Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

And his beauty

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

His smell

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

General references

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.