New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19
FLOUERS AND POLITICS

Tho annual dinner of'thc Primrose League IN Lon
don and the selection u the rid tulip by the Berlin
social Democrats rs their representative flower, led n
member Il the staff u "L'Opnone.7 Of ITALY, in n
recent Il that Journal u review the important
part PLAYED by flowers in political history.
Flowers saws the Journal. have hnd great In
nucncc In politics without going back to the days Of
TarIuin the Proud. who knocked of the heads Of the
highest garden peoples 10 show hi, how he should
treat the city 81 Gahi-uc poppy heads synbolzng
the Lending men 81 the captured citv-t Is easy 10
find many example, II political flowers. In the
fifteenth century England WIS hlthed I'm blood bv the
civil war Il the Roses between the houses q Ian
caster arf York IN, heads ~ the two struggling
factions had each rose In the shield. the Dukes ot
York A white one and the Dukes OF Lancaster red
one Their respective supporters used the correspond
Ing symbols. Thus the lovely flower, which In Eng
land also the symbol Of Ius'ice-thc judges
when deciding a question holding bunch Of roses a
single flower I'm their hnnds-hccame the meiento OF n
mos, terrible civil
The lily was the flower Of the BOurbons. In all
probability II was once the emblem Of the Gauls and
the Franks. II IS worth mcmbcrng that the lily. In
~ herlldc FORM possesses certain resemblance To
that upsymp0tleiic animal known the toad. This
resemblance soon discovered and give rise 70
.dcue at times. The Flemish people referred to the
French a. 'Lar'S and a. RoSpi Franchos LllIarts.'
because of The llly in their banners. and 'Eospi
Frauchc,' because II the resemblance Of the lily and
the animal mentioned above
The violet was the fivOrlte flower and mark
~ La Nallicrc. one Of the Influential women NJ
the court 4 Louis XIV. During the First
Empire In France II b,rane the flower 81 the Bona
parties II was the favontc flower Of Maria Louise
during the few year, which she lived With Napoleon
And before the world know how she would bear the
exile Of the C,rsican the 'yiorts Of parma'-whero
Maria Louise. IN accordance with the treaty OF 1916
rigncd a, Duchess had worldwide fame. When
Napoleon wa. in PorofcFraIo The people OF Paris
pccod hl, return IN the days when the vioets
boomcd' ~ a strang" thought coincidence the folk
gave him the pct name Of 'Pbcr Violet An excite
pnnt brought to Europe at the beginning Of the
present century received the Of lIOr cn,la from
the daughier ~ Jos hinc. NapOleon's first wife
Count de Morny. who aided Napoleon III In gaining
tlle crown was the Legitimate Of lorense and
Count rllhau Count de Morny recalled his high
lineage rather hdiscrcrtly by placing IN his coai-of
arms an eagle and hortcnSla with the motto: Tac>
q Mcmcnto' When he made duke In 1852 he
received a now ccatofarms. lie changed The motto
while retaining IN" hOrtcnsia 10 Pro Patria 1T I'm
pcraiOrc.'
III, nl,narrhs the shamrock with tho motto
In tglnitatc robur.' The shamrock the flower
OF IriShmn In the most ancient times as the
name 10 ia" great Conservative League OF England.
tho favoIic flower III Lord Ecaoonsiicld. IN
France the IOulauHStS used IA" red pink. The I'M
pcrla family o. Japan bear the chrySnthcmum In
tlon, flower Of Italians Beyond the borders OF the
Kingdom 1t va. often looked npon ms the Ngn OF
revolution. Marghcnta signifies pcarl-margntia.
Margaret Of Valoi, Queen Of Navarro called by
her brother. Francis the 'MargheTita OF Mlrgh"aS
the pearl Of pearls, on account Of her excellent quail
ties and Virtues