* BLUE TRIUMPH * 
4 'ft 
2-Year Ole 
T HE instant success of our wonderful two- 
year-old Tropical Water Lilies has induced 
us, at considerable extra expense, to 
raise several thousand for our customers this 
year. Only those who have struggled with 
the ordinary, pot raised, greenhouse plants 
can appreciate what our big two-year-old 
Full of Bloom Tropicals mean. Just think, 
each of these plants has already produced 
dozens of foot-wide blossoms, not small two- 
inch flowers, but dinner plate size. When 
you receive them they are crowded with 
buds and flowers and are all ready to start 
the new season. They are hardy because 
they are growing in unprotected pools outside 
and have been subjected to freezing tempera¬ 
tures during the winter. These cost us more 
to raise, an extra year's care, and more to 
ship, yet we offer them at the same price as 
the ordinary eastern greenhouse plants. 
BLUE TRIUMPH IN BLOOM ON 
THE 2nd OF JUNE IN NEW YORK! 
Gentlemen: June 2, 1934. 
“The Blue Triumph you sent us is the strong¬ 
est, most beautiful plant I have ever seen. It 
arrived in perfect condition with at least seven 
big buds. On the day we planted it the weather 
turned cold—-48 degrees—and the water in the 
pool was cold. That was just one week ago, May 
26th, and today we have a bloom. It is perfect 
and only shows what we are to enjoy all sum¬ 
mer. The Paul Hariot and Gonnere stood the 
bitter winter and are growing beautifully. We 
know that whatever we buy from Johnson’s will 
be right.” 
Very truly yours. 
MRS. C. L. BARNES. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
June 15, 1934. 
Dear Mr. Johnson: 
The Blue Triumph Lily was received in fine 
shape. Exactly eight days after planting it I 
picked two flowers.” 
ARTHUR R. ERICKSON, 
Valparaiso, Indiana. 
For Tropical Collections See Page 14. 
WITH MY 2-YEAR OLD BLUE TRIUMPH 
HAVE BIG FRAGRANT FLOWERS AT ONCE AND LOTS OF THEM 
T HESE Two-Year-Old Tropicals are the biggest innovation in water lily growing ever brought out. It is only possible to 
produce them here in the warm regions of Southern California where the winters are mild All other Tropical Water 
Lilies are raised from offsets each spring and, of course, lack the strength and hardiness of these big blooming plants. 
The photographs below show the possibilities of these grand plants. At the left is a photograph showing some of the 
very plants that we will dig and ship to you. Whole pools of them are here ready to be shipped as soon as your 
season is open. Remember that these hardy plants may be set out somewhat earlier than ordinary greenhouse- $050 
grown plants and that they will be in full bloom before others get turned around Special Price Postage Paid 
These are the very plants we will ship you. Photo Nov. 1, 1934. 
A close-up of a blooming two-year-old plant. 
PLANT JOHNSON’S TROPI 
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