title: Consider the Lilies : Plants of the Bible
author:  John Paterson 
description: Grade 5 Up Handsomely presented material on 45 shrubs, crops, trees, weeds, fruits, and flowers mentioned in the Old and New Testaments with emphasis on the rich symbolic values of each. Divided into three groupsplants of Revelation, Necessity, and Celebrationeach plant is cited in a Bible story or passage (quoted from the King James, New English, or Revised Standard versions of the Bible or paraphrased with graceful dignity). Plants of Revelation include the apple in the Garden of Eden, Jeremiah's Balm of Gilead, the mustard seed, etc. Plants of Necessity are foods such as Esau's lentils and Ruth's barley. Solomon's lily, the oils of anointment, and palm branches represent some of the plants of Celebration. Sometimes the categories overlap, as with the olive and the grape, which fit into all three, but the groupings help give order to the work. Most of the plants are shown, alone or in groups, in meticulous and elegant color illustrations painted from living specimens and shown two-thirds of their actual size. Botanic names are given. Each is accompanied by a lengthy caption discussing the Biblical history, usages, and symbolic meanings. Added beauty is given by an attractive variety of clear type-faces. Carol Lerner's A Biblical Garden (Morrow, 1982) is also a fine book on this subject, but it covers only half as many plants and uses only citations from the Old Testament. Pat Pearl, First Presbyterian Church Library, Martinsville, Va..<br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Garden of Lilies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Victoria Cage Necromancer Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Eli Constant
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Eli Constant, 2018.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Garden of Lilies: Victoria Cage Necromancer Novel, Book One © Copyright 2018,
  Eli Constant Books.
  
  
  Cover art © Copyright 2018, Covers by Christian
  
  
  This book may not be reproduced, in any fashion, without the explicit
  permission from Eli Constant/Eli Constant Books. Eli Constant asserts her
  right to hold ownership of this work, and all works, set inside the Victoria
  Cage Universe. The unauthorized reproduction and/or distribution of this work
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  This is a work of fiction. Any locations that resemble something in reality
  are used in a fictitious manner. Similarities to organizations and locales,
  existing now or in the past, are purely coincidental. Characters are creations
  of the author’s imagination. Similarities to actual persons, living or
  deceased, are also purely coincidental. The events in this book sho