Among wild shrubs are the oleander with its ruddy blossoms, the myrtle, the bay, the arbutus, the clematis, the juniper, and the honeysuckle; among cultivated fruit-trees, the orange, the pomegranate, the pistachio-nut, the vine, the mulberry, and the olive.

The adis, an excellent pea, and the Lycoperdon, or wild potato, grow in the neighborhood of Aleppo.

The castor-oil plant is cultivated in the plain of Edlib.

Melons, cucumbers, and most of the ordinary vegetables are produced in abundance and of good quality everywhere.
In Southern Syria and Palestine most of the same forms of vegetation occur, with several others of quite a new character.

These are due either to the change of latitude, or to the tropical heat of the Jordan and Dead Sea valley, or finally to the high elevation of Hermon, Lebanon, and Anti-Lebanon.