TROPICAL WATER LILIES (Continued) 
SUNSHINE TRIO 
COLLECTION No. 139 
Blue Triumph and Panama Pacific are my 
Full of Bloom 2-year-old stock, while Rose 
Star is always shipped as a crammed full 
of vigor tuber ready to burst into growth 
and blossom. You will have flowers from 
almost the first day. 
BLUE TRIUMPH 
ROSE STAR 
PANAMA PACIFIC 
$475 
June 19, 1935. 
Gentlemen: 
I am enclosing herewith a photo of our Lily pool 
showing the Gloriosa, Paul Hariot and Splendida in 
bloom. These pictures show the remarkable progress they 
have made but of course fail to show their exquisite 
colorings. 
The plants withstood a severe winter and when the 
pool covering was removed in the spring, new pads were 
already floating on the surface of the water and a week 
later a great many buds were in sight. On June 9, we 
had seven blooms and on the last three days there have 
been thirty-four each! This beauty spot is a constant 
source of joy to our family and our neighbors and we 
can always recommend Johnson Water Gardens when 
our friends inquire where we bought such unusually 
attractive Lilies. Very truly yours. 
MARGARET E. LEBER. 
Scranton, Pa. 
March 20, 1935. 
Dear Sirs: 
Two years ago we bought 4 Hardy Lilies from your 
Gardens and they were beautiful, especially the Sun¬ 
rise and Gonnere. I am enclosing a picture of our pool 
which we are very proud of. Very respectfully, 
MRS. JOHN H. HIGGLESWORTH. 
Bellefont, Del. 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
Tropical Water Lilies should not be 
planted too early in the spring. Rely 
upon us to send them at the proper 
time. I will not delay your shipments 
for I realize your desire to get them 
in at the earliest possible moment and 
we have the plants all ready weeks 
before. We ship to California and the 
South as soon as weather permits, 
farther north to St. Louis and Nashville 
about May 20th. To New York, Chi¬ 
cago and Portland, Oregon, to arrive 
about the first of June or sooner, de¬ 
pending upon the earliness of the sea¬ 
son. If requested earlier we assume 
no responsibility for results. 
PAMELA. A beautiful, clear, sky blue 
Lily of largest size. A splendid free bloom¬ 
ing plant. The clear, turquoise blue is 
most attractive and the flower is richly 
fragrant. Gorgeous two-year-old plants. $2. 
INDEPENDENCE. Turn to page 5 for full 
description. A huge, deep pink, leaf prop¬ 
agating Lily often reaching almost a foot 
in diameter. Two-year-old plants, $2. 
MRS. W. R. JAMES. A new deep pink 
Lily raised at Garfield Park, Chicago, by 
August Koch. Bears big, finely shaped 
blossoms in the greatest profusion all sum¬ 
mer long. You will enjoy it and its sweet 
perfume. $2.00 
HENRY SHAW. Clear, companula blue 
flowers like the sky on a spring day. It 
produces an astonishing number of beau¬ 
tiful saucer-shaped blossoms with a spicy, 
sweet fragrance. Fine two-year-old plants, 
$2.00. 
MARMORATA. Large, soft blue flowers 
that are delightfully fragrant. Blooms 
most freely and steadily with big 12-inch 
blossoms. The leaves are beautifully mot¬ 
tled. Two-year-old plants, $2.00. 
PINK DELIGHT. (Johnson, 1934). A fine 
carmine pink Lily that will make your 
pool the envy of the neighborhood. The 
color is superb. A strong healthy plant 
bearing a profusion of finely formed blos¬ 
soms. Two-year-old plants, $2.00. 
STELLA GURNEY. A beautiful silver pink 
flower with the fragrance of Lily of the 
Valley. An astonishing bloomer. Sprouted 
tubers, $1.50. 
PANAMA PACIFIC. A color plate and 
full description of this splendid Lily will 
be found on page 5. $2.00. 
COL. LINDBERG. An enormous blossom 
of deepest blue and borne high above the 
water on tall graceful stems. A very free 
bloomer. A very beautiful flower and well 
worth the extra price asked for it. It is 
rare. Two-year-old plants. $2.50. 
GOVERNOR LUIS EMERSON. Huge, 
china-blue flowers with a most delightful 
fragrance. One of its most pleasing charac¬ 
ters is the handsome striping of the leaves 
which are heavily ribbed with brown. Two- 
year-old plants, $2.50. 
LOS ANGELES. A Johnson introduction 
for 1936. A new hybrid particularly noted 
for its extreme freedom of bloom. Flowers 
on slender graceful stems, bright, silvery 
pink in color and very fragrant. The leaves 
are handsomely striped with red and 
brown. Two-year-old plants. $2.50. 
PINK DELIGHT. (Johnson 1934). A fine 
pink Lily that will make your pool the 
envy of the neighborhood. A strong, hand¬ 
some plant bearing a profusion of finely 
formed flowers. $2.50. 
MY BEST COLLECTION 
COLLECTION No. 140 
I consider these five Lilies the peers of 
any grown. They are each the finest of 
their color. For a really beautiful pool 
nothing can surpass them. The two Tropical 
Lilies are my Full of Bloom 2-year-old plants, 
while each of the Hardy Lilies are big Sun¬ 
shine Grown, ready to bloom roots. 
BLUE TRIUMPH. Huge Blue 
ESCARBOUCLE. Brightest of Reds 
GENERAL PERSHING. Giant Pink 
SUNRISE. Huge Yellow 
GONNERE. Double White 
A $10 VALUE FOR. 
November 4, 1935. 
Dear Mr. Johnson: 
I am sending you a snapshot of my first attempt at 
making a water garden. We had a cold, late spring so 
it was June before they began blooming, but from then 
on the pool has been a mass of flowers. 
Every one around here say they never saw Lilies so 
beautiful or in such profusion. At one time there were 
eight large flowers on the 2-year-old Blue Triumph and 
at least a dozen buds. On the same day the Hardy 
Lilies had thirteen flowers. They grew so luxuriantly 
that I had to keep pulling off leaves to make room for 
the smaller water plants. Next year we are building a 
pool three times as large and will fill it with your Lilies. 
MRS. S. TYLER. 
Frankfort, III. 
The charming pool of Mr. Joseph P. DeRusha of 
Gales Ferry, Conn. Mrs. DeRusha writes, “I am very 
proud of my pool and the success I had with it the first 
year as I never had anything like it before. Never at 
anytime was there less than five blooms on the Lilies 
even during the first season.” 
This Lotus pool is in the garden of Mrs. Mary P. 
Personius of Elmira, N. Y. Words can not convey the 
beauty of the pool and its setting. All the rocks which 
are so naturally and artistically placed were gathered 
by them in their car. They have had a great deal of 
pleasure in designing and building this exquisite nook. 
AUGUST KOCH. Turn to front cover for 
color illustration of this splendid Lily. One 
of the freest bloomers of all. A great Lily 
for small pools. Big flowers and small 
plant. $2. 
The pool and rock garden of Mrs. Harry Ness, York. 
Pa. A beautiful example of combined pool and rock 
garden. The planting and arrangement is most pleasing 
and natural. Notice particularly the placing and type 
of rock used. Does not this make one want to have 
one like it? 
NOWHERE ELSE CAN YOU BUY 2-YEAR-OLD TROP ICALS AT THE PRICE OF MONTH-OLD POT PLANTS! 
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