iHUribDAY, FLBHUAHY 16, 19B1
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
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Small
Worlds
Around
Us
SUGAR
Wotkins
(Reenter & Tribune syndicate, 1961)
What's This-Th Exotic Lotus
Looks Like Salt Shaker?
The lovely lotus grows and,
In many areas, actually
thrives in America.
The lotus blossom looks like
a salt-shaker with petals
Rather a homely way to des
cribe an exotic blossom,
flower that the Hindu people
believe symbolized female
beauty, and the ancient
Greeks and Egyptians consid
ered sacred, but that is the
way the flower appears to
those of us who see a resemb
lance to a container that holds
salt.
"The pale hands that wait
beside the Shalimar" were
the color of this glamorized
water lily. The lotus has been
cultivated for centuries in
temple pools and shrines
where pagodas reflected their
oriental splendor, and Buddha
watched in silence.
Seeds Used as Food
Long before the fragrance
of the blossom, or it delicate
beauty was appreciated, the
nut-like seeds, as well as the
roots, were used as food. In
Ceylon, and parts of the Ori
ent, it was cultivated as a
crop.
Travelers carried the seeds
to every corner of the world,
and eradually the flower be
came recognized as a "thing
of great beauty." Architects
of ancient Egypt shaped the
tops of columns to represent
the flower bud.
The outline of the leaves
and blossoms was painted on
walls and worked into the
designs of rugs and tapestries.
.The lotus flower, however,
has no connection with the so
called "lotus-eaters," a race
of Africans who ate the ber
ries of the lotus tree. Tradi
tion recalls that the "lotus
eaters" were dreamy, absent
minded folks who sat and
dreamed of pleasures existent
away from home. The old
story tells of armies which,
invaded the land of the Lotus
eaters, partook of the fruit,
and never wanted to return to
their former homes.
Down through the centur
ies, the lotus flower has re
tained its personality, as well
as Its original characteristics,
with the exception of Its color.
Today It con be found In pink,
yellow, and while. The Jap
anese variety Is white; Ihc
."Cast Indian, pink, while most
of our cultivated varieties are
yp'liw.
The lotus blossom is delic
ately fragrant, growing singly
on a long stem. The leaves,
too, arc single, and unlike
most of the water lilies, arc
carried on tall stems which
hold the blossom several feet
above the water In which
, they are growing. In the cen
ter of the flower Is the "salt
shaker," which holds the
seeds.
As the seeds ripen, the
stem that holds the flower,
vcakens and the weight of
the bud bends it downward
until the seeds sift out
through the little holes pro
vided for just this purpose.
Being heavy, the seeds sink
to the bottom of the pool.
The peculiar recptacle
which held the seeds, the salt-
shaker, turns a rich brown
color; when completely dry it
is as hard as wood. This In
teresting object becomes an
item in the curio-shop, and
finds a ready sale to people
who, having lived only in cold
regions, never knew the exotic
beauty of the lotus, or that
Nature designed an ornate
"salt-shaker" for the scatter
Ing of the seeds of the beau
tiful lotus blossom.
4-H News
Handy Annies
The Handy Annies 4-H club
will meet today at the home of
Mrs. Pullman. This time we
-will talk about how to Im
prove our meetings and how
to observe National 4-H week.
.Miss Kirkland was a guest
at our last meeting at Mrs.
Hochsta Iter's. Sheilah Butler
and Terry Calhoun gave a
demonstration on how to use
a telephone. Committees were
appointed to begin planning
our 4-H week and hospital
projects. Martha Mcrriman
and Sarah Robinson conduct
ed a game workshop.
Refreshments were served
by Cherylee and Bcrnadelto
Becker and Barbara Hochstat-
ter.
Barbara Hochstattcr,
Reporter
Eglln AFB, Fla.-itiro-An Air
Force Bomarc-B missile Inter
cepted and destroyed a QB47
jet drone target plane flying
at 35,000 feet 345 miles from
-lie missile's launching site
Tuesday. It was the longest
inlcrception flight yet for the
missile which was launched
from northwest Florida's
Santa Rosa Island and guided
to its tarket by computers at
Montgomery, Ala.
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