BIRMINGHAM AQUARIUM COMPANY for Better Home Products — Birmingham, Ala. 
TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
Tropical Lilies may also be planted in natural ponds and lakes provided a very 
shallow spot is selected (8 to 10 inches deep), and the pond or lake maintains a fairly 
high temperature all summer (at least 65 degrees). Water Lilies of any variety, for 
best results, should not be planted near a cold inlet nor in swiftly moving water. In 
fertilizing natural ponds cow manure may be layed on the ice to a depth of one inch 
or more. It will become water-logged in spring and sink. Bone meal may also be 
used in a like manner. Apply at the rate of one pound per square foot. 
Containers for planting in constructed Pools may be anything from a large flower" 
pot, a plant tub, or a box one foot square and six inches deep, to a tub two feet in 
diameter and a foot deep, or a box two feet square and eight inches to a foot deep. 
The larger the container, the greater the amount of soil given the plant, therefore 
more and larger blooms will result. Allow each Water Lily 8 to 12 square feet of water- 
surface. 
The soil, whether placed directly in the Pool or in containers, should be a good, 
heavy, garden loam. The addition of one part well rotted cow manure to every four- 
parts of soil will prove beneficial. A mild commercial fertilizer may be used. Tropical 
Lilies may be planted any time after settled weather is assured; usually after May 20th 
in the latitude of Chicago. Plantings farther South may be made much earlier. We 
ship at the proper planting time for the locality in which the planting is to be, made. 
We also ship at any time, on request. Tropical Lilies may be grown and flowered con¬ 
tinually for many years in a greenhouse, conservatory, or sun room pool simply by 
giving the proper temperatures and additions of fresh soil occasionally. Tropical Lilies 
planted out too early in cold water; or in water that is too deep for young plants (over- 
12 inches) or in a heavily shaded pool tend to go dormant. When this happens the 
plant is not dead; and by placing root in warm sunny water growth will recommence. 
It is to avoid this unnecessary delay in growth that we advise against too early plant¬ 
ing. For greatest number of blooms throughout the season only 8 to 12 inches of water- 
should be allowed over the crowns. When plants are received set out in shallow water; 
then fill up the pool as the plants commence to grow. For best results the pool should: 
be exposed to full sunlight. 
Day Blooming 
WHITE 
Mrs. George H. Bring 
White flowered with golden yellow stamens. Petals and sepals are long and 
pointed. Very fragrant and measuring from eight to ten inches across. Free bloom¬ 
ing all the season. $2.00. 
Gracilis (Mexico) 
Star-shaped on stems above the water from twelve to fifteen inches. Pure white 
flower with deep yellow stamens, slightly fragrant. Blooms profusely all the sea¬ 
son. $1.65. 
PINK LILIIES 
Mrs. Robt. Sawyer 
Plant sturdy, producing young plants on the leaves; flowers in abundance; 
gorgeous, full-petaled, and of a delightful shade of pink. $3.00. 
Zanzibariensis Rosea, 
Light and deep rose colored flowers of good size. Produce very freely. $1.50. 
General Pershing 
Petals are bright pink, and the sepals are light pink on the inside. This flower, 
on stems twelve inches above the water and very fragrant. The flowers are from eight 
to ten inches across and very lasting. $3.25. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward 
Fine glowing plant of deep rosy pink color and golden yellow stamens tipped with 
pink, measuring from eight to ten inches across. Petals and sepals are long and point¬ 
ed. Free flowering-. $2.00. 
Gracilis Rosea 
Large size flowers of deep pink, on stems well above the water, measuring from 
eight to ten inches across. A seedling of Gracilis. $2.00. 
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