FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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TIME. 
White Poplar .— Populus canescens. 
“ And poplar, that with silver lines its leaf.” 
Cowper. 
This rapid growing tree stands as the sym¬ 
bol of Time in floral language. 
“ Come what come may. 
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” 
Shakspeare. 
