Telegram-herald., 1889-06-07
FLOWERS AS EMBLEMS
a Form or Herald<y Whose nys-
ss<iss Are Past Fil61nz Out
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Ls4ssloaary - psrsa1ts t1oEsancs. t1ers
= 40 mors Ne.cDme sifl - Aea l-aa 1es
s5zs1L' Tsis. s4gs ne Lsnl1n 3 '4naaris
n4AE soss.niy 4e11aas f.sF tss rlse, s.p4--s-
AZ aad garsasssaee - lors4l sy-.94ls.
Yes = saa1s d.A1-us " expl.a Why
Nsles slo4l.s asss chosen Tee eek for Is
-coZn -zaEes. tassxa gas Cya.rIe pets aass
: go 4esl - s@s soaut tas 1Esl-a- q -o
sssstasa sz-st.e - nors ~ tas psinL Yes
tle 1srL-ar4 o-lzslsts axs ~ nn means a.
szs "a as gang sn@t Asraldle gisat " 4ay
ksSga spe,glss a. sven Ia azrseIlg t1.ll E
Il q Car,ll.s4s - a.. faa plsals sin Nnlch
EDiTsooa La tse4sd ~ festive aags 10 lsaai-
~ Lhe cDglaa la.sl4s. zach - certainly az
3iid pl4af North Bf taiu. Tue rose l.as,
81 coarse rolaSaiio ta.e o. explain "a
cloica 80 TIA embleta ~ oA E-s4lf
ta9asiA u4s t-e IA. .sr.Eg ~ s4cl t4les, t1is
iezena a--y ce.o4- % t1e Gytas ~ the
sgsf 400. psort-r PC GFl@r The 1euF de-lis
- ffa4ls ls s-l4i .ess easy ~ eA b aasrlsn.
Fer tAoa - 90 - cpn seuf4lnaly re- xAr1eo as
n.y. tAe aerlidle painters have ~ sdseta-
stF claT44.e4 - L.ss ID ~ nJs = usere
Elttfer al cnalea % say VITA. 81 Is As early
a. t1e yrar lsL Gisl-.a l = 81 eas ia those
Gays considered c4nl-lg nadeF a4t q
hldGea talagsl regarded the deuce cn ths
La4rt.a q Gag 40 -flrer taada. ana It's
affirmed tl4- % -a Ga 4.'ls.ln to these sup-
posed symbols ~ their country taat tie
poaal4r a.e--.,ias = -'gean Cr-paaas' was
tss,awed Ca ths Frenca people. s-ll more
Tecc4tFt oW ug O. certain ornaments 70
sem9.ias bees having been found la the
t11o az Nlibfer-c, .4. lfr Il Clovis, 90 has
teea t1osgat tlar peFtaps these insects,
4nl n4t l4sa er to-1s, ara represented Ga
la aL4ee flag
A. would certainly 20 dihicUt for any one
a expl4.n sAF Fiorenes adopted the 'gig.io
taacu,f fr4ss..4 zoe line, saxony the mig
lanelfs. ~ iceland th5 shamrock, unless,
taaseti, We are o. accept without question
tse legend Of 81 F4-rlcz ami his icm0nstrsl-
t.oa t1rclsa b. sf tue l5stery ~ the Trim
uF. Nor IS it mach easier for any one who
Il criLar-l aneaL pcpl-l4r myths 20 account
tar Chs white ny bei-g she badge Il the
Caite. mes, aaJ the red of the Guelphs, any
r.ere tlti 8. - exn.icao.e way the Torkis,s
to.k els whte rose snt the Lancastriani
the sei. or whY The hearfsease vas the eni.
tlem OK the --Vioiet crowned" city OF Athens.
