FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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ELEVATION. 
Silver Fir. —Pinus Picea. 
■ - “ Towering firs in conic forms arise. 
And with a pointed spear divide the skies.” 
Prior. 
Nature has adapted this tree to its moun¬ 
tainous birth-place, so that it resists 
<£ the storm, 
That makes the high elm couch, and rends the oak. 
-A thousand blows. 
That shake the lofty monarch on his throne. 
We lesser folks feel not. Keen are the pains 
Advancement often brings.” 
Hurdis. 
