SACRED LOTUS 
The beautiful and stately Lotus is perhaps one of the most interesting plants in the 
garden. Breathing the spirit of the Orient, this strange plant has been held in reverence 
and awe for centuries. This worship has been inspired because of the purity of the mar¬ 
velous blossoms, springing from the mire. It is hard to describe this plant, with its 
mammoth green leaves, rising from one to four feet from the surface of the water, its 
wondrous flowers and its strange seed pods all combine to make them a source of 
great pleasure to the grower. 
The bulb looks like a peeled banana, and the crown is at the long end of the bulb. 
The crown should be placed up with the bulb lying horizontally. Care should be taken 
not to break off the crown, as that renders the bulb worthless. The second year you will 
find the Lotus more beautiful than the first, so do not be discouraged with the first 
year's bloom. Cannot be shipped after June 1st. 
Nelumbium Speciosum (pink). An excellent va¬ 
riety, very hardy and free growing. This is the 
true flower of the Egyptians, and possesses a 
strange, haunting fragrance_ $1.50 
Nelumbium Flavens. This soft yellow Lotus grows 
to immense size, is a good bloomer and is sure 
to please___ Si.25 
Double Red Lotus. (Pekinensis rubium plenum). 
Mammoth double red blossoms, often a foot 
across. As blossom ages it becomes lighter in 
color. A very choice variety....___ $2.50 
Water Plant Collection 
Floating Heart 
Water Poppy 
Double Arrowhead 
Azure Pickerel Plant 
Water Arum 
Water Canna 
3 varieties Grasses 
Postpaid___ 
$ 1.50 
Sacred Lotus 
Water Plants 
FOR THE SMALL WATER GARDEN 
These plants may be used in dishpans, 
beauty to the larger pool. 
Water Snowflake. A dainty little plant is the 
water Snowflake. The flowers are about an inch 
across and have five petals, each resembling a 
flake of snow. They will do well in six inches of 
water, either in pool or dish-pan__25c 
tubs and half barrels as well as adding 
Floating Heart. Has bright yellow, fringed flowers 
of medium size, with leaves like a Pigmy Lily. 
Will do well either in deep or shallow water.. 20c 
Water Poppy. An old favorite, with blossoms like 
a California Poppy. Each plant throws out run¬ 
ners, bearing blossoms all summer... 10c, 3 for 25c 
Primrose Creeper. A trailing plant with blossoms 
like a primrose_ 3 for 25c 
Water Hawthorne. Snowy white flowers with the 
fragrance of the English Hawthorne. The flower 
is antler shaped and each antler flecked with 
black. The leaves are oblong and float on the 
water. Does well either in sun or shade. Blooms 
all winter in California and the southern states, 40c 
Water Hyacinth. Flowers a delicate orchid, in 
trusses like a Hyacinth. Does best in partial shade, 
or bound together and anchored in corner of pool. 
Splendid spawning bed . .. ... 3 for 25c 
Azure Hyacinth. A trailing variety. Flowers a rich 
blue, with yellow eye. A rank grower, and makes 
a great showing soon after planting. Does well 
among the Lilies.....35c 
Snowflake 
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