Water Lilies and Aquatics 
WATER LILIES 
These attractive and easily grown water-plants 
should have a place in every garden, for even if 
one does not have a pool, by sinking a half-barrel 
into the lawn, covering the bottom with about 6 
to 8 inches of rich soil, and keeping it full of 
water, one can raise very lovely lilies and enjoy 
their fragrance and beauty. For large pools, they 
may be planted in boxes of rich earth so that 
they can be moved about when cleaning the 
pool. The box should be about 14 inches to 2 
feet square, according to size and depth of pool, 
as the plant should have at least 6 to 8 inches of 
water above the soil for best results. Use a mix¬ 
ture of good topsoil, muck, well-rotted cow manure, 
and bone-meal for planting-soil, and after they are 
planted and the soil firmed down, sprinkle about an 
inch of gravel over the top of the soil to keep it 
from staining the water and also to prevent the 
goldfish from digging the roots of the lilies out of 
the boxes. Several goldfish should be kept in a 
tub, and a dozen or more in a small pool, to keep 
down the mosquito larvae. 
TROPICAL WATER LILIES (NYMPHAEA) 
DAY BLOOMING 
This type of lily opens in the early morning 
and remains open all day. Most of them are fra¬ 
grant and all of them are beautiful. Below are 
listed some of the most popular varieties of the 
day-blooming sorts. 
White 
MRS. GEO. H. PRING [1]. Beautiful used alone, or 
effective in combination with pinks and blues. 
Blooms freely, large, fragrant flowers with point¬ 
ed petals. Will bloom in very small quarters. 
Pink 
INDEPENDENCE [2]. A lovely, deep pink flower 
which opens earlier and closes later than other 
day blooming varieties. A strong grower and 
very generous bloomer. 
PATRICIA [3]. A very prolific type which does 
well for small pools, or tub culture. Flowers are 
a beautiful shade of crimson and the buds are 
coppery. Leaves flecked with red on under side. 
Blue 
HENRY SHAW [4]. A very fragrant, free-bloom¬ 
ing variety which is suited to small pools. Flow¬ 
ers a lovely blue with light blue-tipped, yellow 
stamens. 
MRS. EDWARD WHITAKER [5]. May be used 
in small pool but because of its large flowers is 
best in larger quarters. Of a lavenderish-blue, 
the numerous petals are slightly rounded at the 
tip. One of the most admired of all day-bloom¬ 
ing tropicals. 
Purple 
AUGUST KOCH [6]. Attractive, strong foliage. 
Continues in bloom over a long period of time. 
Flowers a nice lavender with purplish sepals. 
JUPITER [7]. An African lily with very fragrant 
flowers, a purplish tinted, deep blue. Distinct 
from other lilies by a bell-shaped form and many 
stamens. Suited to either a large or small pool. 
NIGHT BLOOMERS 
These lilies open about dark and remain open 
all night, closing when the sun gets warm the fol¬ 
lowing morning. Some of them are among the 
largest and best colored of the water-lilies, and we 
believe that wherever one has room for two or 
more lilies, one of the night bloomers should be 
included. 
White 
JUNO [8]. A perfect flower developed from the 
sacred white lotus of Egypt. Large flowers with 
wide, heavy petals and yellow stamens. 
Pink 
MRS. GEO. C. HITCHCOCK [9]. Spreading petals 
of dark rose-pink, and red stamens. 
Red 
FRANK TRELEASE [10]. Flowers a rich, crim¬ 
son-red, with mahogany colored stamens. The 
long, narrow petals are rounded at the tips. The 
young foliage is a mottled dark red and green 
which becomes a bronze in full grown plants. 
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