Jke Sacred 
LOTUS 
or Nelu.mhLu.rn 
T HE spell of the Nile still hovers 
around the blossoms of the Sacred 
Lotus even when this strikingly 
beautiful plant is grown in our twen¬ 
tieth century gardens. Four thousand 
years ago in the sacred gardens of 
Egypt, where dwelt the priests and 
where the people came to worship, 
there were pools of granite porphyry 
in which the Sacred Lotus grew, dedi¬ 
cated to the ancient deities. The Lotus, 
springing from the mud, lifting its 
golden-headed blossoms high over the 
water and opening pure and spotless 
to the sun, was symbolic of the rise of 
the soul of man. 
There is perfect beauty in the leaf, 
bud and opened flower of the Lotus. 
The great concave, shield-like leaves, 
often 2 feet in diameter, and many 
petaled flowers, like gigantic roses with 
delightful fragrance, form a striking 
picture of great artistic quality. Cul¬ 
tural directions on Insert Page A. 
Nelumbium Shiroman 
Flowers and Seed Pod of the Egyptian Lotus. 
Prices are for tubers. The potted plants of 
each variety are available at an additional 
cost of $1 each. 
EGYPTIAN LOTUS (Nelumbium Speciosum). 
This is the true flower of the Egyptians 
and possesses a strange haunting fragrance. 
The blossoms are an attractive pink. An ex¬ 
cellent variety that grows very hardy and 
freely in the latitude of Cleveland. Tubers, 
$ 2 . 00 . 
JAPANESE LOTUS (Album Grandiflorunt 
or Magnolia). A splendid white Lotus of 
gorgeous beauty. The flower is a fine, pure 
white of large size and delicate fragrance. The leaves are large and deep green 
color. One of the best white Lotus. Tubers, $2.00. 
AMERICAN LOTUS (Nelumbium Lutea). The perfect yellow flowers of this 
variety attain a diameter of 8 to 10 inches. Sometimes this is known as the 
Water Chinquapin, especially in those parts of the country where it grows in 
the wild. Tubers, $2.00. 
FLAVESCENS. All of the Nelumbiums (Lotus) are so strikingly beautiful that 
it is difficult to select one variety more beautiful than the others. However, 
Flavescens is a most welcome newcomer that has pleasing cream-colored flowers. 
It is very free blooming. Tubers, $2.50. 
Special Collection 
(Collection No. L-l) 
One each of the three, 
Egyptian, Japanese and 
American 
Lotus (Value 
$6.00) for. 
Special offer 
(Collection No. L-2) 
One each of the 
three, Flavescens, 
Shiroman and the 
rare Double-Flower¬ 
ing Rose Lotus 
& $400 
for only... 
SHIROMAN. This is the rare and beautiful double 
white Lotus and has magnificent, large flow¬ 
ers massed with petals. On first opening, the flow¬ 
ers are cream with a few of the petals tinted 
light green, which later fades to pure white as the 
flower gets older. Often the blooms are a foot in 
diameter. This is a strong, robust plant which 
flowers very freely. The blossoms will last well in 
the cut state. Tubers, $2.50. 
NELUMBIUM ROSEUM PLENUM 
(Double Flowering Rose Lotus) 
Deep rose pink. Beautiful globular flowers which 
are very double. Double-flowering Nelumbiums are 
very rare. Tubers, $2.50. 
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