. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . 202 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. in other words, really pray, unless we are also obey-ing the precept to cleanse ourselves from all filttii-ness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in thefear of God. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Keep thy heart with alldiligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 23. THE LILY. This beautiful flower is mentioned in the followingpassages: 1
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . 202 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. in other words, really pray, unless we are also obey-ing the precept to cleanse ourselves from all filttii-ness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in thefear of God. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Keep thy heart with alldiligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 23. THE LILY. This beautiful flower is mentioned in the followingpassages: 1 Kings vii. 19, 22, 26; 2 Chron. iv. 5; Cant. ii. 2,16; iv. 5; v. 13;vi. 23; vii. 2; Hos. xiv. 5;Matt. vi. 28; Luke xii. 2?!By the lily of the valley/in Cant. ii. 1, we are not tounderstand the flower gene-rally so called, but most pro-bably the yellow amaryllis,which resembles our yellowcrocus, and overspreads thefields of Palestine in au-tumn. The lily is said to havebeen brought originally fromPersia, whose chief city wascalled Shushan, (the Hebrewname for a lily,) and one ofits provinces Susiana, from the number of these beau-tiful flowers which grew there spontaneously. It wasintroduced into England in a. Frittalaria Persica. b. Ornitho-galum Arabicum. c. PancreatumMaritimum. THE ROSE. The rose (class Icosandria, order Polygynia, Linn.)has from the earliest times been celebrated, not onlyby the Greeks and Romans, but also by the orientals,who esteemed it above all flowers. The beauty andfragrance of this flower have, indeed, been the themeof poets in all ages; and it is celebrated alike in the THE ROSE. 203 odes of Anacreon and Horace, in the strains of Hafez,the Persian, and in the lyrics of modern species are known ; of these, the damask rose,{rosa damascena) is supposed to have been originallybrought from Damascus, and to be a native of perfume, even in our climate, is very rich, and theblossoms are very lovely. Another species, the muskrose
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