WHITE WATER LILY. 



is still, greatly abused, is one of the most valuable gifts of 

 nature. Its fruit, when ripe and fresh from the tree, is most 

 delicious and refreshing; when dried it adds to our enjoyment 

 of the food given to us, and is a most wholesome part of our 

 diet ; and in the form of wine expressed from the grape, it is 

 not only innocuous but invigorating when used within proper 

 limits. The effects in no case should exceed what we call 

 mirthfulness ; as Scott says, 



" Let dimpled mirth his temples twine, 

 With tendrils of the laughing Vine ;" 



and if it do more than " gladden the heart of man, and make 

 him of a cheerful countenance," it produces results which 

 invariably follow upon the abuse of those good things which 

 have been given to us ; for every created thing is good, and to 

 be rightly received with thankful heart. 



WHITE WATER LILY {Nymphcea «/(5«).— ELOQUENCE. 



The Egyptians consecrated the Nymphaea Lotus to the 

 Sun, the god of Eloquence. These flowers close at sunset 

 and sink into the water ; they rise with the god of day as he 

 comes above the horizon. The flower forms part of the head- 

 dress of Osiris. Indian gods are depicted sitting on a Lotus- 

 flower at the bottom of the waters; symbolizing, as it would 

 seem, the rising up of the Earth, and its separation from 

 the Water. 



Our White Water Lily is a lovely sister of the Egyptian 

 Lotus. Well may Miss Twamley give the invitation, 



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