CLARKSVILLE, TENN. 
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Perfection. Green foliage; the flowers 
large, golden yellow, minutely spotted 
red. Price 40 cents each. 
Star of iSgz. This variety was sent out 
last season for the first time, and was 
described m such a way as to seem 
identical with Md. Crozy, hut it is en- 
tirely distinct from that variety; at the 
same time it has many valuable fea- 
tures. of its own. distinct and charac- 
teristic; the individual flowers are 
nothing like as perfect as Aid. Crozy, 
and they do not have the distinct gol- 
den edge that Md. Crozy has, although 
it shows a faint margin of yellow at 
times; the character of the heads of 
bloom arc entirely different from Md. 
Crozy. growing first erect and then 
drooping; it is also more dwarf than 
Aid. Crozy; it is nearly covered with a 
mass of scarlet, and as it is nothing 
like as tall a grower, when planted 
together will produce line effects; it is 
an elegant pot plant and will bloom in 
the house in Winter splendidly, for 
winch purpose it. is admirably suited. 
Price 50 cents each. 
Senator Millard. Pine purple foliage; 
a most ornamental variety, and free 
bloomer. Price 35 cents each. 
The Water Tily Basin. 
DO YOU GROW FISH? 
' FSO PLANT WATER LILIES. 
They are the best known auxiliaries in fish culture. 
DO YOU HAVE CHILLS? 
, 7FSO PLANT WATER LILIES. 
They will absorb all the malarial poisons in the community. 
DO YOU LOVE FLOWERS? 
7FSO PLANT WATER LILIES. 
They are the most beautiful— the easiest cared for of all flowers. 
CULTURAL NOTES. 
A LTHOUGH Water Lilies may be cultivated in tubs, they may be grown to 
much greater perfection if allowed plenty of room, especially the larger 
growing tropical species. Those who wish to cultivate a number of kinds 
and have complete success, should build a tank about twenty by thirty feet, and 
two feet deep. If sunk entirely in the ground it would be more easily protected 
from frost in cold climates. But it may be partially sunken, and the soil which is 
taken out used as an embankment around the outside, sloping it up to the top. 1 
prefer that it should be sunk to the level of the surrounding surface, for the reason 
that the banks can be made more ornamental. It may be built of either brick or 
stone. The bottom may be laid with rough stone, or old brick bats, and grouted 
with cement, Or, if the soil is of a firm nature, a thick coat of cement alone may 
be spread upon it. This latter plan has been perfectly successful with us, though 
we consider a concrete bottom preferable. Provide means for emptying the tank 
of water, when desired; also, a waste pipe, near the top, for overflow. After the 
