COLCHICUM. BIBLE. CHRIST.

COLCHICUM.  BIBLE.  CHRIST.

1. “Christ is all and in all” (Col., 3:11). Jesus saith: “Consider the lilies of the field … even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these” (Mt., 6:28-29). To see this, indeed, watch the further photos.

2. Every year in November – in the period of the first light frostlets on the soil – the bulbotubers of Colchicum to live under the apricot tree in our small garden used to bring forth the ephemeroid flowers, seen on the photos.

3. Colchicum is the Old World liliaceous plant, named, as Linnaeus wrote (“Philosophia botanica”, VII, 235. 5) after the fabulous country of Colchis (near modern Sochi in Krasnodar Territory at the Black Sea Coast) and its’ king Kolchus (the keeper of the Golden Fleece). Its’ trivial Russian name is “Bezvremennik” (i.e. “out-of-time-bloom”), because it is blossoming for some few days just before the winter.

4. True is the Bible: “In thy presence is fullness of joy” (Ps. 16:11).

    God is great! (Ps. 70:4).

5. Peace unto you! (John, 20:19).

Professor    N.  E.  Alyoshin