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HARDY WATER LILIES 
The most satisfactory Hardy Water Lilies with their 
descriptions and outstanding characteristics are listed below. 
We have tried to include a wide range of color and in- 
corporate those varieties with special merit, such as size, 
long-blooming season, fragrance, etc. There is no hardy 
blue Water Lily. All varieties of that color will be found 
under Day Blooming Tender Nymphaeas. Delivery, April 
to June. 
Attraction. A rare, free-flowering variety, blooms 6 to 8 
inches across. Rich deep crimson suffused amaranth-red, 
center bright orange, sepals white. $3.00 each. 
Aurora. Soft rosy yellow changing to deep red; stamens 
orange. Also good in tubs. $1.50 each. 
Comanche. The largest and finest of the apricot tints. A 
wonderful combination of orange and glowing amber- 
red. A strong grower. The earliest and most continuous 
bloomer in this class. $2.50 each. 
Gladstoniana. Cup-shaped, massive flowers, pure dazzling 
white. $2.00 each. 
Helen Fowler. A natural cross of N. tuberosa type. Strong 
vigorous growth. Deep pink, very fragrant flowers borne 
on stout stems; useful for cut purposes. $1.75 each. 
James Brydon. Rich rosy crimson. The reverse of petals 
has a silvery sheen. $2.75 each. 
Marliacea Chromatella. Petals and stamens bright yellow, 
4 to 6 inches across. A free and continuous bloomer, 
$1.75 each. 
Marliacea Rosea. A splendid companion to the above 
which it resembles except in color; soft rose-pink. $2.50 
each. 
Newton. Large flower with star-shaped vermilion petals, 
sepals white with orange colored stamen. The general 
appearance is like a tropical lily. A free bloomer with 
flower above the water. A unique and beautiful variety. 
$3.00 each. 
Odorata gigantea. Very large and very fragrant pure white. 
Flowers often measure six inches across. A free bloom¬ 
er. Each $1.00. 
Odorata, Rose Arey. Very large, fragrant flowers, deep 
cerise-pink. $2.00 each. 
Sunrise. Large showy hardy yellow flowers 8 to 9 inches 
across, held well above the water. Blooms from early 
June to late October. The flowers expand early in 
the morning and remain open all day long. $3.00 each. 
TROPICAL or TENDER 
WATER LILIES 
We deliver after June 1st strong growing plants from 
pots. Warm weather is essential to success. The day¬ 
blooming types bloom from early morning until afternoon. 
The night-blooming types open in the evening and remain 
so until morning. Growers report as many as one hundred 
blooms a season from a single plant. 
Day Blooming Varieties 
These day-blooming tropical Water Lilies will add great¬ 
ly to the beauty of your pool. The much desired blue 
varieties are found in this lovely class. Delivery of these 
is made after June 1, in strong growing plants from pots. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep rosy pink on long stems. $2.25 
each. 
Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. Huge open flowers often ex¬ 
ceeding 13 inches in diameter. Sky-blue, becoming 
lighter with age. A splendid specimen plant. $2.50 
each. 
Mrs. Geo. H. Pring. Immense snow-white flowers freely 
i borne through the entire summer. The young leaves 
' are blotched with brown, the older ones plain green. 
The best day-blooming white tropical Water Lily, and 
a good contrast to tbe colored varieties. $2.50 each. 
Pennsylvania. Rich blue flowers of largest size. Very free 
i and continuous flowering. $2.50 each. 
[ St. Louis. The only yellow tropical Water Lily. Large 
yellow flowers and lovely mottled foliage. $5.00 each. 
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Hardy 
WATER LIUES 
Wafer lilies -llllllft- 
Night Blooming 
Tropical Water Lilies 
The night-blooming varieties of Water Lilies have a 
particular charm. The flowers open in the evening and 
do not close until the following forenoon. Their exotic 
charm and their night-blooming habit add an interesting 
feature to every pool. They are strictly tropical plants 
that demand a water temperature of 70° F. or more and 
should therefore not be set into the pool too early. 
Dentata superba. Large cup-shaped creamy white flowers 
10 to 12 inches across. $2.50 each. 
Geo. Huster. Brilliant crimson flowers. $2.25. 
O’Marana. Flowers massive. Color pink, suffused with 
red. $1.75 each. 
Hardy Nelumbium or Lotus 
Can be supplied only as dormant tubers from May 1st 
to June 1st. 
Luteum (American Lotus, Water Chinquapin). A superb 
variety with yellow flowers measuring 10 inches across. 
Indigenous to the western and southern states. $2.50 
each. 
Speciosuni (Egyptian Lotus). The best known and easiest 
to grow. Desirable for naturalizing in ponds where the 
magnificent foliage and flowers produce a subtropical 
effect. Flowers are deep rose color, creamy white at base 
of petals. $2.50 each. 
Miscellaneous Aquatics 
For Marginal and Shallow Water Planting 
Acorus japonicus variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag). A 
hardy plant for shallow water. Each 45c; doz., $4.25. 
Anacharis canadensis gigantea (Giant Water Weed). A 
beautiful submerged plant with dark green ovate leaves 
and light stems. Each 35c; doz., $3.25. 
Cabomba viridifolia. (Washington Plant, Fish Grass). A 
pretty popular submerged plant. Each 3 5c; doz., $3.25. 
Cyperus alternifolius (Umbrella Plant). Will grow 4 feet 
high. 35c each; doz., $3.25. 
Eichhornia crassipes major (Walter Hyancinth). Delicate 
lilac-rose flowers arranged in trusses like a hyacinth. A 
floating plant, just drop it on surface of the water. 25c 
each; doz., $2.50. 
Jussiaea longifolia (Primrose Willow). Yellow flowers in 
great profusion from June until frost. Grows 3 to 4 
feet high. 75c each; doz., $8.00. 
Limnocharis Humboldtii (Water Poppy). Yellow flowers 
in the greatest profusion all summer. Leaves and flowers 
floating. One of the best plants for shallow water, 6 to 
8 inches deep, or for tub cultivation. Requires green¬ 
house protection during winter. 35c each; doz., $3.25. 
Myriophyllum proserpinacoides (Parrot’s Feather). Rises 
about 6 inches out of the water. 3 5c each; doz., $3.25. 
Sagittaria natans (Arrowhead). Long strap-like green 
leaves resembling the well-known Vallisneria. Each 35c; 
doz., $3.25. 
PRICES QUOTED INCLUDE PACKING CHARGES 
