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For this year I wish you a year of personal happiness. 
May we all give our best efforts to that end. 
I am sending you this catalog knowing you will find 
it the best list from which to purchase your aquatic 
requirements. 
You can rely on the catalog descriptions. They are 
truthful and accurate and as you turn the pages you 
will be surprised, if you are a good water gardener, at 
the comparatively low PREPAIR PRICES. 
There are numerous plants for Pools—hundreds of 
them. But when I list them in this catalog you may be 
assured they are good, and you may depend on what¬ 
ever you select to be the best at the prices you want 
to pay. 
Illustrates the beauty of the blooms 
of the Chinese Lotus. 
On my personal selections of Plants this year, I have featured, because I sincerely believe 
it to be the finest and the plant that is most admired by all our customers—The Chinese 
Double Flowering Lotus. You can grow this plant in a tub if you desire. It will grow 
and bloom in a tub, but do not expect the same plant and bloom as the young lady is 
holding. This Lotus was grown in a discarded mortar box sunk in the ground. 
This plant should be your No. 1 selection for this season. 
My next selection will be divided between several lilies, each outstanding in its own 
color or kind. Your selection will be based on personal desire in a certain color or shape. 
If I were purchasing for my pool one lily I would select from the following and the reason — 
BLUE BEAUTY — Immense blooms, free blooming and gorgeous coloring (described on 
page 8). 
H. C. HAARTSTICK —Night Blooming, brilliant red color, very attractive (described on 
page 8). 
GLORIOSA — Red lily, free blooming, easy to grow (described on page 4). 
WILFEN GONERE — Pleasing in color, new shape of bloom (described on page 6). 
Another water lily 1 like is SLJNRISE (pictured on back cover). 
It is the personal desire of anyone interested in some particular pleasure, to own something- 
to try-out, something new! In the water world two new plants have attracted my attention, 
and I have tested them, and they are excellent. 
THE WATER CHESTNUT— Roots grow sub¬ 
merged in about ten inches of water with its 
leaves floating on the surface of the water, 
forming intricate designs as they cling together; 
then it sends out long runners to other colony 
plants, thus making several separate plants in 
one. An excellent plant for tub culture. Cost 
of this plant is low. Only . 35c each 
CELLOPHANE PLANT — A sensationally new 
plant for shallow water; has numerous white 
flowers, easy to grow, free flowering. Under¬ 
water its leaves grow in long spearlike leaves, 
broadening as they come to the surface of the 
water to a wide palm-shaped fan leaf. Very 
attractive green color — outstanding even among 
other all-green plants. Costs . 25c 
Copyrighted 1938. Joe Johannigman, Jr. 
