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Their modest requirements are sun, water and rich soil. 
Almost everybody can have built or can themselves 
construct an artificial pool. Any location that is avail¬ 
able would be satisfactory, provided it is exposed to 
the full sun. Rather than have no water garden at all, 
the interested party can grow many of the varieties in 
tubs or half-barrels sunk in the ground. 
Soil. An excellent soil for use in tubs or artificial pools 
is made by mixing three parts of rotted sod, compost, or 
ood top soil with one part of cow manure or good 
arnyara manure. All manure used niust be thoroughly 
decomposed, to prevent fermentation when covered with 
HARDY VARIETIES 
Glorlosa Each $2.50 
This can well be called the most satisfactory Waterlily. 
It is the earliest to bloom and continues to flower until 
late summer, producing more blossoms than any other 
sort. In the spring the flower is a bright carmine 
which becomes darker as the season lengthens. The 
blooms are perfect in form and 4 to 6 inches across. 
Marliacea alba Each $1.25 
A vigorous variety, flowers large, of sparkling white¬ 
ness; stamens light yellow, sepals flushed pink; fra¬ 
grant and produced freely and continuously through 
the season. Desirable and handsome. 
Marliacea chromatella Each $1.50 
Medium sized flowers usually 4 to 6 inches across. 
Color of the bloom is bright yellow, with stamens some¬ 
what deeper in color. The leaves are green, mottled 
with brown. 
Odorata Each $0.75 
The American Waterlily of the northeastern United 
States. Flowers white. Splendidly adapted to quantity 
planting in natural pools. 
Paul Harlot Each $2.00 
The blooms are quite large, of lasting quality, and are 
borne in abundance all season. The petals are clear yele- 
low the first day, orange-pink the second day, and this 
deepens almost to a red on the following days. Flow¬ 
ers of different ages present an appearance quite unique 
and decidedly attractive. 
Pink Opal Each $1.50 
A new variety. The color is a deep pink. The buds are 
almost round, opening into a flower with comparatively 
short petals, but because of its substance it has a dis¬ 
tinct value for cutting. 
Hose Arey Each $1.75 i 
A wonderful variety of the Odorata type; very free 
flowering, and strong growing. The flowers are very 
large, and are sweetly' scented. The color is clear 
cerise-pink and does not lighten toward the center of 
the flower. 
Rose Magnolia Each $1.25 • 
The blooms are borne well out of the water, which 
makes them desirable for cutting. They are usually 4 
to 5 inches across and of a delightful shade of pink. 
Strong, vigorous grower. 
Tuherosa Richardson! Each $1.00 
Flowers white and quite double. No variety in our 
Water Garden is admired more than this immense 
snowball-like flower. 8 inches in diameter. 
Tuherosa rosea Each $1.00 
Flowers an expuisite shade of pink. A vigorous grower, 
of the easiest culture. 
water. Ground bone or bone meal may be used if 
necessary, at the rate of one quart to one bushel of soil. 
Size of Pool. The larger the water surface the better 
the results. A tub or half-barrel 2 feet in diameter 
will furnish a miniature pool. An artificial pool should 
be made as large as possible, and 2 feet deep. 
Water. One foot of water over the soil is the most 
desirable depth in artificial pools. Some will thrive in 
shallower water, but few will stand a depth exceeding 
two feet. After the pool is once filled it is only neces¬ 
sary to replenish that which evaporates. Do not 
attempt planting until warm weather has come to stay. 
Mrs. George H. Pring Each $1.50 
A new and novel type that produces numbers of large, 
fragrant, white flowers with pointed petals. 
Panama-Pacific Each $2.50 
Flowers deep royal purple, with yellw stamens. The 
buds are green-bronze flaked with red-brown, and the 
petals edged with red. Like the other viviparous Lilies, 
it blooms freely and perpetually in the proper environ¬ 
ment. One of the best conservatory types. 
Pennsylvania Each $2.50 
Deep blue flowers a foot across and produced freely; 
sepals marked with purple lines and dots. The leaves 
are slightly speckled with brown above; beneath, the 
ground-color is red-purple at the edge, shading to pale 
green centers. Desirable in a small pool or tub. 
Zanzibarlensis azurea Each $1.50 
Lovely, clear azure-blue flowers, freely produced. 
NIGHT-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
Dentata Each $1.00 
Flowers pure white, with golden yellow stamens. They 
are large and open out flat. 
Devoniensis Each $1.50 
Bright rosy red. Several flowers, from 8 to 10 inches 
in diameter, are produced at one time, and carried on 
stems well above the foliage. 
Frank Trelease Each $1.50 
Dark crimson, with deep reddish brown stems. Flowers 
are from 8 to 10 inches in diameter. 
NELUMBIUMS—Lotus 
Culture. Same as for Waterlilies. 
For the center of pools, the varieties of Lotus are espe¬ 
cially desirable as they contrast well with the lower- 
growing Waterlilies. If space is limited, they may be 
used as specimens in a large tub. They are not com¬ 
mon, and therefore are always interesting. 
Album grandiflorum Each $2.00 
(Magnolia Lotus). Pure white flower with delicate 
fragrance. Extra large foliage. 
Imteum Each $2.00 
This variety, native to some of the states in the South 
and West, is commonly known as the Water Chinqua¬ 
pin or American Lotus. Flowers rich yellow. 
Pekinensis rubrum plenum Each $4.00 
The full double flowers are bright rosy carmine and 
carried well above the foliage. 
Speciosum Each $2.00 
The Sacred Lotus of the Nile. It grows well under 
almost all conditions. Both flowers and leaves stand 
well above the water. The rosy pink blooms are 
always large and fragrant. 
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Tuberosa sulphurea Each $1.00 
A strong, rampant grower with large sulphur-yellow, 
sweet-scented flowers. 
DAY-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
Dauben Each $1.00 
The best known viviparous Lily. Produces small blue 
flowers in great profusion. The small leaf-plants fre¬ 
quently bloom while still attached to parent plant. 
Fine for tub or aquarium culture. A continuous 
bloomer. 
General Pershing Each $3.00 
One of the finest novelties of recent years. Very large, 
fragrant flowers of pure, warm pink, 
unlike any other Day-blooming Water- 
lily. Very free-flowering and one of 
the most highly prized. 
Mrs. Edward Whitaker Each $2.50 
The largest and most striking of the 
day-blooming tropical Lilies. Its 
blooms are frequently over a foot in 
diameter and are produced in quantity. 
The color is lavender-blue, which be¬ 
comes paler as the bloom ages. Petals 
slightly rounded at the tips and quite 
numerous. 
