... Ficus sycomorus were forwarded from Esypt by Dr. Schweinfurth. The microscopic structure oftbese specimens has been compared in the laboratory, and we learn from the bulletin that there is no reason to doubt that the mummy coffins ...
... Ficus sycomorus is a species of fig. The syca'more (acer pseudoplatanus) belongs to a different family. Even the average contemporary Scot would, I imagine, find it easier to climb the Biblical sycomore. Rev Capon R. F. Lyth. 26 ...
... ficus sycomorus were forwarded from Egypt by Dr. Schwein- furth. The microscopic structure of these specimens has been compared in the laboratory, and we learn from the bulletin that there is no reason to doubt that the mummy coffins ...
... Ficus sycomorus, a and allied. to the fig tree, bearing edible fruit. Its wood was often used for the coffins for mummies. The wood of our buttonball tree is reddish, beautifully grained, and sometimes used for interior trim, but it is ...
... Ficus sycomorus — not to be confused with the sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus. Altogether the fig gets a good Biblical write-up, being mentioned in Deuteronomy as one of the seven fruits — "A land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig ...
... ficus is used to describe any spe cies of the genus Ficus — shrubs, trees and climbing plants of the mulberry family ... sycomorus, has mulberry like leaves, wood and edible fruit. The banyan tree is. IT PUZZLES ME... I THINK. ' ttLK TO JOE ...
... ficus do badly in storms. Wrong. First of all, it's Ficus, not ficus. And secondly, most of the 800 species of Ficus ... sycomorus), also called the tree of life and referred to as sycomore in the Bible. Actually, Ficus are common ...