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NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEMS.
Italy's emblamatic flower is the lily. England's national emblem is the rose. Th« fleur-de-lis is the emblem of France.
The emblem of Canada is the sugar maple.
The thistle is the appropriate emblem of Scotland.
Germany has as its national emblem the cornflower.
The leek has been worn in Wales frcm time immemorial.
The sacred lotus of the river Nile is the ancient emblem of Egypt.
Ireland boasts of the "shamrock so green " as the emblem of her
nationality.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 January 1919, Page 3
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82NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEMS. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 January 1919, Page 3
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