TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
T ROPICAL water lilies produce much larger flowers than do the hardy water lilies. There are two distinct types of tender 
or tropical water lilies—the Day Blooming varieties and the Night Blooming varieties. NO TROPICAL SHOULD BE 
PLANTED OUT UNTIL THE WEATHER HAS BECOME SETTLED AND WARM. They grow rapidly, and flower from 
June until killed by the frost. When you see the immense size of the bloom, and the large quantity of bloom as well as the 
quality, you will not be satisfied until you have a tropical. Once you have them, your neighbor will want them, for there is no 
flower more economical and more beautiful than the tropical water lilies. We have all shades, practically all colors. Tropical 
lilies are also very much to be preferred for cut flower purposes. 
It is possible to winter tropical lilies in the greenhouse where they will bloom all winter, but for those who do not have 
greenhouses, we suggest that the tropicals be treated as annuals. 
Illustration courtesy De La Mare Co. 
DAY BLOOMERS 
WHITE 
MRS. GEO. H. PRING. This is one of the new varieties, and 
by far the best pure white tropical lily. It produces large 
fragrant white flowers. Price, $1.50 each. 
GRACILIS. This is the tender white star-shaped lily of 
Mexico. The flowers are fragrant. Much smaller in size 
than the Mrs. Geo. H. Pring, and rise above the water from 
12 to 15 inches. It is pure white with yellow stamens. 
Price, $1.50 each. 
PINK 
MRS. C. W. WARD. This is a deep rosy pink flower with 
golden yellow stamens tipped with pink. The flowers are 
from 8 to 10 inches across. It is a very strong plant and a 
very desirable variety. Price, $2,00 each. 
GENERAL PERSHING. This is one of the new lilies pro¬ 
duced by Geo. Pring at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. The 
flowers are from 8 to 10 inches across and open from four 
to six days. This flower is rather unique in that it opens 
as early as 7 A. M. and remains open until 7 P. M. The 
flowers are very fragrant and are borne about 12 inches 
above the water. The buds are dark green, striped with 
dark purple. The flowers are delightfully fragrant, and 
are of a fine bright pink color. It is one of the best of the 
pinks. Price, $2.25 each. 
BLUE 
PENNSYLVANIA. (Blue Beauty.) This is one of the most 
popular of the blue lilies. The flowers are large and well 
borne above the water. The leaves are slightly speckled with 
brown. It can be used for tub or pool. It blooms contin¬ 
uously from early in the summer until frost. It has yellow 
stamens tipped with blue. Price, $2.00 each. 
MRS. ED. WHITAKER. This is one of the newer hybrid 
water lilies. It is also a production of Mr. Pring of the 
Missouri Botanical Gardens. It is one of the largest of the 
day bloomers. The flowers are lavender blue on first opening, 
getting paler after the flower ages. They often reach 10 
inches in diameter. The leaves are beautifully mottled and 
are streaked with dark red. One of the remarkable features 
of this lily is the fact that it opens as early as 6 :30 in the 
morning, and does not close until 7 :30 at night. There is no 
lily that remains open for so long a time. Price, $2.25 each. 
HENRY SHAW. A very popular sweet scented blue with 
chrome colored stamens. A very free bloomer. One plant 
alone may have from five to six blooms at one time. 
Price, $1.75 each. 
DATJBEN. This is a very light, rather small, blue lily. It is 
especially adapted for tub culture. It is a variety which will 
sprout additional lilies from the center of its leaves, and 
these new plants will often send forth bloom while they are 
still attached to the parent plant. Price, $1.25 each. 
MRS. WOODROW WILSON. A dark lavender blue with 
yellow stamens tipped with lavender. Flowers from 7 to 8 
inches across. Price, $2.00 each. 
ZANZABARIENSIS. This is the best small dark blue water 
lily in cultivation. It is extremely free to flower and 
growth, the flowers are from 5 to 8 inches across. Petals 
are deep blue, sepals green on the outside, purplish blue on 
the inside. The flower is very fragrant, and blooms 
throughout the season. Price, $1.50 each. 
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