LAKE FOREST GARDEN CLUB 
MISS FLORENCE M. UNDERWOOD, Lake Forest, 111. 
Location — 9 Washington Road. 
Typ e — Informal. 
Best Bloom — July and September. 
Visiting days — At any time. 
GRASS LAKE LOTUS BEDS, Lake County, 111. 
The largest bed of .American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) known. The 
flowers are at their best from July 20th to .\ugust 20th, de- 
pending upon the season ; they yary from year to year, being 
especially fine about every third year. 
The beds are about 30 miles from Chicago and may be reached 
by motor over fairly good roads, or by the C. M. & St. P. R. 
R. to Antioch, 111., which is about 5 miles from Grass Lake and 
where motors will be found at the station. 
The best method of seeing the beds, which cover several acres, 
is by launch, and the best launch is one holding about forty 
people and owned by Ray Preganzer. This makes frequent 
trips by a path cut through the beds and from it the flowers 
may be seen in their perfection. Inquiries should be made as 
to the e.xact location of the pier from which this launch starts. 
Grass Lake has become a tourists resort during recent years 
and the beds are in danger of destruction. 
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