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756 plant was mentioned by Moses as one of the attractions of the Promised Land; and he was commanded to make golden pomegranates and their blossoms alternately on the hem of the ephod; while four hundred specimens of these curious globes



were wreathed around the capitals of the two brass pillars of King Solomon's temple.

Various parts of this shrub were used by the ancients for medicine, and the bitter juice furnished a light but indelible blue stain.