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OF WATER LILIES 
Water Lilies are definitely No. 1 in the parade of popular 
flowers. Their exquisite fragrance and sheer beauty of 
blooms are unsurpassed, and no other flower offers such 
variety of color. The hostess finds them excellent for cut 
flowers and they make striking table decorations. Certainly 
you get a maximum of beauty at minimum cost when you 
grow Tropical Water Lilies in your pool. 
EASY TO GROW 
No flower in the garden is as easy to grow as the Water 
Lily—no weeding—no watering—no hoeing. The insert in 
the center of this catalog gives full planting instructions. 
Tropical Lilies adapt themselves to the soil available. If 
soil is insufficient for full blooming, they merely produce 
smaller flowers. The quantities of flowers produced is really 
remarkable. Some plants produce over 100 blossoms in one 
season. 
DAY-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
The Day-Blooming Tropical Lilies display their beauty 
from early morning until late afternoon. They bring to the 
daylight hours the same elegance displayed by the night- 
bloomers in the evening. Here you will find a very complete 
collection of the most desirable varieties. 
BLUE VARIETIES 
BLUE BEAUTY (or Pennsylvania). One of the oldest hy- 
brid, blue flowering water lilies produced by the late 
William Tricker, it has really become a standard variety in 
spite of the many excellent blue lilies later produced. Flow- 
ers are 10-12 inches across and deep blue in color. Stamens 
are yellow and the sepals are marked on the outside with 
purple lines and dots. Blossoms are small in restricted 
areas, but if given plenty of soil and room, will produce 
flowers of largest size. (See color illustration, page 6.) $2.50. 
HENRY SHAW. An outstanding blue flowering variety. 
Lovely campanula-blue in color with stamens of lemon- 
chrome tipped with a lighter campanula-blue than the 
petals. This variety is of moderate growth, blooms freely 
and has a delightful fragrance. An excellent day-blooming 
variety named in honor of the founder of the Missouri 
Botanical Gardens. (See color illustration on page 5.) $2.25. 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS 






















MRS. C. W. WARD 
COL. LINDBERGH. Very large flowers, wide petals, a true 
cerulean-blue, pleasing fragrance, color and beauty. Flowers 
are borne on long stems towering above the surface of the 
water, which suggests its name. Interesting leaves, large in size 
and oval in shape, marbled with brown on the top and flaked 
with purple and green blotches beneath. A Tricker hybrid. $2.25. 
MRS. EDWARDS WHITAKER. This variety is perhaps the 
most striking of all the day-blooming lilies because of its 
great size. It has been known to produce flowers 13% inches 
across. The color is lavender-blue fading slightly as the bloom 
ages. Always greatly admired at exhibitions. The petals are 
slightly rounded at the tips. While it is at its best in a large 
pool, it can be grown in smaller quarters. A very free and con- 
tinuous bloomer. $2.50. 
MARMARATA. Almost identical with Mrs. Edwards Whitaker 
in description of its flowers, the main difference being in the 
foliage. The leaves are beautifully mottled and streaked with 
chestnut brown which makes it an outstanding variety. In our 
experience this variety has been a slightly more abundant 
bloomer than Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. $2.25. 
PINK VARIETIES 
*INDEPENDENCE. A Tricker variety in the viviparous group 
produced at Independence. The deep pink color of the stamens 
seems to have a background of violet. While not of the greatest 
size, the flowers are borne profusely and have very many petals. 
The flowers open earlier and close later than most of the day 
bloomers, $2.25. 
GENERAL PERSHING. Here, indeed, is an outstanding 
variety of pink day-bloomers which was named in honor of 
our great General Pershing. There is no question of it 
being the finest of the pink tender lilies, both in size and 
color. The flowers are of great size, full petaled, delightfully 
fragrant and open early in the morning. The dark green 
buds are striped with purple. A most prolific bloomer. 
(See color illustration on page 6.) $2.75. 
MRS. C. W. WARD. A most charming variety with 
petals of rich rose-pink illuminated by a mass of golden 
stamens. Flowers are borne well out of the water, with the 
profusion of Gracilis type from which it is a descendant. 
An old hybrid which has withstood competition of later 
introductions. $2.25. 
(Continued on page 4) 

/*AN INTERESTING VARIETY—Indicates the leaf propa- 
gating varieties. All of this group have the interesting 
characteristic of, occasionally, producing young plants on 
the surface of the leaves. Often these small plants bear 
flowers. Some of the viviparous varieties are much more 
prolific in this manner than others. 
PAC ESS 
