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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 184150, member: 44&quot;]My thought also on the colors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of France and the lily, I had always thought the fleur-de-lys/fleur-de-lis was a lily, but in the last few years have heard arguments that the fleur-de-lis was an iris. Do you think there is any credence the original was suppose to be an iris? Here&#039;s a webpage about the debate.</p><p><a href="http://www.heraldica.org/topics/fdl.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heraldica.org/topics/fdl.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldica.org/topics/fdl.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1964 while touring the gardens of Versailles, if memory serves, the guide pointed out the design of one of the many sections that was in the shape of an iris, the country&#039;s fleur-de-lis??</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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