St. Louis 
NEW VARIETIES OF TROPICAL 
LILIES OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT 
Missouri 
H ERE are some newcomers which will 
exalt any pool. The old list of lilies has 
been so fine that only an exceptional 
variety can claim to membership in the ac¬ 
cepted group. These varieties are truly ex¬ 
ceptional and carry our unqualified recom¬ 
mendation. 
PINK PEARL. The beautiful pearly-pink 
flowers are of large size and produced 
very abundantly. They are borne well out of the water and make a fine showing. In 
our display pool this free blooming lily attracted a great deal of attention last year. 
$2.50. 
ALICE THICKER. A very prolific white day-blooming water lily. The flowers are 
somewhat larger than Mrs. Geo. H. Pring and a clearer white. A vigorous 
grower and does exceedingly well in outdoor pools. Foliage a pleasing green. $3.50. 
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 garden 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 produces 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 each. 
CLEVELAND. This is a new pink lily recently developed at Independence. 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 variety of rich, rose-pink. The fragrant flowers 
have slightly pointed petals, and make this lily unusually distinctive among the pinks. 
It is very free flowering and hardier than most of the tropical lilies, making it desir¬ 
able for early planting. Its marked distinction, however, is in the foliage. The at¬ 
tractive green leaves are mottled and streaked with chestnut brown, a most strik¬ 
ing contrast. This beautiful lily is considered one of the finest of recent contribu¬ 
tions to the water lily field. $2.50. 
ROYAL PURPLE. This handsome new lily is identical in growth and habit to that 
excellent variety, Panama Pacific, except that the color is a glowing, royal 
purple. This novelty will add a note of regal splendor to your pool. $3. 
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 Stur- 
tevant. 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. 
COLLECTION OF SIX NOVELTIES 
(Collection No. T-9) 
One each of the six new varieties described on this page, 
$17.50. This unusually fine group of Novelties for only. 
value 
Alice 
Tricker 
Royal 
Purple 
