BELDT’S AQUARIUM SAINT LOUIS, MO. 




















































LOTUS 
Nelumbiums 
are hardy and they should be 
planted in one foot deep boxes 
filled with good rich dirt. The 
boxes should be about 2 feet 
square and the top of box about 
6 inches under water. 
Nelumbium Speciosum 
Pink variety. C&@CNt...cescsccs---=-s- $1.50 
Potted plants can be supplied 
after June 1, each.................. 1.75 
Nelumbium Lutea 
Large yellow flowers, each 1.25 
Potted plants can be supplied 
atter June 1, each... 2 1.75 
Nelumbium Album Striatum 
White flowers, each.................. 1.50 
Potted plants after June 1, 
Cay 2 Od 4 Veet = ee eC eat opens 2.00 
Nelumbiums grow to about 4 
feet high, flowers about 8 inches 
diameter and leaves from 10 to 18 
inches across. They can not be 
shipped before May 20th. 
Special Nelumbium Collection 
(Above 3) 
One tuber of each variety for 
Onl|y) 366.8 S eee $3.75 
One potted plant of each va- 
riety foronl y=. eee 4.75 
Nelumbium Shiroman 
A rare and beautiful, very fra- 
grant double white lotus. On 
opening, the flowers are creamy 
with a greenish tint in some 
petals which color turns to pure 
white after being exposed to the 
mid-day sun. A strong growing 
plant, free flowering, the flowers 
frequently attaining a size of 12 
inches diameter. Strong tubers. 
Ce cea cn cca $2.00 
Nelumbium Roseum Plenum 
A beautiful double fiowering 
rose-colored lotus which often at- 
tain a size 12 inches across. Very 
fragrant globe-shaped flowers are 
produced in abundance during 
July and August. 


Lotus in My Pool 
Photograph of Our Water Lotus 
Our Lotus bed covers about three acres. It is best to 
plant Nelumbiums after the water has become warm, not 
before May 20, except in the south, when they may be 
Thalia divericata, left, and 
arundinaria tecta on the right 
growing among Marliac Carnea 




This thalia is not hardy, but the 
planted after April 15. They should be planted in tubs Cyperus Papyrus (Paper Plant) exotic effect is well worth its low 
24 inches in diameter or boxes containing 12 inches of Small plants, each $0.35 price of 75c. Arundinaria plants 
= PS AN AR an nn nan aeacnmasenans ° - slong tne 
rich soil. The box should be 12 inches below water ce ied tage tien Peieng 
surface. Large clumps, -each:..........2...... 1.00 at 50c each. 
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