. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. HORATIO NELSONand part of the flag-staff of the Victory,in London. Asia and of North America. The distin-guishing feature of the plant is a gorgeousblossom, with crisp, satiny petals, characteris-tic of lilies, and a thick circular fringe ofyellow stamens surrounding a large seedreceptacle. One species with rose-coloredflowers, the sacred lotus of the Hindus andpeople of Tibet, has been cultivated sinceremote times in China and Egypt, w
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. HORATIO NELSONand part of the flag-staff of the Victory,in London. Asia and of North America. The distin-guishing feature of the plant is a gorgeousblossom, with crisp, satiny petals, characteris-tic of lilies, and a thick circular fringe ofyellow stamens surrounding a large seedreceptacle. One species with rose-coloredflowers, the sacred lotus of the Hindus andpeople of Tibet, has been cultivated sinceremote times in China and Egypt, where the. NELUMBOShowing seeds and enlarged receptacle roots, stalks and seeds are used as food. ANorth American species, with yellow flowers,grows as far north as Ontario. It is common-ly called water chinquapin, but the favoredname is lotus, or yellow water lily. Thisplant grows abundantly in five localities inthe United States, notably near Grass Lake,Illinois, where there is a thickly-crowded bedcovering 600 acres. When the flowers are infull blossom they present a beautiful ap-pearance. NEMEAN, neme an, GAMES, one of thefour great national festivals of the ancientGreeks, so called from Nemea, a valley in thePeloponnesus where the games were celebrat-? ed in midsummer, every two years. The gamesconsisted of the usual athletic of Pindars odes are in celebration ofvictors at the Nemean games. NEMESIS, in classical mythology, thegoddess of fate, who apportions to menwhat they deserve. In Homer she is a sortof personification of divine justice. NEOCENE, n/oseen, EPOCH, a termu
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