HARDY WATER LILIES (continued) 
Sioux. When Mons. Marliac, the French hybridist named Sioux and 
Comanche, he must have been reading the Leather Stocking Tales of 
James Fenimore Cooper, for the flowers are of such rich Indian colors. 
In Sioux the opening buds are yellow, tinged with copper, but by 
the third day the heart is salmon red, the tips of the petals cream. 
It is a most tenacious bloomer, flowering under the most adverse con¬ 
ditions. Try it and I am sure you will enjoy $100 
its bright sunset hues. 1 
Orange Butterfly. Charming, orange pink flowers, shading to a fine 
orange red on each succeeding day. A splendid variety for the small 
pool as it is not a large plant. You will like S 1 00 
its charming color. 1 
Aurora. After many years of growing this bright Lily, I still would 
feel my pools bare without it. It is charming and well merits its 
name, for like the aurora it scintillates with color. On the first day 
the flowers are a soft, rosy apricot, deepening by the third day to 
almost red. Often you will see three distinct colors of flowers on the 
same plant. It is quite suited to small pools as it is not a large 
grower. The leaves are prettily spotted with red. When it $ 1 00 
becomes established it is a heavy bloomer. 1 
Bring the glamour and the interest of the 
East to your garden. The Sacred Lotus, with 
its huge pink blossoms like gigantic roses and 
leaves as big as parasols, breathes the lan¬ 
guor of old Egypt. 
Sacred Lotus. Huge Pink Blossoms. Easy to grow. 
Gloriosa. Brilliant Red Water Lily. 
Comanche. Sunset Water Lily. 
Egyptian Papryus. Plumy Heads. 
Water Hyacinth. Orchid like. 
Water Poppy. Yellow Blossoms. 
RED AND CARMINE SHADES 
★ GLORIOSA. Colored illustration above. Our ponds would lose much 
of their beauty without the fiery carpets of blossoms of this glorious 
Water Lily. Each blossom is a glowing cup of red and floating in a 
placid pool, I can think of no more beautiful effect. It is not exagger¬ 
ating to say that it is one of the freest blooming of all Lilies, in fact 
I have counted 150 open flowers on a 15-foot patch of them. It is the 
first one to bloom after planting, 3 weeks being qc 
about the average time required. No pool ^ I 
can be without this. 
Wm. Falconer. The velvety red-black flowers are considered $Q50 
the darkest red of all. Very rare. O 
Escarboucle. Full description and colored plate on page 12. The 
most brilliant flowered of all red Water Lilies. Beautiful, SO00 
vivid red flowers. Very hardy. 6 
★ CONQUEROR. This favorite with its huge crimson flowers is one 
of the freest blooming lilies 1 know. A very large, full flowered Lily 
carried on stout stems well above the foliage; it often blooms in less 
than a month after planting out. The flowers are deep red, the outer 
row of petals and sepals being lighter. While the plant is a vigorous 
grower it is quite adaptable and will bloom freely in the smallest pool. 
The 8-inch wide blossoms are borne continuously all spring and sum¬ 
mer, the plant soon sending up several flowers at a time. It is $1 50 
a particularly easy plant for the amateur to start with. 1 
A POOL FROM EGYPT 
COLLECTION No. 115 
T T IS EASY TO HAVE 
1 A POOL LIKE THIS 
THE BEST LILIES AT THE LOWEST PRICE 
April 29, 1935. 
Dear Mr. Johnson: 
I want to thank you for the lovely healthy stock you 
have been sending me. You certainly do not overstate 
when you talk about your lilies being chock full of vigor. 
I received Comanche, Blue Star, Lotus and other plants 
and snails. They all arrived this morning in excellent 
shape. Again accept my sincere thanks. I just feel that 
my pool will be a success 
thanks to you. I am look¬ 
ing forward to receiving 
the tropical lilies in their 
season knowing they will 
be the best that can be 
gotten. 
Sincerely yours. 
MRS. P. L. 
SHAIN WALD. 
New Rochelle. N. Y. 
JULIAN CHIFFLOT 
Julian Chifllot. My choice for a distinctive Lily. This glorious French 
introduction is exquisitely graceful, the long pointed petals give the 
blossom a novel starry effect. Visitors to our pools exclaim over its 
ethereal beauty. In color it is a warm pink, the inner circlet of petals 
of a deeper hue, the outer paler $O00 
and widely spreading. t* 
OUR GEM TRIO 
COLLECTION No. 116 
Panama Pacific 4 nc 
Gloriosa 
Somptuosa . —1 
Left: Panama Pacific 
Center: Somptuosa 
Top: Gloriosa 
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