" "The Lotus is too far up town for us fellows," Bridges remarked.

Nor did the Romans disregard it, though the Lotus to which Ovid's nymph Lotis was changed, servato nomine, was a tree, and not a flower.

The Egyptian Lotus was, moreover, the emblem of the sacred Nile,as the Hindoo species, of the sacred Ganges; and both the one and the other was held the symbol of the creation of the world from the waters.

The Lotus is the chief ornament of the subterranean Eden, Patala, and the holy mountain Meru is thought to be shaped like its seed-vessel, larger at summit than at base.

The Egyptian Lotus was a sacred plant; it was dedicated to Harpocrates and to the god Nofr Atmoo,Nofr meaning good, whence the name of our yellow lily, Nuphar.

D. LOTUS, the common Date Plum, is a European species, with purplish flowers, and oblong leaves that are reddish on the under sides.

Hence the lotus has long been an object of worship, and as a sacred plant holds a most distinguished place, for it is the flower of the, "Old Hindu mythologies, wherein The lotus, attribute of Gangaembling The world's great reproductive powerwas held In veneration.

Furthermore, Abundance comes from a no-account family, quite "down and out," while Lotus is a pastor's daughter and as such entitled to due respect and deference.