Gladiolus “Picardy ” is Par Excellent 
You can plant hardy Water Lilies from the beginning of May until 
the latter part of August. The tender tropicals not before June. We 
are in a position to furnish locally acclimated (not Florida or Cali¬ 
fornia grown) plants, of all the up-to-date varieties in both hardy and 
tropical Lilies. A few of the most popular are listed and priced below. 
HARDY WATER LILIES 
Attraction — Garnet red. 22.50. 
Gloriosa —Large dark red. 22.00. 
Sunrise —A glorious yellow. 22.50. 
Gonnere —Snowy white, exceedingly double. 22.00. 
Masaniello —Pink, dotted with carmine. 21-50. 
Conqueror —Striking bright red. 22.00. 
Comanche —Rich coppery bronze. 22.00. 
Gladstone —King of the white Lilies. 21.50. 
Rose Arey — Cerise pink. 21.50. 
Pink Opal —Deep rich pink. 21.50. 
Collection of the above 10 varieties special offer 214.25. 
James Brydon —Rosv crimson. Flowers 4-5 inches in diameter. 
23.00. 
Red Laydeker —Rich amaranth-red. 21.75. 
Escarboucle — A most attractive vermillion-red. 22.50. 
Marliac White —Sparkling white. Stamens light yellow. 21.00. 
Loose —Large white lily, 5-7 inches across. 21.25. 
Hopatong —Very large pure white flowers. 50c. 
Paul Hariot —Orange-pink, deepens almost to a red. 22.00. 
Aurora —Rosy-yellow, later deepens to red-orange. 2100. 
Fire Crest — Deep pink. Flowers very fragrant. 22.00. 
Rose-Magnolia — Exquisite pink. 4-5 inches across. 75c. 
Marlac Flesh —Fragrant, produces freely. 21 00. 
Marliac Rose —Deep pink. Frangrant and lasting. 21.50. 
Collection: The Marliac Trio —The three most popular hardy 
Water Lilies. Special offer 23.00. 
TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
Col. Lindbergh — A true blue lily. 22.00. 
Henry Shaw (Pring 1922) — Beautiful campanula-blue. Stamens 
lemon-chrome. 21-50. 
Blue Beauty (or Pennsylvania) — Deep blue. 22.00. 
Independence — Deep pink. 21.75. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward — Rich rosy-pink, stamens are golden yellow. 
21.50. 
General Pershing (S. A. F. Silver Medal) — All pink, Prolific 
bloomer. 22.25. 
Castaliflora —Flowers are large, fragrant, light pink. 21.50. 
Mrs. Edwards Whitaker — Lavender-blue. The largest and most 
striking of the dav-blooming lilies. 22.25. 
Marmarata — Lavender-blue. 21.50. 
Coerulea —This is the ancient blue “Lotus of the Nile.” 21.00. 
Dauben —Small light blue flowers in great profusion. 21.00. 
Emily Grant Hutchings —Amaranth-pink. Night-blooming. 22.00- 
Mrs. George C. Hitchcock —Pink. Night-blooming. 22.00. 
H. C. Haarstick— Brilliant red. 22.00. 
Frank Trelease —Very popular. Rich dark crimson. 21-50. 
Rubra Rosea —Rosy-carmine. 21.50. 
Devonshire —Rosy-red. Night-blooming. 21.00. 
Bisset — Night bloomer. Flowers are rosy-pink. 21.50. 
Aquatic 
Department 
Our Aquatic Department, staged by expert Aquarists, 
is in a position to not only fulfill your every want in the 
most capable manner, but also to guide and instruct the 
amateur in his hobby as he progresses, whether his fancy 
be pond plants, such as tropical and hardy lilies, bog 
plants, decorative gold fish, etc., or the aquatic denizens 
of the home aquarium, which includes both the glorious 
tropicals and fancy gold fish with a complete line of 
tank-grown plants and accessories of unquestionable 
quality. Our prices, as will be noted, are modest in con¬ 
sideration of our guarantee of superior northern grown 
and acclimated stock. 
TROPICAL LILIES—Continued 
Sturtevant —Night-bloomer. Flowers are 8-12 inches across and 
bright red in color. 2L75. 
Juno —Most perfect modern flower developed by cultivation. Large 
flowering, composed of very broad, heavy petals, that open widely 
revealing wide, flat, saffron yellow stamens. 21.75. 
Lotus Dentata —White. Night-bloomer. 21.25. 
SACRED LOTUS (Nelumbium) 
Egyptian Lotus —Tubers, 21.50. 
American Lotus —Tubers, 21.50. 
Japanese Lotus —Tubers, 21.50. 
SHALLOW WATER AND BOG PLANTS 
Arrowhead, Double Flowering —Developes a spike of double 
petaled white flowers. 75c each. 
Arrowhead, Giant —-Grows 1-3 feet above the water. Flowers freely 
in a series of white spikes. 50c for 2. 
Butterfly Lily —A tall canna-like plant with large leaves. White or 
yellow. 21-00 for 3. 
Calla Lily —The foliage is dark green with translucent spots of 
creamy white. Yellow or white 21-00 each. 
Common Cattail —A favorite swamp plant. Hardy. 50c for 3, 21.50 
per doz. 
Graceful Cattail —-A tall variety, more completely developed. 50c 
for 2, 22.00 per doz. 
Flowering Rush —A hardy plant with peculiar three-sided leaves in 
graceful clumps. Pink flowers. 21.00 for 3, 22.50 per doz. 
Forget-Me-Not —Clear blue flowers with a yellow eye. Hardy. 21-00 
for 4, 22.00 per doz. 
Hardy Calla —-Like a Calla Lily, but much smaller in size. Hardy. 
50c for 3, 21.50 per doz. 
Iris (Yellow Flag)—A tall, sword-leaved plant bearing broad yellow 
flowers of the jap. Iris type. Hardy. 21.00 for 3, 22.50 per doz. 
Iris (Blue Flag)—Exactly like Yellow Flag except that the flowers 
are blue. 21.00 for 3, 22.50 per doz. 
FLOATING PLANTS 
Duck Weed —Appears as a series of green polka dots on the surface. 
Hardy. Per portion 25c. 
Shell Flower or Water Lettuce —A rosette of fluted blue-green 
velvety leaves. Grows best in shady pools. 3 for 50c, 21.50 per doz. 
Water Hyacinth —Shiny dark green leaves. 1 he orchid-like flowers 
of lavender form a spike like that of the true Hyacinth. 2 for 25c, 
21.25 per doz. 
Water Snowflake —A lily-like plant, covered with dainty white 
flowers. 2 for 50 , 22.00 per doz. 
ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES 
Cryptocoryne —Thrives in deep shades. Graceful, dark green leaves- 
75c each, 22.00 for 3. 
W'ater Poppy —MTU bloom in aquarium. Does best in pots of soil. 
15c each. 
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