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Show WATER LILIES ARE PASSIM Beautiful Flw,-s Have Greitly Decreased De-creased in Indiana Almost D:- appeare j in Soma Lake. : Vany ut Btuniler !,.k.- o? Indiana In-diana a few years a.o- floated an j abundance of -water lllifs. As tbe years liave gone by and the iuanibers of exci:vsirn.!its and summer guests 1 at th'se places have lncrcasoJ, the , lill( 9 have greatly decreased and from : some lakes have ahrost dlsaj,ipcan-d. ; What -j. bt-aut'.ful flower, beautiful In its'mvsdcal lofcuncss .a lie white j water lily which belongs' to the nanm Bpecies as the lotus, which the ancient Egyptians held sacred! Hov lovely ii ou- lily floating pmid lta great rounded ler.-es closing s.t night to reappear the r,?xt niornir.; in all its unspotted purity. July and August are the months for this flower. An old writer In enthusiastic admiration of this Uiy 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 the shore P -But unless tho vandal hand of the visitor to these lakes is stayed tr-.ese lilies will Eccn be as raro as white blackbird. |