Arnn. why Nas Apollo supposed % iova
ths iaurel and thc cornell cherry, Pluto the
cypress aad the maiden hair--a moisture
lovng fern, which we nay take Tor grant
sd couit not be very plentiful In his chosen
realm-Luna the dttany, Ceres the cano-
ail Jupiter the oak. Minerva the olive,
Bacchls the vine, AID Venus the myrtle
sAadet
Nay. again, ia the Canterbury-ben the
e0aer VI 50. Augustuet Why Is the Gro
Gus ths emblem OF -. Valentine-uuless It
happens . appear about his festival time
the cArdamine o., the Virrtn Mary. or tho
81. Jehn s-wort % tle beloved apostles Mr..
tsomno may, perhaps, hlnt az these flowers
having been ''totems,' and possibly the
flowers were actually favorites with those
waoso eosnizaacs they became after their
death or were borne on their shields a.
ber-lcic em9.sms during Efe But stiu.
the endless floral badges Of the highland
clans arc left IL tho regions OF airy myth,
liSa the besony which was apportioned 70
s. Ffraed - = sym Dol OF tho double share
of graSs With watch he was endowed. or
the hly Of ST. Thomas A Beckett, OF the
eoava4lsria> shlcn, according 10 a hagiolog-
teal myth. spraDg up FROM the blood OF the
dragon which 81. Leo12rd slew Ia a wood
standing ca 30 sito now occupied by the
suburb II Hastia Is bearing his name.
Il Is sesrce " less pnzziinz % give q rea-
sonaale explanation OF why certain flowers
are 4ssicnee z, o. have boen appropriated
~. certain Eadfsidgals.
The NapOlsoaio yioies il case IN ooin.
Tho modest pant which once made all
Paris fragrant "a shc Boaapartis: fete day
waa never "A Objsct Of concern % the "Ldt-
tie Corporal. and 0uly very crsdulous Deo-
pie now swallow the romantic Icycud of as
tcl3ag Sis adasrents, when banished 70
r.i1sl, that 10 would 'cOno back with the
volets TIE story was al invention Of
after times.
Nee has any one 70 cur knowlcdge gone
INTO the origin 0f the scarlet carnation a.
the chosen flower OK TIE Stuarts. JACOB
itism-tae Jacobitism - thc Pretender and
OF the gallant gentlemen who mounted the
white coclgsdo aud lost their heads Tor their
pains-is now a vanished faith Yet %
this day mysterious hands yearly deposit
wreaths * carnations on the tOmbs OF
Cardinal YORK aud ether members Of the
haciess line Of James III.
Later aoral srab.eus are less difficult TO
explain L. truth. except lor the problem
whica individual tastes must always re-
main. there is no great puzzle IN tie mat
ter The oid Kaiser Wilhelm, OF Germany,
who in spite ~ bis military reputation and
general drN ssrgeantry. was wonder
flNv suTasc1 WITH the Teutcnic sentI-
mentality which pervaded Germany ia his
bovbcod was fond ~ the corn flower. and
wherever IA went, in his later davs az east.
she whole country side bloss0uied forth In
blue n ms honor. The odd Emperors de-
votion 20 the memory Of his mother
amounted % a '.culk" and ore OF hIs earliest
recoIiections cf her was thas when sne and
hcr boys were fugitives from Berlin en- the
occlsian cf enc of Napoieon's invssio1s. she
rested for moment BY a corn deld, snd
amused them by placking the blue corn
flowers and maaing them wreatss and nose
gsgs.
The present Kaiser : said n affect the
5get. . fancy wh,ch may clash with that Oi
Toe Bcnsuart should the adherents 81
thc "demecratic empirc" arain come 20 The
frrur Ia France. \ flower was II course,
nccsssarY CD the Rou anEfsts. and. with
eharactcrisfio instinct for eject. the par
tsans of tha national sa8 honest re-
vabfc~ have chosen thc carratirn Never
theless. the crg.u of tae symbol dos rot
matter. except from historical port ~
view TIE mysteries cf this form ~
he-aldry are generally beyond fnt.n z out.
arf not infrcQ 1eut.r are better ieft anex
plcrsi. En- the result cf antiquarian search
~ ~ depressing 8s fhat whicn sfirns that
tha w5rf shsmr0cs - derived from the
Arabic shanronsa. a club or shN .elah. ana
that tbis wearcr s. 3, truth. ta- tr4e bsds
Of the E.beruian race.
A. aors,iogirtl R~lf~.
Uncis Z. bert McCae. an industrious cci-
sre. cit zen ~ Eedsvilie. n e. has Einle-
rseee ma5s Ia f-o IL h8s eern rpsirai
bat cnce in fffv gears. ns .la.1 s ef ~ d-