NIGHT-BLOOMING 
TROPICAL 
WATER . . LILIES 
J\Aost Enjoyable of All 
OUR pool will put on evening dress every 
night if you plant these majestic varieties of 
night-blooming lilies. There is something fanci¬ 
ful about the way the dazzling blooms open as the 
others are closing in sleep, and remain open all night, 
reluctantly closing the next morning when the sun 
again gets bright. On cloudy days they sometimes 
remain open all day as well. Night-blooming lilies 
will surely make your pool a show place during the 
hours when the grounds are most usually enjoyed by 
family and guests. Vigorous, five-inch pot plants, 
guaranteed to grow. Read our liberal guarantee, 
page 2. 
RED 
H. C. HAARSTICK. Another delightful new night-bloomer. A 
conspicuous variety owing to its large well-shaped flowers and 
copper-colored leaves. The flowers are brilliant red in color ; a most 
satisfying shade that will contrast beautifully with other lilies. We 
know if you like red lilies this one is sure to please. This variety 
comes fron the same source as Emily Grant Hutchings. Illustrated 
on front covei $2.00. 
FRANK TRELEASE. The most popular lily of its type because of 
its rich dark crimson color. See illustration page 9. $1.50. 
BISSET. A night bloomer of unusually free-blooming habit. 
The flowers are of a beautiful rose-pink color, 8 to 10 inches 
across ; the petals are broad and slightly concave, giving the 
bloom a cup-shaped form. $1.50. 
STURTEYANT. This exceedingly beautiful night-blooming lily 
is a splendid hybrid variety. The flowers are 8 to 12 inches 
across and a bright red. This variety produces a striking effect 
when several of the immense flowers open in a group. It re¬ 
quires liberal treatment and' a hot summer to bring it to its 
greatest perfection. One of the very best Nymphaeas, making 
an ideal center piece for a large pool. $1.75. 
RUBRA ROSEA. The most productive of all the Nymphaeas. Our 
exhibition plant usually has 5 to 8 blooms open at one time and 
is always enthusiastically praised. There is some question about the 
color of the lily corresponding to this name as the original 
Nymphaea rubra differs in various localities in India. Our strain is 
a rosy carmine and is quite star-shaped due to the unusual shape of 
its petals which are broad at their base and taper to a long point. 
$1,50. 
DEVONSHIRE. The bright rosy red flowers of this lily bloom well 
out of the water. This plant is one of the most desirable of the 
night-bloomers. $1.00. 
PINK 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS. A new night-blooming water lily 
of great merit produced at Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Mis¬ 
souri. It produces exceedingly large cup-shaped flowers of an ama¬ 
ranth-pink color. This is certainly a splendid variety and a valuable 
addition to the list of night bloomers. $2.00. 
MRS. GEORGE C. HITCHCOCK. (Pring 1926.) Mr. Pring of the 
Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis had always done most 
of his work with the tropical day bloomers. However, in 1928 he 
raised a seedling of Omarana, one of the most popular night bloom¬ 
ers. This seedling has been named Mrs. George C. Hitchcock and 
is a valuable new addition to the pink flowering night-bloomers. 
The flowers are a much darker rose-pink than those of Omarana, 
and are very much larger. $2.00. 
WHITE 
JUNO (Dentata Superba). The most perfect modern flower de¬ 
veloped by cultivation from the sacred white Lotus of Egypt¬ 
ian tradition. Blooms easily 8 to 12 inches across and persists 
all summer and fall, making the plant a magnificent sight in the 
morning. Has a flower of great decorative charm since it is 
composed of very broad, heavy petals that open widely revealing 
wide, flat, saffron yellow stamens. $1.75. 
LOTUS DENTATA. A gorgeous white night bloomer. $1.25. 
VICTORIAS 
(V. Trickeri.) An interesting aquatic plant characterized by 
enormous leaves, often 6 feet across, with the edges turned stifly 
erect to the height of 3 to 8 inches. The weight of a child is 
easily supported by the leaves. Victorias thrive under the same 
conditions as the tender lilies but for full development require 
plenty of space. 
A variety which does well with proper care in the latitude of 
Cleveland. The flowers are enormous, 15 to 18 inches in diam¬ 
eter, opening white on the evening of the first day, and closing 
the middle of the following morning. On the second day the 
flower opens about four o’clock in the afternoon and is colored a 
deep pink. The fragrant flowers smell very much like a ripe 
pineapple. Adapted only to very large pools or natural ponds 
where they are very showy. $10. 
NEW WHITE NIGHT-BLOOMING 
ULY—MISSOURI (Pring—1933) 
For many years the finest of the white night-bloomers has been 
Juno. For form and beauty nothing has equaled the lovely pink 
Sturtevant. Now Mr. Pring presents MISSOURI, a fine, white 
flowering variety with the form and beauty of Sturtevant but 
without its touchy temperament. It will begin to bloom much 
sooner than Juno and is far more dependable. The young leaves 
are a light copperish brown when they first appear but soon 
develop to a dark green with deeply serrated edges. A supreme 
beauty. $3.00. 
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