GUARANTEED TO GI1UW 
AND ID DLDOM 
We feel so sure you will be more than satisfied with 
our 2-year-old lilies that we guarantee them not alone 
to grow but to bloom! In fact, they are generally in 
flower when we ship them. Unlike other flowers it 
does not stop their blossoming when they are shipped 
for they seem to go on blooming without appreciable 
check. This is attested by the hundreds of letters we 
have received from pleased customers. 
If you are familiar only with ordinary pot grown 
Tropical Water Lilies raised in greenhouses you will 
have an agreeable surprise in our plants, one of whose 
leaves is often as large as a whole greenhouse plant! 
Greenhouse grown plants produce but one flowering 
crown, but our 2-year-old pool grown Blue Beauties 
split up into several crowns, each one of which flowers 
just as freely as a single pot grown plant. See the 
photograph in center below. 
A Magnificent Blue Free-Blooming 
Tropical Water Lily. 2-yr.-old Plants... 
BLUE BEAUTY 
OUR GIANT 2-YEAR-OLD PLANTS AT REAL SAVING IN PRICE 
The petals of this glorious blossom are a deep, brilliant blue 
circling the cup of golden stamens. It is a particularly vivid 
color. Each flower is immense, often exceeding 10 inches in 
diameter, and very fragrant, with a spicy sweetness all its 
own. They stand 6 to 8 inches above the water on stout stems. 
The leaves are oval, 6"-i0" across, depending upon •C'lMIl 
the space you allow them, deep green above and *P[ U U 
marked with purple blotches underneath. 
<- BLUE BEAUTY (Pennsylvania) 
3 Beautiful Lilies . . . 
BEAUTIFUL TRIO 
COLLECTION El 
The water lilies in this collection red, 
white and blue in color, are amongst 
our best selling varieties, each one war¬ 
ranted to give you many blossoms. They 
will bloom shortly after planting. 
BLUE BEAUTY. Blue. 
GLORIOSA. Red. 
GONNERE. Double White. 
These 13 Plants Stock a Pool 
Like This —> 
KIND OF PLANT. The plants we are ship¬ 
ping you grew and flowered freely in our 
pools last summer. When we ship them in 
May or June they are just commencing their 
summer growth and this is the ideal time to 
replant them for their large root is stored 
with food reserves. They grow off at once, 
often flowering the day after planting. 
HARDINESS. You will find them more re¬ 
sistant to late cold weather, too, for they are 
grown out-of-doors all winter in pools that 
often bear a scum of ice! They develop large 
leathery leaves and a hardy bulb-like rhi¬ 
zome like the Hardy Lilies and cannot go 
dormant or fail you. Greenhouse grown plants 
do not have this rhizome and in cold June 
weather disconcertingly often go completely 
dormant. 
HOW TO GROW THEM. They grow well 
anywhere in the United States or Canada. 
They prefer a sunny pool with from 6-10 
inches of water and do admirably in boxes 
15 to 24 inches square. If possible the boxes 
should be 8-12 inches deep. In small pools 
no boxes need be used. They like a rich, 
clay-loam garden soil—no swamp muck cr 
sand. For fertilizer cow or sheep manure is 
aood or our own special Water Lily Fer¬ 
tilizer. You will find them the easiest 
plants you have ever grown! 
fl AQUATIC PLANTS 
To Complete Pool 
In this group are all the plants needed 
to give a setting for the lilies. 
2 Tall plants for the sides or ends. 
2 Tall plants for the centerpiece. 
2 Plants for the Goldfish. 
2 Floating Plants. 
2 Shallow Water Plants. 
ALL COLLECTIONS ARE POSTPAID 
All 13 Plants Shown 
at Right and Left Only... J 
Why Not Have Flowers At Once! 
Dear Sirs: 
I am enclosing a snapshot of our pond, 
which has been lovely all summer. The Blue 
Beauty began blooming about a week after 
planting and I don't believe the pool has been 
without a blue flower since and most days 
there were four or five. The other lilies have 
bloomed very well also. I've intended writing 
you all summer to tell you the lilies arrived 
in perfect condition. 
Sincerely, 
MRS. M. LUTHER FACKLEN 
York, Penna. 
This kindly letter tells of the trustworthy 
performance of our sturdy 2-year-old Blue 
Beauty. I wish there were room to show you 
the picture of their charming pool. 
BLOOMED NEXT DAY 
Dear Sir: 
Your package arrived on June 1st and after opening 
and reading the planting Instructions I followed them. 
I’d had the tub ready awaiting their arrival. They 
came in very good condition. 
After planting my lilies I was much surprised and 
delighted to have the Blue Beauty greeting me the 
next day. It has been much admired. 
Very sincerely, 
SIRS. NELLIE O. SPROUL 
Margate, N. J. 
SIX OPEN BLOSSOMS 
Only 2-year-old plants bear more than one or 
two flowers at a time! 
August 5, 1940. 
"Your 2-year-old Tropicals are very reliable and 
sure to please. 1 enclose snapshot of your Blue 
Beauty which I purchased last summer." 
JOHN E. RING, 
North Chatham, N. Y. 
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