WHITE POPLAR. 



WHITE POPLAR {Populusalba).—TY^iY.. 



This tree throws to eighty feet high, with a magnificent 

 head upon a straight stem, covered with a silver bark. The 

 ancients dedicated It to Time, because the leaves of this 

 beautiful tree are In continual agitation, and, being brown 

 on one side and white on the other, represent the alternation 

 of day and night. 



WHITE POPPY.— Sleep of the Heart, 



Because the tasteless oil expressed from Poppy seeds 

 calms the nerves and Induces sleep. 



WHITE ROSE.— Silence. 



" O goddess, thou art wondrous queer ! 

 When none invoke thee, then most near ;"' 



WROTE an old friend in a sonnet addressed to this mytho- 

 logical being. The deity is represented as a youthful figure, 

 half naked, holding a finger upon the mouth, and a White 

 Rose In the other hand. A White Rose used to be sculp- 

 tured over the door of banqueting rooms, to remind the 

 guests that they must never repeat abroad wliat was said in 

 tlicir festive moments. 



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