THEIR HISTORY, WITH A REVIEW OF THE OPINIONS OF VARIOUS WRITERS BY JOHN SMITH, A.L.S., EX-CURATOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 66 66 AUTHOR OF DOMESTIC BOTANY," HISTORIA FILICUM," "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food." -Genesis ii. 29. "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."-Matthew vi. 28, 29. |