Duild the Beauties of Lakes and Tropics 
right into your own Garden 
From a sloping background profusely planted, a fairy-like water-fall feeds this enchanting 
Pool where huge Lilies float, showing what the ingenious water gardener can accomplish. 
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-L Iome beautification gains more from 
Water Gardening, whether it be on an elaborate 
or a very simple scale, than from any other 
venture costing so little in money and effort. 
Whether you build a tiny Tub-Garden or a pre¬ 
tentious formal Pool, you can bring into your 
garden some of the gorgeous flowers and inter¬ 
esting aquatic life of lake and tropical waters. 
Delightful evening hours, fragrant with the ro¬ 
mantic scent of tropical water flowers; a cool, 
restful spot for summer afternoons; a bewitch¬ 
ing garden scene for all hours of the day; re¬ 
ward the water gardener. 
The water gardener who properly plans his 
installation, and provides the simple cultural 
attention required, never has disappointing fail¬ 
ures. The merest novice may have his garden, 
small or large, displaying gorgeous blooms with 
a fraction of the effort and expense required for other 
forms of gardening. Water Lilies, once planted, just 
grow. They bloom richly and abundantly and con¬ 
stantly, opening their flowers almost as soon as spring 
has reached high-tide, and continuing day and night 
until frost. 
You will be delighted with the amazing results that 
can be accomplished in so short a period, and with so 
little effort. Turn to pages 4 and S of this catalog for 
complete instructions concerning the making of the very 
inexpensive Tub-Garden in which such magic can be 
worked—or to pages 6 and 7 for comprehensive instruc¬ 
tions for planning and building larger gardens. If you 
wish to plan still more elaborately, you will find on page 
15 a list of books which will give extensive information 
for such enterprises. 
The first step for the Water Gardener is to select the 
location for his Pool, which should be where the most 
hours of sunlight will be had. 
Gorgeous blooms grow 
abundantly in water 
gardens / small or large 
When the size of your Pool is determined, that fixes 
the limit of planting it will support, the number of 
fish that are required to balance the Pool and orna¬ 
ment it, and the number and kinds of water scaven¬ 
gers desirable to keep the water clean. 
The beginner may well be somewhat bewildered at 
first when he glimpses the tremendous variety of 
plants and fishes from which he can make his selec¬ 
tions. In this catalog we offer you practically the 
whole range of desirable Water Lilies and decorative 
Water Plants to be found from the arctic circle to the 
tropics, and capable of propagation within the 
United States and similar climates. 
For this reason we suggest throughout the 
catalog certain Collections of Lilies which grow 
and bloom harmoniously. Some Collections in¬ 
clude other decorative Water Plants, some in¬ 
clude border plants, and some Fish. Some Col¬ 
lections are special complete selections for a 
Pool. Some are for large Pools, some for the 
smallest. 
All these Collections are assortments of 
plants that produce pleasing results. We are 
certain you will be well pleased with any one 
that strikes your fancy. Some pages of this 
catalog are devoted to brief descriptions of the 
plants or other items listed in the various Col¬ 
lections we offer, and you will be able easily to 
find full descriptions of each item in any Col¬ 
lection. It is much better to add fresh stock each year 
than to continue plants from your own pool, which must 
necessarily deteriorate in vigor due to the cramped quar¬ 
ters they have. 
No form of gardening lends itself so fully to self-ex¬ 
pression in design and management as Water Garden¬ 
ing, and we will take pleasure in serving our customers 
carefully and helpfully in supplying any requirements 
or information that will assist them to greater satisfac¬ 
tion and success with their projects. We believe you can 
scarcely find anywhere such complete facilities and such 
abundant stocks as we can provide for you. 
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HOOSIER AQUATIC GARDENS 
Martinsville, Indiana 
HOOSIER AQUATIC GARDENS 
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