SUNSHINE LILY 
A Sunshine Lily root and the pools 
in which they grow. Only in Califor¬ 
nia with its long sunshine filled grow¬ 
ing season can such vigorous, cold 
resistant plants be grown. 
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Thousands of Cactus seedlings are grown into 
specimens in these sunny frames. 
Interior View In Propagating House. Tropical 
Fish and Water Lilies below. 
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fun 
Growers of Water Lilies 
Since 1876 
O NCE again we are offering our friends 
the benefit of an extended service. 
Our famous Full of Bloom 2 Year 
Old Tropical Lilies have brought such an 
avalanche of pleasant letters from our pa¬ 
trons during the past season that we have 
been encouraged to plant thousands more. 
It means more in satisfaction to our friends 
than any single innovation we have intro¬ 
duced. The normal Tropical Lily sold is just 
a few weeks old when shipped and takes 
many months to reach full size. During the 
first year only one crown is formed but the 
second year a clump is produced often with 
from five to seven crowns each of which blooms as 
freely as the single first year plant. This is particu¬ 
larly true of the splendid Blue Triumph and lovely 
Pennsylvania, the two giant flowering varieties we 
sincerely recommend. Thus you have at the begin¬ 
ning of the season a plant larger than others at the 
end of summer. A whole year gained with many 
sturdy, big blossoms almost before greenhouse plants 
may be set out. And remember when you order 
Blue Triumph and Pennsylvania you will get almost 
five times as many flowers as greenhouse plants will 
give you. Scores of unsolicited testimonials from all 
over the country testify to their extreme hardiness and 
vigor for they will continue blooming through cold, 
stormy spring weather that would surely check less 
resistant plants. These Full of Bloom plants are 
offered Postpaid at lower prices than small pot plants. 
See full details on page 12. 
Our Sunshine Grown Hardy Water Lilies have been 
known for two generations as the finest the market 
affords. We grow all our own plants so that we can 
guarantee you growth and safe delivery and really 
stand behind our guarantee. Our plants are most 
carefully grown in concrete pools where soil and 
water are easily regulated, producing firm, vigorous 
roots crammed with vitality. Very different are the 
roots raised under ordinary conditions. 
Packing facilities for handling aquatics have been 
developed through long years of experience. Our 
men have been with us for years and thoroughly 
understand how to select and pack our products for 
shipping. Their instructions are to pack no plant they 
would not want to receive if they were ordering it. 
That our plants leave here in perfect condition and 
arrive in your hands as fresh and green as though 
we delivered them directly into your hands is the 
most important phase of our business. I am person¬ 
ally in charge of our packing room and no trouble 
is spared to assure you of prompt service. 
GUARANTEE. I guarantee to ship you only clean, 
healthy stock and will replace any plant that fails 
to grow, free of charge if complaint is made by July 
1, 1937, all replacements shipped express collect. 
A block of greenhouses where our Water Lilies and Cacti are 
propagated. They are started here and later 
moved to pools and frames. 
Cactus Department 
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myself in a Water Lily greenhouse. It is lots of 
working amongst these interesting plants. 
Dear Friends: 
With this new catalog we com¬ 
plete our 60th year of raising and 
selling Water Lilies. At the Phil¬ 
adelphia Centennial Exposition we 
showed the first Sacred Lotus 
raised In this country and the 
first Tropical Lilies. You may be 
assured that the plants we ship 
are the best that skill and Cali¬ 
fornia sunshine can produce. I 
wish you could see for yourselves 
the plants we are shipping, those 
ready to bloom quickly in your 
own pool. Remember I personally 
guarantee safe delivery to you. 
Sincerely yours. 
Turn to page 19 
URING the past year just three times 
as many of our friends are now grow¬ 
ing Cacti as before. This is not a 
new fad that is sweeping the country but 
one of the most engrossing hobbies that any 
lover of nature ever had. I have been 
growing Cacti since a boy and my interest 
in them never seems to be satisfied. Many 
of them have most gorgeous flowers as 
delicate and beautiful as any orchid and 
when you bring them into bloom you have 
a real thrill. Others have strange shapes 
or are covered with long white hair. One 
can have a nice collection in a single win¬ 
dow and it is a fact that some of the best specimens 
I have seen were grown under such conditions. 
There are hundreds of different kinds, every one of 
which can be easily grown in pots by the newest 
beginner; no special skill being required. We have 
hundreds of thousands of seedlings growing now, 
among them the newest things from South America. 
Stocks of many of them are extremely scarce and 
slow to propagate. Most Cacti cost only a few cents 
but some of the rare crested kinds are worth a 
ransom. 
My Shipping Terms 
All Plants Sent Postpaid 
I Guarantee Their Safe Arrival 
WHEN WE SHIP. Water Plants may be shipped 
safely at any time. Unless otherwise instructed we 
will ship all orders at as early a date as experience 
has shown us is advisable for your particular locality. 
We will not delay your orders. If you wish us to 
ship on any particular date we will do so. 
Aquarium Plants, ordered alone, shipped at once. 
Supplies, Fish Food, Books, etc., shipped at once. 
Cactus and Succulents are carefully packed and 
shipped separately at once when your order is re¬ 
ceived as they may be shipped at any time. 
TERMS. We accept orders only when accompanied 
by funds sufficient to cover price of goods. We do 
not ship C.O.D. unless 50% of price is received with 
the order to insure acceptance. We prepay postage. 
All orders for less than $1 must be accompanied by 
25c additional to cover packing and other costs. 
California customers please add 3% Sales Tax. 
Canadian Orders must be accompanied by 25c 
additional to cover extra inspection costs and by 
import permit which may be obtained gratis in 
Ottawa. Remittance only by Post Office Money 
Order. 
REMITTANCES. Remit by P. O. Money Order, Ex¬ 
press Money Order, or Check. Make all remittances 
payable to Johnson Water Gardens, Hynes, Calif. 
This small Hedge Hog Cactus (Echinopsis multiplex) with pink 
flowers as large as Easter lilies is most easy to grow. 
