TROPICAL LILIES 
BLUE—Continued 
MRS. EDWARDS WHITAKER (Pring 1917). (N. A. G. Gold 
Medal.) The largest and most striking of the day-blooming 
tropical lilies, obtained by crossing Ovalifolia with Castalia. The 
blooms are frequently over a foot in diameter and are produced in 
quantity. The color is lavender-blue, which becomes paler as the 
bloom ages. Petals slightly rounded at the tips and quite numer¬ 
ous. In all our exhibitions we have found no nymphaea attracting 
greater admiration than the Whitaker. At its best in a large pool, 
but can be accommodated' in closer quarters. A bouquet which 
lasts all summer. $2.25. 
MARMARATA. A splendid variation of Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. 
The flowers are identical in color, being a beautiful lavender- 
blue, but they are of larger size and are produced very freely. The 
main difference is in the foliage. The attractive green leaves are 
mottled and streaked with chestnut brown, making a striking con¬ 
trast. Illustrated on front cover. $1.50. 
CAERULEA. This is the ancient blue “Lotus of the Nile.” Day¬ 
blooming. $1.00. 
♦DAUBEN. The best known viviparous lily. It produces small, 
light blue flowers in great profusion during the day. Its small 
leaf plants often bloom while still attached to the parent. Fine for 
tub or aquarium. $1. 
PINK 
♦INDEPENDENCE. The first novelty produced from Independ¬ 
ence. Viviparous nymphaea of deep pink coloring instead of 
the regulation blue of that class. It has a gorgeous, full petaled 
flower that opens earlier and closes later than any other day- 
bloomers. The plant is vigorous in growth and free-flowering. In 
fact many of the leaves produce large buds and flowers when the 
tiny leaf plants have scarcely unfolded their leaves. (1927) $1.75 
MRS. C. W. WARD. A most charming variety with petals of rich 
rose-pink illuminated by a mass of golden stamens. Flowers 
are borne well out of the water, with the profusion of the Gracilis 
type from which it is a descendant. (See colored illustration on 
page 9.) $1.50. 
GENERAL PERSHING. (Pring 1920.) (S. A. F. Silver Medal.) 
This variety was named in honor of our great General, but on 
its own merits has gained wide distinction. Without doubt, it is 
the finest of all pink tender lilies, both in size and color. Being 
a hybrid from Mrs. Whitaker and Castaliflora, it has inherited its 
size from the former but is an improvement upon the color of the 
latter. The dark green buds are striped with purple. The flowers 
are of great substance, delightfully fragrant, open early in the 
morning, and are indeed most distinct from any of the other pink 
day blooming water lilies. A most prolific bloomer; awarded 
silver medal of the Society of American Florists in 1923. (Illus¬ 
trated in color on page 5.) Strong plants. $2.25. 
CASTALIFLORA. (Pring 1915.) The flowers are very large and 
fragrant and colored a light pink. A day-bloomer of moder¬ 
ate growth. (Illustrated in color on front cover.) $1.50. 
MRS. 
Whitaker 
$ 2-25 
♦PATRICIA. A wholly charming and 
marvelous free-blooming lily. Beau¬ 
tiful crimson flowers. Buds are copper 
bronze, and the under leaf flecked with 
red. The Patricia is one of the true In¬ 
dependence hybrids in that it bears young 
plants from the center of the leaf. Being 
unusually prolific we are able to offer it 
at an unusually low price. Of moderate 
growth. It is admirable for tub culture 
or for use in small pools. $2.25. 
CLEVELAND. This is a new pink lily recently developed at Inde¬ 
pendence. It is named in honor of the largest city in Ohio, in a 
suburb of which our gardens are located. It is a most charming va¬ 
riety of rich, rose-pink. The fragrant flowers have slightly pointed 1 
petals, and make this lily unusually distinctive among the pinks. It is 
very free flowering and hardier than most of the tropical lilies, mak¬ 
ing it desirable for early planting. Its marked distinction, however, 
is in the foliage. The attractive green leaves are mottled and streaked 
with chestnut brown, a most striking contrast. This beautiful lily 
is considered one of the finest of recent contributions to the water 
lily field. $2.50. 
ST. LOUIS— The Only Yellow Tropical 
Awarded the Henry Shaw Gold Medal by 
the National Flower Show in St. Louis. 
St. Louis (Pring 1932) is the rarest of all water lilies today. It is 
the one and only yellow day-blooming tropical lily available for gar¬ 
den culture. 
The yellow parent of St. Louis was discovered in 1890 but eluded a 
39 year search to be claimed. Finally seeds of this rare lily were 
obtained but it remained to the genius of Mr. George H. Pring to 
hybridize this plant to produce a successful garden variety. Out of 
86 new plants hybridized, one and only one, the St. Louis Lily, was 
considered outstanding and it indeed is a marvelous thing. It pro¬ 
duces large yellow flowers of the shape of the variety, Mrs. Pring, 
and has beautiful mottled foliage. It has all the excellence for 
which the Pring hybrids are noted, and the distinction of being the 
only garden variety yellow tropical. Offered exclusively by Tricker, 
this Patented Lily, $3.50, each. 
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