AT RIGHT 
Rhizomes of Hardy Water Lilies ae 
The size and vigor of our Hardy Water Lilies is due 
to our long sun-filled growing season. Note the sturdi- 
ness of the rhizomes and the vigorous root systems. The 
lily at the left is Comanche, at right Gloriosa. Our 
Hardy Lily roots average 5 to 7 inches in length accord- 
ing to the variety. The illustration shows the roots as 
you will receive them. 
MEER nano ai aa ee 
Our Hardy Lily Rhizomes average 5 fo 7 inches in length. 



Hardy Water Lilies Lead the Field 
Water Lily Growers Since 1876 
UR FIRM was originally founded at Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1876—not many 
years after the Civil War. For almost 20 years we were the only gardens supplying 
aquatics and during this period most of the important types of lilies were intro- 
duced. The Tropical Day Bloomers, the Night Bloomers, the hybrid Marliac varieties of 
Hardy Lilies, and the Egyptian Lotus, not to mention such universally grown aquatics as 
the Water Hyacinth and Water Poppy, all were grown then and introduced by us to 
American gardens. 
In 1894 our firm was removed to Hollywood, California, which at that time was the 
lush Cahuenga Valley, verdant with orange and lemon groves where now stand the movie 
studios and a busy thriving city. In 1920, needing more space, we moved to our present 
site at Hynes, near Long Beach. 
Our nursery comprises 10 acres of pools and greenhouses, besides many other addi- 
tional acres of pools wherein our many aquatic items are grown under ideal conditions. 

SECTION OF GREENHOUSES WHERE OUR 
VIEW OF OUTDOOR WATER LILY POOLS TROPICAL LILIES ARE STARTED ~ 
t ols are grown our Hardy Lilies They are later hardened to cold by moving 
sathess jclcalt CURCTEt? PO 5 y outdoors before shipping to you. 
and 2 year old Blue Triumph tropicals. 

