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garden favorite called Fleur de Lis. The accepted 

 derivation of the word is that given by Grandmaison 

 in his Heraldic Dictionary. Louis VII. of France, 

 whose name was then written Loys, first gave the 

 name to the flower, " Fleur de Loys " ; then it be- 

 came Fleur de Louis, and finally, Fleur de Lis. 

 Our flower caught its name from Louis. Tusser in 



Bachelor's Buttons in a Salem Garden. 



his list of flowers for windows and pots gave plainly 

 Flower de Luce ; and finally Gerarde called the 

 plant Flower de Luce, and he advised its use as a 

 domestic remedy in a manner which is in vogue 

 in country homes in New England to-day. He 

 said that the root " stamped plaister-wise, doth take 

 away the blewnesse or blacknesse of any stroke " 

 that is, a black and blue bruise. Another use 



