‘290 
FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
STRENGTH 
Cedar Tree. — Finns Cedrus. 
-“ Cedars here, 
Coeval with the sky-crown’d mountain’s self. 
Spread wide their giant arms.” 
Mason.' 
The use of this wood for all purposes re¬ 
quiring strength, has been proverbial from 
the time of Solomon to the present day. 
“ Yet heaven their various plants for use designs, 
For houses, cedars ; and for shipping, pines.” 
Virgil. 
