WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
surface of the inlet; the crisp, invigorating, balsam- 
laden air; the wild, tangled background of gaunt, 
scraggly trees and stumps, and the deer —I cannot 
adequately describe it; no one can. Often I have let 
my canoe drift quietly near these same “spring 
holes” where the deer fed, while I sought to lure, with 
tiny flies, the speckled trout that also loved the fas- 
cination and seclusion of the captivating Water Lilies 
and their “pads.” We never plucked the blossoms, 
for they were our daily companions. The large, 
attractive flowers float majestically upon the sur- 
face of the water in a field of waxy-green leaves, and 
exhale an exquisite fragrance. Their numerous 
pointed oblong petals are deeply hollowed. Their 
texture is firm, and their colour is a beautiful white, 
sometimes tinged with pink. They are arranged alter- 
nately in several rows and finally graduate toward the 
‘centre into many pure yellow stamens. Their four 
dark green sepals are shaped like the large petals, and 
are lined with white or pinkish white. ‘The innermost 
stamens are very slender and bear long anthers, while 
those intermediate with the petals become broader 
with shortened tips. The pistil is compound with 
radiating and projecting stigmas. The flowers are 
from three to five and a half inches broad. They open 
at sunrise, and close toward noon, excepting perhaps 
on cloudy days. As they fade, they are drawn beneath 
the surface of the water, where the seeds ripen. The 
large, floating leaf is from four to twelve inches in 
diameter, and has a toothless margin. The upper sur- 
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