Color Saffron Crocus

Saffron Crocus. With the pistil and
its three-cleft style separate.

Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Saffron is mentioned only in the Song of Solomon 4:14 as one of the perfume plants of the garden. The saffron is a purple-flowered crocus which blossoms in the autumn, having produced its leaves in the spring. It is a common plant in Israel. The saffron of commerce consists of the yellow stamens and style of the flower, which possess a penetrating aromatic odor; it is used as a flavoring and coloring material in cooking, and is also eaten raw.

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Color Camphire or Henna

Camphire  or  Henna.
Separate  flower,  fruit,  and  seeds.

Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Camphire,  the  Hebrew  copher,  is  mentioned in  the  Song  of  Solomon  (1: 14),  "My  beloved  is  unto  me as  a  cluster  of  camphire  in  the  vineyards  of En-gedi; " also  in  4:13.  Camphire  is  an  old  form of  the  word  camphor.  The  revisers  have  substituted "henna"  in  those  texts.  Henna  (Lawso- nia  alba)  is  a  shrub  found  in  Northern  Africa,  and in  Asia  from  Syria  to  India.  It  bears  numerous small,  white,  sweet-smelling  flowers  in  large clusters.  But  the  plant  has  been  from  remote antiquity  famous  as  a  cosmetic,  being  used  to give  a  reddish-orange  stain  to  the  nails,  tips  of the  fingers,  palms  of  the  hand,  and  soles  of  the feet.  The  young  stems  and  leaves  are  reduced to  a  powder,  and  when  used,  are  made  into  a paste  with  hot  water,  and  applied  for  a  night  to the  parts  to  be  stained.  The  stain  of  the  henna has  been  detected  on  Egyptian  mummies.

 

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Color a Cluster of Figs

With a fruit cut down the center to show the 
small flowers in the cavity. Click on the image
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Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Fig  is  frequently  mentioned  in  Scripture. The  fig  (Ficus  carica)  is  indigenous  to  the Middle East; several  varieties  of  the  wild fig  occur,  as  well  as of  those  under  cultivation.  The  so-called  fruit is  a  hollow,  fleshy  receptacle,  at  first  containing a  great  number  of  minute  flowers  lining  its  cavity, which  later  produce  the  true  fruits  (''seeds  "). These  figs  appear  in  February  before  the  leaves, which  do  not  cover  the  tree  until  a  month  or  six weeks  later.  When  the  leaves  are  fully  out,  the fruits  should  be  ripe  (Matthew  21: 19).  Several  Hebrew words  are  used  for  "figs"  teenah  (Genesis  3:  7) is  the  name  of  the  tree;  pag (Song  of  Solomon  2:  13)  is the  unripened  autumn  fruit  which  remains  on the  tree  through  the  winter  (Bethphage,  the village  near  Bethanv,  is  the  "house  of  green figs'");  bikkurah  (Hosea  9:  10)  is  the  first  ripe  fig; and  debelah (1.  Samuel 25:18)  is  the  dried  figs  made into  cakes,  a  staple  food  in  Palestine.    There  are two  species  of  figs  found  in  the  Holy Land,  the common  fig  and  the  sycomore  [q.v.].

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Color the Mandrake Plant

Mandrake. With  separate  fruit,  and  root.
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largest size.

Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Mandrake  occurs  in  two  passages  in  the Bible  (Genesis  30:14;  Song  of  Solomon  7: 13),  in  connection with  its  imaginary  virtues  in  love  incantations, for  which  it  has  been  long  and  widely  famous. The  mandrake  is  a  stemless  plant,  with  a large  and  branching  root,  dark-green  leaves,  and a  yellow  fruit  about  the  size  of  a  large  plum.  Its affinities  are  with  the  potato  and  nightshade. The  root,  somewhat  manipulated,  may  be  made to  look  a  little  like  the  human  figure.  The  revisers have  in  the  margin  of  Genesis  30: 14  suggested "love-apple,"  but  this  is  only  applied  to the  tomato,  an  American  plant.  The  mandrake is  common  throughout  Palestine,  especially  in deserted  fields.

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Coloring page of Song of Songs 6:2-3

 

Description of The Coloring Page: text, "My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam. To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine. He who pastures his flock among the lilies." Song of Songs 6: 2-3, flowers, leaves, petals,

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