The Flower of Lily is the symbolic representation of the iris, flower that exists in the nature, this flower appreciated from Egypt and Greece, and used like symbolic attribute by the Christianity like representative of the glory, the splendor, innocence, the purity, the joy and force of life.
   Jesus already makes reference to the "field of irises" in the Sermon of the Mountain, like the "confidence in God, that never makes questions ". And one appears like flower of attribute of many angels and saints, like for example, Gabriel, Anthony of Padua and Domingo.
   In 1688, Bocler, writes: "... the serpents flee from the irises that dismiss a perfume that animates the heart... " In century XII the French include the Flower of Lily in their heraldic like constituent element of a assembly of elements whose aim was to visually represent a Sense of Property and Brotherhood between the knights of that time, and this form to facilitate its distant earth recognition, demonstrating before its pairs and the world its personal feats, their lineage, its virtues and self-denials.
   Since then the symbols they were adopted there by governments, families, cities and personalities. Many are the attributes that throughout history are adjudged to him to the intention of the Flower of Lily within the heráldico assembly. Among them we can mention: Generous spirit that pays offenses with benefits; clarity in the direction that there is to take, marked by the central petal; Union, given by the loop that unites the three petals. From this form we arrived at the beginning of our century, when our Scout Movement adopts like symbol the Flower of Lily like distinctive for the first time, and ever since is used  internationally.

Argentinean Flower of Lily

International Flower of Lily