EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS 
The rare Paper 
Plant. Has beautiful 
plumes of threadlike 
leaves. Grows in 
water .35c 
IMPERIAL TARO 
An Elephant Ear 
with handsome leaves 
marbled black. Grows 
in water 2" deep. 
Easy to grow.50c 
WATER IRIS 
Beautiful almost ev¬ 
ergreen foliage. Yel¬ 
low blossoms. Fine 
specimen plant for 
shallow water .25c 
PRIMROSE WILLOW 
Graceful willowy 
shrub, handsome yel¬ 
low blossoms. Grows 
in water 1 "-8" deep 
to 3 feet tall.35c 
PICKEREL RUSH 
Purple flowers on 
heart shaped leaves. 
Very hardy. Grows 
in water 2" to 12" 
deep .25c 
UMBRELLA PALM 
Plumy heads of rib¬ 
bon leaves. Grows 
rapidly. Water l"-6" 
deep, rich soil.25c 
Aquatic Collection for Larger Pools 
COLLECTION E21 
To make it easy to get just the right shallow water plants for 
your small pool I have here selected a number of the most popu¬ 
lar varieties. Plant them according to the instructions given with 
each plant in this catalog. 
YELLOW FLAG, PARROT FEATHER, WATER POPPY, UMBRELLA 
PALM, PICKEREL RUSH, PRIMROSE CREEPER, 2 WATER 
HYACINTH, SPIRAL PALM, CYPERUS PARAMATEN- $jJQ0 
Aquatic Collection for Small Pools 
COLLECTION E22 
EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS, 
2 AZURE PICKEREL 
PLANT, BUTTERCUP 
BUSH, 2 UMBRELLA 
PALM, 2 WATER POP¬ 
PY, 2 WATER HYA- 
For Pool 30 Square Feet 
CINTH, 2 PARROT 
FEATHER, WATER IRIS, 
2 PRIMROSE CREEPER, 
2 FISH GRASS, 
SPIRAL 
PALM.^ I JU 
AUGUST KOCH (One-half natural size) 
August Koch is a very free blooming Tropical Lily 
with handsome 6-inch wistaria-blue flowers 
particularly useful for shallow pools. Rec¬ 
ommended. 
$200 
SHALLOW WATER PLANTS 
•PYGMY EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS (Cyperus haspan). 
One of the very prettiest and most useful of our new 
introductions. Grows 18-24 inches tall, the leaves being 
very graceful and of brightest green. Its graceful 
habit and clusters of russet flower bracts make it 
doubly jpretty. 3 for $1.00; each.35c 
^EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS or Paper Plant. (Cyperus 
papyrus.) Grows equally well in damp soil or in 
the pool. Under good culture will reach 8 feet with 
huge plumy heads 15 inches across. Give it plenty 
of rich soil. 3 for $1.00; each.35c 
'SPIRAL PALM. (Cyperus vegetus.) Grassy foliage 
above which tall plumy heads of tawny flowers 
rise .25c 
'UMBRELLA PALM. (Cyperus alternifolius.) An old 
favorite with plumy heads of ribbon leaves. 5 for 
$1.00; each .25c 
^PICKEREL RUSH. (Pontederia cordata.) Spikes of 
purple flowers borne on heart-shaped leaves. Very 
attractive, woodsy looking and hardy. 5 for $1.00; 
each .25c 
+AZURE PICKEREL RUSH. (Pontederia monteviden- 
sis.) Everblooming spikes of azure blue blossoms 
borne on leaves from 2 to 5 feet tall. A fine plant for 
centerpiece or background. 3 for 75c; each.35c 
jiPORCUPINE GRASS. (Scirpus zebrinus.) Quill-like 
leaves strikingly banded white and green. Particularly 
handsome in early spring.25c 
'VARIEGATED SEDGE. (Juncus follicularis variega- 
tus.) One of the prettiest of these graceful, hardy 
aquatics with fine white banded leaves in early 
spring ..?..35c 
'BUTTERFLY RUSH. (Sagittaria papillosa.) Graceful 
spikes of fluttering butterly-like blossoms. The fan¬ 
like sprays of leaves grow 2 feet tall.35c 
'LANCE LEAF. (Sagittaria lancifolia.) A very hardy 
aquatic with tall spikes of white flowers with yellow 
centers .35c 
'CYPERUS PARAMATENSIS. This very pretty rush 
received the Award of Merit of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society of England. Hardy with crowded heads 
of reddish-brown plumes.25c 
EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS 
Each .35 c 
FLOATING HEART 
3 for .50c 
PORCUPINE GRASS 
Each .25c 
At right: 
PRIMROSE WILLOW 
With narrow leaves 
and yellow blossoms.,35c 
BUTTERCUP BUSH 
Continually in flower . 35c 
At far right: 
PYGMY PAPYRUS 
This fine small grow¬ 
ing aquatic is remark¬ 
able for its bright green 
mass of thread - like 
plumes .35c 
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