258 
Old Time Gardens 
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, u 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 
