FLORAL EMBLEMS. 131 



ELEVATION 



Silver Fir. — P'uius Picea. 



' "' Towering firs in conic forms arise. 



And with a pointed spear divide the skies." 



Piior. 



Nature has adapted this tree to its moun- 

 tainous birth-place, so that it resists 



" the storm. 

 That makes the high ehii couch, and rends the oak. 

 A thousand blow^s. 



That shake the lofty monarch on his throne. 

 We lesser folks feel not. Keen are the pains 

 Advancement often brings." 



Hurdis. 



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