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Show When Water Blooms. Any ono who has. over been at any of tho lakes in tlio middle and north of tho United States will '-now thnt at a certain timo of July or August thoy aro said to "flower." Fishermen aro particularly well acquainted ac-quainted with this fact, for at such times very fow fish can bo induced to tako the hook. In somo lakos nothing can do aeon when thoy nro "floworlng" excopt by tho natives, who know from tho appearance ap-pearance of tho water. But In other lakes tho wator becomes qulto thick and yellow, scorning muddy or tawny in' somo parts nnd n clear gold in others. This "flowering" of tho lakes is Just what tho namo denotes, although many of tho Inhabitants ;f tho lako shores do not know what It is and cannot explain ex-plain It, oxcopt by tho vnguo statement state-ment thnt at a certain time of midsummer mid-summer tho lakes "seem to work." Tho "flowering" Is a real flowering. It Is duo to tho blossoming of a water plant which lives under tho Biirfnce nil year long till tho times for flowering, flower-ing, when It rises toward tho top and throws off myriads of small golden yollow sphoros which fill tho wator. |