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  It is known that the Biblical authors of the King James’s Version sometimes made mistakes when translating plant names from Hebrew or Greek into English. These translations of, ‘apples,’ ‘lilies,’ and ‘roses’ are in actuality, apricots, anemones, and narcissi. Confusion now, is clearly evident in the proper selection of plants suitable for a Bible garden.

 Common plants used in a Bible garden:

Apricot/Apple tree

Fig tree

Chestnut/Plane tree

Poplar tree

Aleppo Pine

Pomegranate tree

Russian Olive

Boxwood

Rue

Mint

Wormwood/Absinthe

English Ivy

Flax

Grape Vine

Reed Grass

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