Donated in 1997 by Jay & Gail Furman in honor of the marriage of Jesse and Ariele Furman.
Grape or Vine Vitis vinifera גפן Micah 4: 3-4 “And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
Lilium chalcedonicu שושן צחור Song of Solomon 6: 2-4 “My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds and spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he feedeth among the lilies. Thou are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem…”
Anemone Anemone coronaria Greek: krinon כלנית מצויח Song of Solomon 5: 13 “His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet as flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.” Cyclamen Cyclamen primulaceae Greek: kuklaminos רקפת ידונית One of the wildflowers found scattered throughout the hills of the Holy Land. Protected today by the Society for the Protection of Nature of Israel
Saffron Sternbergia or Crocus sativus חלניונית נדולה Song of Solomon 4: 14 “Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard…and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all the chief spices. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”
Water lily Nymphaea caerulea מים שושן I Kings 7: 19 “…and upon the top of the pillars was lily work…”