“We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.” MenHas BeensFlowerHolyGloryRootsPlantScriptureGravesBuriedFadingHoly ScripturesDishonorEmblems Author:John Evelyn
“Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes, that there are none more fit to bury our dead in than in our Gardens and Groves, where our Beds may be decked with verdant and fragrant flowers, Trees and Perennial Plants, the most natural and instructive Hieroglyphics of our expected Resurrection and Immortality.” MayDeathReligionCausesNaturalTreeDyingFlowerFitBedGardenBlessedPlantExpectedImmortalitySaviorResurrectionImpermanenceGroveOratoryHieroglyphicsFragrant Flowers Author:John Evelyn
