a... HARDY OR PERENNIAL WATER LILIES —--— 
Everybody loves the hardy water lilies. The word water lily stands for purity. With their beautiful flowers and 
pads floating upon the water, the hardy lily is a perfect symbol of purity. A lovely pool of hardy lilies with shrubs or 
a rock garden for the background is truly a poet’s paradise. Hardy lilies are equally at home in the concrete pool, tub 
or half barrel. (See page 22). They are PERENNIALS and will bloom year after year. 
Hardy lilies are one of the easiest of all flowers to grow. Just plant them horizontally in a box (2 feet square x 1 foot 
deep), half barrel, or bushel basket, and watch them grow. They do best with about 1 foot of water over their roots. For 
best results mix Slocum’s Perfectum (the perfect water lily fertilizer) into soil. Hardy lilies can also be planted directly 
into bottom of pool. (See page 22 for PLANTING TUBS.) 

Hardy lilies are all day bloomers. They open in 
the early morning and close in the afternoon. Each 
flower lasts 3 to 5 days. Hardy lilies bloom con- 
tinuously all summer long. Our Hardy lilies are 
all grown with Rotted Dairy Fertilizer, We ship 
the largest roots that grow! 
Notice: By nature the following varieties form smaller 
roots than other varieties: Aurora, Paul Hariot, Rose Arey, 
Pink Opal, W. B. Shaw, Snowball. James Brydon is generally 
smaller than other red varieties but we have a limited supply of 
giant roots on hand this year. 
WHITE 
SPECIAL VALUE 
SNOWBALL (Gonnere): This is the 
Queen of all Hardy Water Lilies. It is more 
often chosen favorite than any other variety 
by visitors to our pools. It is so far superior 
to all other white hardy water lilies that it is 
the only white which we list. The flower is 
very double, resembling a huge snowball. 
Actually, it has more petals than any other 
water lily. When well established, it is a free 
bloomer. (See illustrations). A GIANT 
ROOT, $2.50. 

YELLOWS 
SUNRISE: This is the largest of all hardy water 
lilies. It averages 8-10 inches in diameter and is 
truly a sensation. Visitors to the pools seeing it 
for the first time always go into ecstasies over it. 
It has very long slender petals. The color is a 
beautiful sulphur yellow. Be sure to order this one. 
(By nature the first few leaves each spring are oddly 
curled.) (Illustrated in color on Front Cover). 
GIANT ROOT, $2.75. 

TL 
SPECIAL VALUE 
GOLDEN CUP (Chromatella): The name 
describes it perfectly. One of the most pro- 
fuse bloomers of all water lilies. Two or three 
blooms per plant daily throughout the sum- 
mer is the usual case. Six or eight blooms at 
a time is not at all uncommon. We recom- 
mend this for any size pool, including 
tub gardens. Leaves are beautifully mot- 

A little friend of ours, Betsey Lou Ross, age 9, with SNOW BALL, the Queen tled with purple. (Illustrated in color on 
of all white water lilies. ‘“‘Wouldn’t you like one, too?” she asks. This im- page 5 and back cover.) A GIANT ROOT 
mense double white lily resembles a huge snowball as it floats upon the water. $1.75 ; ; 
Often 7 inches across. $2.00. 

PINKS 
AMABALIS: A huge star shaped lily that is truly container and allowed to form a colony of several roots 
magnificent. Thecolor isa light-medium pink, being deep- (requires 2 or 3 months), it is free flowering. (Illustrated 
er in the center of the flower. ‘‘Amabalis’” is French for in color on back cover.) A GIANT ROOT, $2.25. 
pleasing’ and truly that describes this lovely flower. SOMPTUOSA:. A tichistrawbere pik meNamiecked 
One of the first to bloom in the spring and last to stop in and spotted as are Splendidan Neptine Rariaermienec: 
ee eee ate in color on page 9.) other free blooming deep pinks. A delicate, but noticeable, 
‘ Ss Se fragrance. Exceptionally free blooming. Medium sized 
ROSE AREY: The “sweetheart” of all water lilies! flowers, 5 inches across. One of the first lilies to bloom in 
A magnificent deep salmon pink with beautiful the spring. Plant it with GOLDEN CUP. The contrast 
rolled petals. The most fragrant hardy water lily. The of pink and yellow is magnificent! (Illustrated in color on 
“PICARDY” of water lilies. When planted in a large page 5.) A GIANT ROOT, $2.25. 
