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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 184156, member: 301&quot;]Here&#039;s one version....</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1948, the Government of Canada asked the provinces to choose a floral emblem. Although the blue flag iris had long been considered the symbol of French Canadians, the Quebec government instead chose&nbsp; the Madonna lily (<i>Lilium candidum</i>) as the floral emblem to reflect the flower seen on the Quebec flag, chosen the same year. The flag was composed of a white cross on a blue background with a white fleur-de-lis in each corner. Since “lis” is French for lily, the authorities assumed that the fleur-de-lis was a lily flower. But they were wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://laidbackgardener.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/20150624h.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://laidbackgardener.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/20150624h.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://laidbackgardener.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/20150624h.jpg?w=139&amp;h=165" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Fleur-de-lis</p><p><br /></p><p>The fleur-de-lis symbol actually represents a heraldic iris. This is easily seen by the symbol’s shape: drooping sepals (called falls) and upright petals (standards), nothing like the trumpet shape of lilies known in Europe at the time. There are many theories as to why the symbol become known as a fleur-de-lis rather than a fleur-d’iris, One is that Louis VII, King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180, used the symbol prominently on his flag, clothing and shield, leading to it being called the “flor de Lois” (as it was pronounced at the time), a term which later evolved into fleur-de-lis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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