BELDT’S AQUARIUM 
SAINT LOUIS, MO 
TROPICAL WATER LILIES . . . DAY BLOOMER 
Gracillis Rubra (Red Star)—$1.50 each 
BLUE COLORS—Con’t. 
PURPLE SHADES 
BLUE COLORS 
Caerulea Blue 
Ancient Blue Lotus of the Nile, 
flowers 4 to 6 inches across, car¬ 
ried well above the water. Price 
each .$1.00 
Henry Shaw 
Named in honor of the founder 
of the Missouri Botanical Gar¬ 
dens. Flowers beautifully blue. 
Delightfully fragrant. Price 
each .$1.50 
William Stone 
This is a beautiful and attrac¬ 
tive deep blue-purple lily. The 
flowers are 8 inches across and 
star shaped. Price each.$1.00 
*Mrs. Edward Whitaker 
The largest flowering day 
blooming hybrid from Ovalifola 
and Castaliiflora. Colors in 
shades of light blue or dark, blue. 
Price each.$1.00 
*Dauben 
A well-known viviparous day 
bloomer. The small light blue 
flowers are produced freely. A 
good plant for small pools and 
aquariums. Price each.$1.00 
*Marmorata 
This variety produces perhaps 
one of the most beautiful leaves 
of all tender nymphaeas. The 
leaves are medium green colored 
with large blotches and squares 
of brown. The flowers, which are 
12 inches across, are blue on the 
first day they are open and grad¬ 
ually become lighter. (See color 
illustration on page 5.) Price 
each .$1.50 
Blue Star 
A beautiful deep blue variety 
about 7 inches across, the flowers 
at times are carried 18 inches 
above water. A very strong 
grower and prolific bloomer. 
Price each.$1.00 
Colonel Lindbergh 
A deep caerulean blue variety 
producing flowers up to 12 inches 
across which tower well above 
the water. The oval shaped 
leaves are blotched with brown. 
Price each.$2.00 
*A11 lilies with star in front of name 
are viviparous, which means that young 
plants are produced from center of 
leaves. Tropical lilies should not be 
planted until latter part of May, or 
early June, and they should only be 
planted about 4 or 5 inches below wa¬ 
ter surface. 
*Mrs. Woodrow Wilson 
A hybrid produced from Mrs. 
Woodrow Wilson and Castalii¬ 
flora. A dark lavender-blue 
flower, 8 to 10 inches across. 
Price each.$1.25 
Violet 
A hybrid produced by George 
Pring. This plant produces dis¬ 
tinct curly-edged leaves. Flowers 
up to 8 inches across are pro¬ 
duced in abundance. Colors vio¬ 
let-blue. Fragrant. An outstand¬ 
ing recent introduction. Price 
each .$1.50 
Wm. T. Innes 
A sky blue water lily produc¬ 
ing large 10 inch flowers in abun¬ 
dance, the leaves are speckled 
brown, does extremely well in 
shady pools as well as in sunny 
exposures. A hybrid of Zansibar 
rosea and Mrs. G. H. Pring. Our 
own creation. (See No. 2 Front 
Cover.) Price each.$2.00 
Blue Bird 
A full flowering navy blue hy¬ 
brid. The flowers are 8 inches 
across and produced in abund¬ 
ance. A very good blue. N. Y. Bot. 
Gardens. Price each.$1.50 
Pennsylvania (Blue Beauty) 
Deep blue flowers which get a 
foot across if plant is given 
enough root space. The leaves are 
speckled brown. A good plant for 
small or large pools. Price....$1.50 
*August Koch 
Produced in the lily pools at 
Garfield Park, Chicago, by Mr. 
August Koch. The flowers are 
purple lilac and the petals a pale 
violet color, 7 to 8 inches in di¬ 
ameter, open four to six days. 
Price each.$1.50 
*Royal Purple 
A hybrid produced by A. S. 
Buskirk. A very deep red purple 
and a strong grower. Flowers 
5-6 inches across. Very fragrant. 
An outstanding recent introduc¬ 
tion. (See No. 8 front cover.) 
Price each.$2.00 
*Panama-Pacific 
A hybrid produced by William 
Tricker. The predominant color 
is reddish-purple and the stamens 
are yellow. Very fragrant and 
most prolific in blooms. Price 
each .$1.50 
Imperial 
A hybrid from August Koch 
and Caerulea producing very fra¬ 
grant purple flowers about 6 
inches across. A strong grower. 
Good for smaller pools. Free 
flowering under crowded condi¬ 
tions. Our own hybrid. (See No. 
4, Front Cover.) Price.$1.25 
PINK SHADES TO RED 
General Pershing 
A hybrid from Mrs. Whitaker 
and Castaliifolia. The pink flow¬ 
ers are delightfully fragrant and 
open early in the morning. 
Strong plants. Price each.$1.50 
Zansibar Rosea 
A delightfully pink shaded day 
blooming lily producing flowers 
about 6 to 8 inches across, very 
free flowering. (See No. 5-6, 
Front Cover.) Price each.$1.00 
*Mrs. Sawyer (Independence) 
A new viviparous day bloom¬ 
ing lily, the leaves are shaded 
with brownish red and the flow¬ 
ers are very deep pink. Very 
vigorous and free flowering. 
Price each.$1.00 
Rose Star (Mrs. Ward) 
The flowers are carried well 
above water and get about 8 
inches in diameter. They are of 
a beautiful rose-pink color with 
long golden stamens. Price 
each .$1.25 
Gracillis Rubra (Red Star) 
This star lily has wine red 
flowers which like the other star 
lilies are carried well above wa¬ 
ter. Price each.$1.50 
Shirley Marie 
A large flowering deep pink of 
unusual merits. The flowers are 
10 to 12 inches across. Very 
free flowering and attractive. 
A strong grower. N. Y. Bot. 
Gardens. Price each.$2.50 
WHITE 
Mrs. George H. Pring 
A new water lily, pure white in 
color, flowers 8 to 10 inches 
across. Very fragrant and pro¬ 
lific. (See No. 1, Front Cover.) 
Price each .$1.50 
Snow White 
A hybrid produced from the 
Independence through self pol- 
lenation, the flowers are carried 
erect on a strong stem, are cup¬ 
shaped and 6 to 8 inches across. 
One of the best white tropical 
lilies. Our own creation. (See No. 
3, Front Cover.) Price.$2.50 
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