. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. ?* Deut. xxxiv. 3. b Cncifera Thebaica. It takes its common name from the Isle of Doum, in the Nile, which abounds in them, while its Latinname comes from Thebes, where it is also Burckhardts, Syria, 611. Chap. VII ] HISTORY OF THE MONTHS—MARCH. CCXXVll. [Carob-Tiee. CeratoniaSiliqua.] in length. The fruit of the doum would seem from description to be not very different from that of the date-palm. The tree flowers (in Upper Egypt) in April. It is not necessary to aid its fecundation by bringing the male flowe
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. ?* Deut. xxxiv. 3. b Cncifera Thebaica. It takes its common name from the Isle of Doum, in the Nile, which abounds in them, while its Latinname comes from Thebes, where it is also Burckhardts, Syria, 611. Chap. VII ] HISTORY OF THE MONTHS—MARCH. CCXXVll. [Carob-Tiee. CeratoniaSiliqua.] in length. The fruit of the doum would seem from description to be not very different from that of the date-palm. The tree flowers (in Upper Egypt) in April. It is not necessary to aid its fecundation by bringing the male flowers to the female tree; as it is found that the pollen of the stamens, wafted in the air, sufficiently impregnates the ovaries. The wood is much more solid than that of the date-palm, and will even bear to be cut into planks, of which the doors are made in many villages of Upper The Carob-Tree we are induced to notice this month, from the manner in which it is men-tioned by Wilde (on the 15th), showing that its fruit had already S^lfeifea been perfected. Being in the plain near Mount Carmel, this traveller noticed several splendid specimens of the The husks, or legumes, were scattered on the ground, where some cattle had been eating them. They reminded him of the prodigal son, who would fain have filled his bel
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