BIRMINGHAM AQUARIUM COMPANY for Better Home Products — Birmingham, Ala. 
MARGINAL PLANTS 
FLOATING HEART 
Spreading rapidly and free growing. 
Yellow flowers .25c ea. 
PARROT FEATHER 
Beautiful green foliage on trailing 
stems. Very attractive edging plant, the 
tips floating on top of the water. 
...25c bunch 
UMBRELLA PALM 
Very decorative and ideal for border¬ 
ing. Will grow in wet or dry soil. 20c ea. 
BOGBEAN 
White cluster flower mixed with pink 
on long stems. Fragrant .3 for 50c 
CATTAILS 
Very attractive when planted very 
close. Has dark brown spike-like flower, 
well above the foliage .$1.00 doz. 
WEEPING WILLOW 
Beautiful drooping branches. Gives 
your pools the finishing touch. 
Two feet high.,50c ea. 
Four feet or higher .$1.00 ea. 
FLOWERING RUSH 
Hardy plant with interesting three- 
sided leaves. Pink flowers on round 
stems .3 for $1.00 
PICKEREL WEED 
Spikes of blue flowers producing free¬ 
ly. Very hardy and the total growth 
being about 2 feet .2 feet 50c ea. 
ARROWHEAD 
Hardy plants producing from one to 
three feet high with cluster flow¬ 
ers .50c ea. 
AQUATIC PLANT COLLECTION 
One Weeping Willow 
Six Cattails 
One Parrot Feather 
Three Flowering Rush 
One Floating Heart 
1 Parrot Feather 
One Umbrella Palm 
Three Flowering Rush 
One Pickerel Weed 
One Arrowhead 
One Cabomba 
One Water Poppy 
One Water Hyacinth 
One Floating Heart 
One Cattail 
One Weeping Willow 
$ 2.50 
$ 2.25 
$ 1.50 
POOL AND HOW TO BUILD IT 
Ornamental pools are a never-ending source of delight. From early 
spring until late fall, your garden pool is a beautiful stage for enjoyment 
of colorful fish and aquatic plants. The ornamental pool is the center of en¬ 
joyment in your “outdoor living room.” 
DESIGNING THE POOL 
The general character of your garden—whether it is formal, or in¬ 
formal in a natural setting—will suggest the style. 
Small species of water lilies require only a small pool—three-feet or 
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