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Show I WATER LILIES ARE PASSING Beautiful Flowers Have Greatly De-'- 'treased'ln Indiana Almost Disappeared Dis-appeared In Some Lakes. Many of the smaller lakes of Indiana In-diana a few years ago floated an abundance of water lilies. As the years have gpne by and the numbers of excursionists and summer guests at these places have increased, the lilies have greatly decreased and from some lakes have almost disappeared. What a beautiful flower, beautiful in us 'mistical loveliness Is the white water lily which belongs to the same species as the lotus, which the ancient Egyptians held sacred! How lovely is our lily floating amid its great rounded leaves closing at night to reappear the next morning in all its unspotted purity. July and August are the months for this flower. An old writer in enthusiastic admiration of this lily says: "Ah, how lovely it looks, floating double, lily and shadow, with its broad leaves looking like green resting places for this queen of waters to sit upon, while dipping her ivory sandals in the yielding silver; or, when rocked by a gentle breeze one may fancy they look like a moving fairy fleet with low green hulls and white sails, slowly making for tho shore!" But unless the vandal hand of the visitor to these lakes is stayed these lilies' will soou be as rare as white blackbirds. |