NIGHT BLOOMING 
TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
MOST ENJOYABLE OF ALL 
YOUR pool will put on evening dress every night if you plant these 
majestic varieties of night-blooming lilies. There is something fan¬ 
ciful about the way the dazzling blooms open as the others are clos¬ 
ing in sleep, and remain open all night, reluctantly closing the next 
morning when the sun again gets bright. On cloudy days they some¬ 
times remain open all day as well. Night-blooming lilies will surely 
make your pool a show place during the hours when the grounds are 
most usually enjoyed by family and guests. Vigorous, five-inch pot 
plants, guaranteed to grow. Read our liberal guarantee, page 2. 
RED 
H. C. HAARSTICK. If you like red lilies we know this delightful new night-bloomer 
is sure to please. A conspicuous variety owing to its lai'ge well-shaped flowers 
and copper-colored leaves. The flowers are a brilliant red that will contrast beauti¬ 
fully with other lilies. Illustrated in color on page 7. $2. 
FRANK TRELEASE. The most popular lily of its type because of its rich color. The 
flowers are a dark crimson with mahogany colored stamens. The petals are long, 
narrow and rounded at the ends. The mottled, dark red and green of the young 
leaves merge to a bronze red in the matured plants. $1.65. 
DEVONSHIRE. The bright rosy red flowers of this lily bloom well out of the water. 
This plant is one of the most desirable of the night-bloomers. $1.25. 
PINK 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS. A new night-blooming water lily of great merit pro¬ 
duced at Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri. It produces exceedingly large 
cup-shaped flowers of an amaranth-pink color. This is certainly a splendid variety 
and a valuable addition to the list of night bloomers. $2. 
MRS. GEORGE C. HITCHCOCK. (Pring 1926) This valuable new addition to the 
pink flowering night-bloomers resembles Omarana, of which it is a seedling, 
but the flowers are much darker rose-pink and very much larger. Very lovely. $2. 
STURTEVANT. This exceedingly beautiful night-blooming lily is a splendid hybrid 
variety. The flowers are 8 to 12 inches across and a bright pink. This variety 
produces a striking effect when several of the immense flowers open in a group. It 
requires liberal treatment and a hot summer to bring it to its greatest perfection. 
One of the very best Nymphaeas, making an ideal center piece for a large pool. $1.75. 
Victorias in the aquatic garden of Benjamin 
R. Kittredge, Charleston, S. Car. 
VICTORIAS 
(V. Trickeri.) An interesting aquatic plant 
characterized by enormous leaves, often 6 
feet across, with the edges turned stiffly 
erect to the height of 3 to 8 inches. The 
weight of a man is easily supported by the 
leaves. Victorias thrive under the same con¬ 
ditions as the tender lilies but for full de¬ 
velopment require plenty of space. 
A variety which does well with proper 
care in the latitude of Cleveland. The flow¬ 
ers are enormous, 15 to 18 inches in diam¬ 
eter, opening white on the evening of the 
first day, and closing the middle of the fol¬ 
lowing morning. On the second day the 
flower opens about four o’clock in the after¬ 
noon and is colored a deep pink. The fra¬ 
grant flowers smell very much like a ripe 
pineapple. Adapted only to very large pools 
or natural ponds where they are very showy. 
$ 10 . 
EVENING STAR COLLECTION 
Our Three Finest 
Night-Blooming Tropical Lilies 
(Collection No. T-ll) 
Their beautiful blooms will add immeas¬ 
urably to the enjoyment of your pool during 
the evening hours. 
H. C. HAARSTICK. 
night-bloomer. 
MRS. GEORGE C. HITCH¬ 
COCK. Lovely dark rose- 
pink. 
MISSOURI. Finest white; 
a supreme beauty. 
New brilliant red 
WHITE 
MISSOURI. A fine, white flowering variety with the form and beauty of Sturtevant 
but without its touchy temperament. It will begin to bloom much sooner than 
Juno and is far more dependable. The young leaves are a light copperish brown 
when they first appear but soon develop to a dark green with deeply serrated edges. 
A supreme beauty. $3. 
JUNO (Dentata Superba). The most perfect modern flower developed by cultivation 
from the sacred white Lotus of Egyptian tradition. Blooms easily 8 to 12 inches 
across and persists all summer and fall, making the plant a magnificent sight in the 
morning. Has a flower of great deco¬ 
rative charm since it is composed of 
very broad, heavy petals that open 
widely revealing wide, flat, saffron yel¬ 
low stamens. Illustrated on page 11. 
$1.75. 
LOTUS DENTATA. A gorgeous white 
night bloomer. $1.25. 
Above: Emily Grant Hutchings. Center: H. C. Haarstick. Right: Mrs. George C. Hitchcock. 
(Photographs courtesy of Missouri Botanical Gardens.) 
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