"Flowers of the Field"

[Roger Whitehead]

In article <8h8v5q$ero$1 at newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>, Stephen 
Jankalski wrote:
> Lilium candidum is not native to Israel

What's your source for this, Stephen? It's found in remote places on 
cliffs in the Galil and Mount Carmel, unlikely sites for introductions 
or escapes.

> But then again, what was referred to as "lilies" back then does not
> necessarily mean Liliaceae or even monocots.

Yep.

Regards,
 
Roger
 
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Roger Whitehead,
Oxted, Surrey, England