Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
FLOWER SYMBOLS
Blossoms Have Played Interest
ing Part In History of Nations.
STORY OF SCOTCH THISTLE.
Red Rose of England Once Was I'm.
happily the Badge of Civil War, and
the White Rose Was Arrayed
Against 1t.

happily the Badge of Civil War; and
the White Rose Was Arrayed
Against It.
In the history of nations. tribes and
families 1.-THE gentle race of the flow
erS' has furnished more than one en-
battled wall, defiant banner glittering
shield and valiant battle line with the
blazon which defense or onset was to
redden in the life blood of brave men
says Charles WinSlow Hall in the Ma
tional Magazine.
Among them we easily recall the del,
icate heather spray. the planta geniSta
of moor and void, which the proud
Plantagenet dynasty wore in wan and
peace, holding it in honor because it
told of the lowly origin from which
valOr and wisdom had called them t.
the sovereignty of England
Further north the pine trees of Clan
Alpine mustered for foray and battle
one of the brayeSt and most noted of
all the highland clans. and in the low
lands and at last throughout all Scot
land the savage thistle has told for
centuries Of that fated night when Il
thrOng of Morse SwOrdSmen plunged
into the weedy mOat of an embattpd
town. and their sudden cries Of wrath
and pain rallied the sleeping defenders
and saved the garrison. 1t was II good
choice for the blaZon OF Il proud. fierce,
implacable race, and the motto. Meme
me impune laceSst'' (no one wounds
me without scathe) has never lacked
Justification in all the centuries since
its adoption.
SO. too. with some sense of humorous
admiration. we think of the Welsh lpei
worn by Cymrian howmen lin their
Monmouth caps on st. )avy'S day" as
Shakespeare's Fluellen relates in hon
or Of desperate fray and gallant vic
tory
The red rose of England was once
unhaDpily the badge of civil war and
daStardly intrigue and assassination.
when the white rose was arrayed
against her buShng sister in the CON
tests of York and Lancaster for the
English crown ireland and her chill
dren at home mad abroad still honor
and love the shamrock. which. say the
legends. ST Patrick used to demon
Stratp to the fierce heather Celtic
chiefs the mystery of the triple indi-
viduality of the Father. Son and Holy
Ghost and the complete unity Of the
Trinity
IL y,.,1; Il
universal. English admirers of Lord
ReacOnSfield still Wear early primroses
on his birthday Dec. 81, 1902. Just as
British .TacobitnS until 4 few years
ago carried n white rose on June 1C
in futile loyalty to the Stuart dynasty
while the enthusiastic Hihcrnian. with
a little sigh of regret. wears spray
Of ivy on the 9Th of October. the an.
niyerSary Of the death of parnell
The lilies Of France. or. rather. the
f1eurde-lis. has for centuries deckpd
royal canopy. kingly garb, the war
ror mOnarch'S shield and capariSOnS
and tho banners of the empire. but the
foes Of the republic today wear other
blossoms, the OrIeanStS Il white daisy
ana the ROnapartlSt the humble violet.
Conquered Palestine was symbolized
in part by Il palm tree: Mexico. torn
and SCARED by innumerable petty
wars. but evidently ready TO unite to
oppose any invader. fifty chooses an
especially thorny cactus; the French
of Canada sport the maple leaf banner
much more frequently than they do
the union jack. and Nova Scotia,
largely settled from New England long
ago, placed on her seals and coinage
the beautiful trailing arbutus. the
"Mayfiower" of the Plymouth woods.
The patriotic significance of flowers
can be found Oh every page of history
They have not only influenced the
hearts of lovers. but the hearts OF M
tons as we'll