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^^|-||Tp Mrs. Geo. H. Pring. This is one of the 
new varieties and by far the best pure white 
tropical lily. It produces large fragrant white flowers. 
Price, $1.75 each. 
Gracilis. This is the tender white star-shaped lily of 
Mexico. The flowers are fragrant. Much smaller in size 
than the Mrs. Geo. H. Pring, and rise above the water 
from 12 to 15 inches. It is pure white with yellow stamens. 
Price, $1.50 each. 
PINK Mrs. C. W. Ward. This is a deep rosy pink 
flower with golden yellow stamens tipped with 
pink. The flowers are from 8 to 10 inches across. It is a 
very strong plant and a very desirable variety. 
Price, $2.00 each. 
General Pershing. This is one of the new lilies produced 
by Geo. Pring at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. The flow¬ 
ers are from 8 to 10 inches across and open from four to 
six days. This flower is rather unique in that it opens as 
early as 7 A. M. and remains open until 7 P. M. The 
flowers are very fragrant and are borne about 12 inches 
above the water. The buds are dark green, striped with 
dark purple. The flowers are delightfully fragrant, and 
are of a fine bright pink color. It is one of the best of 
tbe pinks. Price, $2.25 each. 
Rl MC Pennsylvania. (Blue Beauty.) This is one 
^ of the most popular of the blue lilies. The 
flowers are large and well borne above the water. The leaves 
are slightly speckled with brown. It can be used for tub or 
pool. It blooms continuously from early in the summer until 
frost. It has yellow stamens tipped with blue. 
Price, $2.00 each. 
Mrs. Ed. Whitaker. This is one of the newer hybrid 
water lilies. It is also a production of Mr. Pring of the 
Missouri Botanical Gardens. It is one of the largest of the 
day bloomers. The flowers are lavender blue on first open¬ 
ing, getting paler after the flower ages. They often reach 10 
inches in diameter. The leaves are beautifully mottled and 
are streaked with dark red. One of the remarkable features 
of this lily is the fact that it opens as early as 6:30 in the 
morning, and does not close until 7:30 at night. There is no 
other lily that remains open for so long a time. 
Price, $2.25 each. 
BISSET, PINK NIGHT BLOOMER 
Dauben. This is a very light, rather small, blue lily. It is 
especially adapted for tub culture. It is a variety which will 
sprout additional lilies from the center of its leaves, and 
these new plants will often send forth bloom while they are 
still attached to the parent plant. Price, $1.25 each. 
Mrs. Woodroiv Wilson. A dark lavender blue with yellow 
stamens tipped with lavender. Flowers from 7 to 8 inches 
across. Price, $2.00 each. 
Zanzabariensis. This is the best small dark blue water 
lily in cultivation. It is extremely free to flower and 
growth, the flowers are from 5 to 8 inches across. Petals 
are deep blue, sepals green on the outside, purplish blue 
on the inside. The flower is very fragrant, and blooms 
throughout the season. Price, $1.50 each. 
pijppi p Panama Pacific. This is surely one of the 
most popular and promising of the day 
bloomers. It is a free bloomer, giving strong healthy plants. 
On first opening the flowers are rich rosy red; when fully 
opened the color is a deep reddish purple with yellow sta¬ 
mens. This plant also will throw young plants from its 
leaves which will frequently flower while still attached to 
the parent plant. Price, $2.00 each. 
August Koch. Flowers are from 7 to 8 inches in diameter, 
and rise from 8 to 10 inches out of the water. The petals 
are a pale wisteria violet. It is an excellent variety, very 
free in bloom. It produces some young plants from the sur¬ 
face of the leaves. We recommend this as one of the easiest 
of the tropicals to grow as it requires very little attention. 
Price, $2.00 each. 
Henry Shatv. A very popular sweet scented blue with 
chrome colored stamens. A very free bloomer. One plant 
alone may have from five to six blooms at one time. 
Price, $1.75 each. 
William Stone. A star-shaped blue flower from 5 to 7 
inches in diameter, borne well above the water. Especially 
good for cut flower. A very free bloomer. 
Price, $2.00 each. 
A reputable, well rated house. Only forty miles from 
Washington and forty-five miles from Baltimore. 
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