could speak of trees ' from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.' He filled the land with the monuments of his taste and skill, from Eziongeber on the coast to...

...Science." Verse 7. — "Hysмр. "' What a pity that Solomon's botany is lost, in whichhe spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ! The cedar we know, but what is the " hyuevp" of the royal botanist? Mr. B , French consul of...