You Will Be Pleased With Our 
LEAF PROPAGATING TROPICAL LILIES 
Free Blooming —Tough—Vigorous 
L EAF PROPAGATING WATER LILIES have the interesting habit of bearing small plantlets on the older leaves forming a 
ring about the mother plant. While still attached to the old plant they will flower freely. In Central Africa where they 
grow wild, they thrive rampantly along the margins of the vast lakes and slow-moving rivers. There, as the old leaves 
decay, the young plants float away stranding in the shallows to form new colonies. The plants will flower all the year 
around in warm climates or in the conservatory. Their bright colors and delicious fragrance will endear them to you. I like 
them particularly because they grow so easily for beginners and may be set out a little earlier than some other varieties, 
thus giving a longer blooming season. Even if cold, chilly rains come late in spring after they are planted they will continue 
blossoming. 
PANAMA PACIFIC. The colored photograph tells better than words 
the beauty of this splendid water lily. Bright violet when it opens, it 
deepens to a rich, royal purple in the fully expanded flower. Our 
customers enjoy this brilliant lily and hundreds of them plant it every 
year. They find it so easy to grow—no extra care required—just plant 
it and enjoy the flowers. Almost from the first day you will have its 
cheerful, richly colored blooms which open early and remain open 
until almost dusk. We freely recommend it. 
AUGUST KOCH. This has long been one of our most popular day 
blooming lilies. We have always enjoyed it and feel sure you will 
also. Its fragrant blossoms are a beautiful Wistaria blue with a ring 
of blue tipped stamens surrounding the yellow disk. The curving, 
pointed petals are surrounded by a cup of rosy lilac sepals. Six to 
seven inch flowers are not rare and it is the freest blooming of the 
leaf propagating lilies, there often being three to four open flowers 
at a time. It will give you a host of flowers the entire season. $050 
Two year old plants, special at. “ 
PANAMA PACIFIC 
This handsome flower will be the prize of your pool. Easy to grow, always 
in flower and my Two Year Old Full of Bloom plants to start you off a year 
ahead. During the past year the plants we are shipping you have made $025 
a wonderful display in our pools. Each.-... “■ 
My Special Early Offer. I have several hundred 2 YEAR 
OLD Full of Bloom Plants that I will ship to the first cus¬ 
tomers ordering at no extra price. 
Amethyst. A deep pure amethyst blue flower set in a cup 
of rosy sepals. Handsome large blossoms most freely borne 
and most interesting of all it quickly bears 
quantities of small plantlets on even small 
leaves. These little plants bloom while yet 
attached to the parent. They may be sep¬ 
arated and during the summer will form 
nice little plants. This particularly beauti¬ 
ful variety was raised here in our $Q50 
nursery. " 
$225 
if INDEPENDENCE. Huge deep pink flowersl This glorious blossom 
sometimes reaches almost a foot in diameter, a great rosy saucer with 
a bright yellow cup. This year I have some splendid Two Year Old 
plants that bore just hundreds of fine 
flowers all last summer. When you plant 
them in your pool they will continue 
blooming just as if they had never been 
moved. These are not small pot plants but 
are growing outdoors in huge concrete 
pools under the same conditions your own 
lilies will grow. For a thrill plant this 
beautiful lily. My Full of 
Bloom 2 Year Old $025 
Plants, special. ** 
This Pool an Inspiration 
Dear Sirs: 
I would like to take this 
opportunity to tell you that 
our pool has been the most 
successful thing in our gar¬ 
dening career. It is a con¬ 
stant source of pleasure to 
us and all who see it. The 
lilies and aquatics came 
from your gardens and the 
entire thing has been an in¬ 
spiration to all of us. We 
have recommended your 
lilies and feel justified in 
doing so. We know of at 
least three other pools 
planted last year with your 
lilies after having seen ours. 
We are certainly most well 
satisfied." 
Mrs. Nicholas Muller, Jr., 
New York, New York. 
An Astonishing Number of 
Flowers 
The picture below is of a 
2 year old Panama Pacific, 
taken in early July. These 
are the plants we will ship 
you. Remember they have 
bloomed all summer with us 
and when you plant them 
in your pool you will be a 
year ahead in growth. Un¬ 
less you have seen two year 
old plants you cannot im¬ 
agine their vigor and size! 
Satisfied Customers Are My 
Best Advertisement 
Dear Sirs: 
I was out looking at our 
pool and felt I must write 
you a few lines to let you 
know how well satisfied we 
are with all the plants we 
bought from you. We have 
the only pool in the neigh¬ 
borhood and, believe me, 
we have lots of visitors, for 
people stop that we never 
saw before to look it over. 
It was so easy to make and 
keep up that we were sur¬ 
prised. You should have lots 
of orders from our neighbor¬ 
hood for I tell everyone that 
the plants came from the 
Johnson Water Gardens and 
how good they were. 
Very truly yours, 
ED PURSHA, 
Omaha, Nebr. 
PHOTOGRAPHS 
I am always pleased to receive 
photographs of the pools of our 
patrons. For all those that we 
use in our advertising we shall be 
glad to send a pink, red. yellow 
or blue water lily. 
MY TWO YEAR OLD PANAMA PACIFIC 
PANAMA COLLECTION 
COLLECTION NO. 1G 
We have thought what we would like in our own pool and 
this has guided us in choosing just such plants as will grow 
easily and bloom well. A nice group of plants for a small 
"home-made" pool. A collection that is sure-fire and beautiful. 
1 Full of Bloom 2 Year Old Panama Pacific 
2 Water Poppies 
2 Water Hyacinths 1 Yellow Water Iris CmQS 
1 Giant Arrowhead Fish Plants ^ 
1 Primrose Creeper A $3.80 value for 
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ALL MY PRICES INCLUDE FREE DELIVERY 
