Sylva Florifera : the Shrubbery Historically And Botanically Treated : With Observations On the Formation of Ornamental Plantations, And Picturesque Scenery 1
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The cones of the fir-tree were employed in the mysteries of Cybele, where even the priests were the first to indulge in the un- bounded licentiousness and obscenities which prevailed in this festival. The cones of the fir-tree were also offered up to Bacchus, and were likewise to be seen on the altars of ^Esculapius. Most of the temples of antiquity had their sacred groves or forests attached to them, where those abominable rites were often cele- brated with the most horrible indecencies and te...rrible sacrifices. Cinnis, or Cercyon, was surnamed the bender of pines, because he tied his victims to the tops of two pines, which he bent down, and which, when he suf- fered them to rise again, tore the unfortunate wretch to pieces. Q 4 232 SYLVA FLORIFEKA. How can we sufficiently admire those sacred writers, who forbid the sacrifices of these detestable groves and abominable idols, but have made them the spots for quiet con- templation and calm reflection ? Lord Thur- low says — " The forest is to me the sweetest college Of any, that the outward world can show, Lacking professors, yet most rich in knowledge.
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