New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-31
: NATIONAL EMBLEMS.
THE ROSE. THE THISTLE. THE SHAM
ROCK AND THE MAPLE LEAF
LEGENDS OF THE FAMOUS FLORAL EMbLh"' VI
NEAR AND DISTANT LANDS, FROM

,rorSns OF THE FAMOUS FLORAL EMBLEMs OF
NEAR AND DISTANT LANDS, FROM
CANADA TO EGYPT.
..r,o national emblems OF the different countries
were chosen on account Of some tradition or iegehu
dear n the hearts Of the people. notably so IN the
oose NJ England Ireland Scotland and Wales
saw a writer I'm THE Ladies' Home journal.
..rhe rose. the emblem Of England was adopted
in the fifteenth century. After the coHpietoh VI
the Wars OF the Roses and the union Oh "e
houses OF Lancaster and York by the marriage Vi
Henry VII and Elizabeth Of York, IL IS sta'eo' i"
rose tree growing in the grounds of certain mon
astery in Wiltshire. England which had pre'iou9'y
nrodnced roses both red and white. began to bear
roses whose petals were variegated red and white.
which variety has since been called the forh anu
Lancaster rose.
"Of several legends regarding the love or the
Scotch people for the thistle the following Is the
most interesting: The Danes are said TO nave beeh
creening silently one night toward the Scotch camp
notwithstanding the fact that an attack AT MID
r,gbt upon an enemy was considered az most dis
honorable act when Of the soldiers set ms pare
feet upon a thistle Forgetting himself ne uttered
a loud cry. which reused the Scotch seepers' VINO
Immediately fell upon their enemies routing 'heih
completely. 800
'The small three leaved clover or shamrock was
II Is alleged made use of by Saint Patrick ire
lands notron saint TO illustrate the mystery OF inc
Trritv and thus became the symbol OF the lrish
people.
.Tbera Is an ecclesiastical tradition concerning
the choice of the leek by the Welsh. to the erect
that when the Britons were under the command Oh
King Cadwalader Saint David commanded thae
each soldier should have n leek in his bonnet AZ
they defeated the SaXons upon that uiy they -
adopted the habit of wearing the leek on inc i'
currence OF the anniversary OF tne tod IN
AS the Greeks tabled TO nave israat
Toaia il seems appropriate that the Vlolet iisrS,
Iion) which thought by them 10 pe sddinciive
against evil should be selected as thelI 49,
flower Modern Greece has no enlDIeniieIu ne ~ ,ha
The olive figured largely in the celebrations OF tle
ancient Greeks while to-day vctors III the Wy III
MAN games are crowned with wreaths Oh laurel
NO FLORAL EMBLEM.
Italy has adopted no floral emblem, although the
love Of the people for Queen Margherita has maze
tho flower of that name a general favorite with the
Italians a..
Neither Germany nor Prussia claims any no"
az an emblem The oak tree is the favorite tree VI
GERMANY as it is thought to Symbolic the suohs'
rugged German character. Wilhelm was parucu-
IarIv fond of the blue cornhower. which mas maue
II popular with the German people. =, ~ AZ.
1T has been said that the edel"elSs a. snnrd in
tnctive flower of Switzerland hut as IL II Io ~,
other localities Il hardly lay claim 10 that
The Alpine rose. although not tound AT 80 SUI H OH
altitnde is on the contrary, dstinctiyely SWISS.
rhe 1er-de-lis iris. IS the heraldic deVlcS W
the Rourbons and Of France, ana can De udceu , &c
annears on tho national escutcheon OF SPAN me
lotus of the Nile which appears IN Egyptian nIeLT
qIvphics ia the emblem of that country Inc iaP'0
leaf Is the emblem of Canada