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SHALLOW WATER and BOG PLANTS 
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EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS IMPERIAL TARO 
WATER IRIS 
PRIMROSE WILLOW PICKEREL RUSH UMBRELLA PALM 
DEPTH FOR PLANTING WATER PLANTS 
S OME of these plants like water up to 6 inches or more in depth 
and are marked thus *. Others like to have their crowns just 
under, about 1 to 2 inches and are marked ■{•■ Some like to have 
their feet wet but the crowns just above the water and are marked 
thus They are all easy to grow, like a rich loam soil and should 
be planted on ledges built for them or in pots or tubs raised to the 
proper depth. 
The if points out our feature plants. 
if ‘WATER POPPY. Cheerful yellow flowers like golden California 
Poppies. With a maroon eye the blossoms are handsome and are 
borne in greatest profusion all summer long. Plants look like minia¬ 
ture Water Lilies. Grows easily and quickly. Plant plenty of them. 
ISc or 4 ior 50c. $1.00 per dozen. 
T Primrose Willow. A graceful, bushy plant with large golden yellow 
flowers and willow-like leaves. Grows from 2 to 3 feet high and is 
always in flower for every leaf brings a blossom. We have it in 
bloom from April to December. It is hardy everywhere and easy tc 
grow in any pool. 35c. 3 lor 75c. 
•}• True Giant Arrowhead. (Sag. montevidensis). See colored plate 
below. This rare and uncommon aquatic will grow under good culti¬ 
vation to 5 ft. high with stems as thick as your arm and huge flower 
spikes. The flowers are very attractive, white with a rich maroon eye 
and the plant is never out of bloom. One of the best. It likes a rich 
soil. 35c. 3 for $1.00. 
if * PEACOCK HYACINTH. See photo at right. Clusters of brilliant 
purple-blue flowers with peacock eye. Never fails to bloom in any 
pool all summer. The handsome, orchid like blossoms are borne in 
short spikes in the leaf axils. Plant it in the mud in deep or shallow 
water and it will grow to the surface where it will creep about among 
the Lily pads. Every pool, large or small, should have it. Grows 
very easily. 35c each. 3 for $1.00. 
if •}■ IMPERIAL TARO. An Elephant Ear with stunning leaves each 
deeply variegated with rich, violet-black! It came from India but is 
perfectly at home here where it grows with the greatest freedom. 
Thrives in 2 inches of water or in damp soil. In the fall pot it as a 
house plant, putting the pot in a saucer of water 50c ea,, 3 for $1.25. 
★ WATER HYACINTH. The most elegant of floating plants whose 
delicate spikes of blossoms rival an orchid for beauty. Illustrated in 
color on front cover. Most easily grown it flowers best when its roots 
are allowed to find soil 6 to 8 inches below. The plants should be 
moored to a stake or put close among the Water Lily pads else they 
will float about and not flower so freely. A great plant for goldfish 
who spawn upon the roots. 2 for 25c. 
if 'j' AZURE PICKEREL PLANT. A most attractive novelty from South 
America where it grows in the swamps about Montevideo. From 2 ft. 
to 6 ft. tall, each heart-shaped leaf bears a spike of bright blue flow¬ 
ers. Blooming throughout the summer. 35c each. 
if * WATER HAWTHORNE. See photo at bottom of page. This ex¬ 
quisite water plant is to me the best of all the small aquatics. It 
blooms incessantly, the dainty white blossoms are forked and sprinkled 
with tiny black anthers. It has the true sweet fragrance of English 
Hawthorne and blooms and grows here even with ice on the pool! 
Plant in water from 4 to 12 inches deep. Special at 35c. 3 for $1.00. 
NOVELTIES AMONG AQUATICS 
New and Worthwhile Plants 
ir PYGMY PAPYRUS. A splendid novelty from Africa! Just 
like the Egyptian Papyrus but only grows two feet tall with 
dark-green plumy heads. A most decorative plant for the small 
pool. Grows quickly and easily and thrives in shallow water. 
One of the best plants we have ever introduced. 50c each. 
BUTTERCUP BUSH. Big buttercup-yellow blossoms borne in 
profusion throughout the summer. Grows into a most attractive 
bush every branch producing a blossom with each new leaf! 
The flowers are large, 2'/2 inches across. The plant thrives in 
shallow water and likes the heat of summer to bring it to 
perfection. A rare and most attractive novelty. 75c each. 
Pink Water Hawthorne. (A. Aldenhamensis). A new variety 
with pink flushed blossoms and copper red leaves. Blooms 
most profusely, growing vigorously. A rare and fine novelty. 
$2.00 each. 
WATER POPPY 
A splendid, most easily 
grown aquatic. 2 for 25c 
WATER HAWTHORNE 
The best of small 
aquatics. 35c 
■f PICKEREL RUSH. A fine, hardy aquatic liking shallow water 
where it forms a cluster of heart shaped leaves, each one bearing 
a spike of amethyst blossoms from its center. Grows easily. 25c. 
f Parrot Feather. Soft, feathery, parrot green tendrils. Fine for 
planting at the .base of taller plants where it will spread out into a 
feathery carpet. Grows rapidly. 2 bunches for 25c. 
AQUATIC COLLECTIONS 
FOR THE TINY POOL 
COLLECTION No. 141 
This collection is just the thing for the tiny pool. In it are 
plants for the fish, taller plants for the center and corners, 
floating plants and lily like flowering plants. 
Water Poppy. Arrowhead, Fish Grass, Pickerel 
Plant, Primrose Creeper, Water Hyacinth, Par¬ 
rot Feather. Umbrella Palm, Primrose 
Willow, Water Clover, Yellow Flag, $po 
Ludwiggia. 12 Aquatics for 
FOR THE LARGER POOL 
COLLECTION No. 142 
A more complete group and a wider selection for the small 
pool. You will be surprised how easily and quickly they will 
grow. _. , 
Peacock Hyacinth, Primrose Willow, Water Poppy, Azure Pick¬ 
erel Plant, Parrot Feather, Floating Heart, Water Iris, 4 Leaf 
Water Clover, Primrose Creeper. Umbrella Palm. Hair Grass, 
Fish Plants, Water Hyacinths, Pickerel Rush, $000 
Sweet Flag.. “ 
My famous Flowering Beauties and other worthwhile collec¬ 
tions together with other necessities for the small pool will be 
found on page 6. 
PEACOCK HYACINTH 
An easily grown beauty, 35c 
WATER HYACINTH AND 
PARROT FEATHER 
These two plants for 25c 
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