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Jacob, Irene, and Walter Jacob. “Flora.” The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, edited by David Noel Freedman, vol. 2, Doubleday, 1992, p. 804.
A number of modern gardens have attempted to recreate biblical flora and to present them to a contemporary audience. In Israel, these include the Biblical Botanical Garden of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and the Neot Kedumim (near Tel Aviv). In America, the Denver Botanical Gardens (Colorado) has a Scriptural Garden, and biblical gardens have been created at Rodef Shalom Temple (Pittsburgh) and St. John the Divine Cathedral (New York).