It is easy to make a WATER CARDEN 
No plants are as easy to 
grow as tea ter lilies 
No gardening experience is needed to 
grow water lilies successfully. And no 
form of gardening requires less attention. 
With water lilies there is no weeding, no 
hoeing, no watering. All that is necessary 
is to provide a pool in some sunny spot, 
plant the lilies according to the instruc¬ 
tions we send you and then sit back and 
enjoy the results all summer. 
TYPES OF POOLS 
Many start with a tub garden, for quite 
a complete little water garden can be built 
by using a tub for growing one water lily 
and other plants and surrounding the tub 
with rock plants and perennials. (See Tub Garden offer 
instructions page 28.) 
The simplest pool to install, and a very inexpensive 
one, is the all-steel portable “Mir-A-Pool” we list and 
describe on page 30. It takes just a small amount of 
work to install the “Mir-A-Pool” and it will last a great 
many years. 
Many people prefer to build their own pools out of 
concrete. This is not a difficult job, or expensive, 
especially when a good deal of the work is done with¬ 
out hired labor. 
Whether you build the conventional shaped formal 
pool or the irregular shaped informal pool makes no 
difference as this is purely a matter of individual taste. 
However, to build a concrete pool that will give you 
lasting satisfaction for many years requires attention 
to a few details which are briefly and clearly explained 
in our booklet, “How to Build a Lily Pool” described 
below. Please also refer to our list of books on the 
subject on page 31 which many have purchased and 
found valuable. 
Progressive pictures of. pool built 
by Mr. G. Sandeer of Doylestown, 
Pa. Read his letter. 
“I am sending you some snapshots and en¬ 
largements showing the backyard of my resi¬ 
dence before I made the improvements, the 
construction of the pool, and as it looks today. 
“On these photographs you will see the 
result that has been accomplished with your 
plants and lilies. I am very proud of same 
and would not want to be without it. The 
Blue Beauty has four blossoms and eight 
buds showing at present. 
“The fish are doing well and the discovery 
of quite a few young ones in the pool gives 
considerable amusement. 
“I call it a ‘Remarkable Success and Con¬ 
stant pleasure’.”—G. Sandeer, Doylestown, Pa. 
ply digging 2 feet deep, tamping the bottom and sides 
and filling in 6 inches of good soil. If the soil is loose 
or porous the pond must be lined with 6 inches of clay 
which has been pounded and worked with the feet until 
it is plastic. 
INFORMATION 
EARTH BOTTOM POOLS 
A pond is easily made by damming a small stream 
or spring, but it is advisable to direct the flow away 
from the places where the water lilies are to be grown. 
Clay soil is very suitable for pond construction by sim- 
Although the cultural directions given in this catalog 
are quite complete, and our booklet on lily pool con¬ 
struction as complete as we can make it, you may have 
some special problem you would like to ask us about. 
If you are in doubt about any detail, please feel free 
to write us and we will be glad to advise you. 
This booklet tells how to build all types of pools 
Pool building is a simple, easy matter with this complete, 
informative booklet. Tells yon ivhat to do, when and how. 
We receive so many requests for detailed plans of pools, drains, etc., 
that we have prepared a booklet on How to Build a Lily Pool. It con¬ 
tains many suggestions that will help you decide on what type of a 
pool to build, where to place it and gives you every step in its building 
from start to completion. The text is illustrated with many detail 
plans, charts and diagrams which make every step in pool building easy. 
This booklet is worth many times its small cost. It is sent to you for 
only 10c. 
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Helpful books on Pools, Fishes and Gardening are listed on page 31 
