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=—=52 TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
MOST ENJOYABLE OF ALL 
YOUR pool will put on evening dress every night if you plant these 
majestic varieties of night-blooming lilies. There is something fanciful 
about the way the dazzling blooms open as the others are closing in 
sleep, and remain open all night, reluctantly closing the next morning 
when the sun again gets bright. On cloudy days they sometimes remain 
open all day as well. Night-blooming lilies will surely make your pool 
a show place during the hours when the grounds are most usually 
enjoyed by family and guests. Vigorous, five-inch pot plants, guaran- 
teed to grow. Read our liberal guarantee, page 2. 
RED 
H. C. HAARSTICK. As all colors stand out by contrast so the red of H. C. 
Haarstick becomes a dominating factor in every pool where it is planted. 
The brilliant red, large well shaped flowers and its copper colored leaves make it 
a most outstanding variety in any pool. Without question, this is our choice of 
the finest red flowering night-bloomers. (See color illustration on page 5.) $2.25. 

FRANK TRELEASE. An early introduction that continues well in popu- 
larity. The flowers are dark crimson in color and the stamens 
mahogany. The petals are long, narrow and rounded at the ends. At 
first the leaves are green, mottled with dark red which change to a 
bronzy red as the leaves mature. $2.00. 
DEVONSHIRE. Another very old variety still worth cultivating in any 
pool. Bright rosy flowers standing well up out of the water. A very 
choice and desirable night-bloomer. $2.00. 
PINK 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS. A new night-blooming water lily of great 
merit produced at Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri. It pro- 
duces exceedingly large cup-shaped flowers of an amaranth-pink color. 
This is certainly a splendid variety and a valuable addition to the list 
of night-bloomers. (See illustration on page 3.) $2.50. 
MRS. GEO. C. HITCHCOCK. This variety is really a glorified Omarana, 
one of the oldest hybrid water lilies. It is a real rose pink in color, 
producing flowers of greatest size. Easy to grow and a very valuable 
addition to the group of night-blooming water lilies. $2.25. 
STURTEVANT. This exceedingly beautiful night-blooming lily is a 
splendid hybrid variety. The flowers are 8 to 12 inches across and 
a bright pink. This variety produces a striking effect when several of 
the immense flowers open in a group. It requires liberal treatment and 
a hot summer to bring it to its greatest perfection. One of the very 
best Nymphaeas, making an ideal center piece for a'large pool. $2.00. 
WHITE 
MISSOURI. It is no more than right to place this variety at the head 
of the list of white night-bloomers. The flowers have the beauty 
and form of Sturtevant but none of its touchy tenderness. Blooms early. 
It is nothing unusual to have these flowers 12 inches across. The 
broad petals give the flower a most distinctive appearance. The young 
leaves are light coppery brown when they first appear but soon de- 
velop to a dark green with deeply serrated edges. Truly a supreme 
beauty. (See front cover.) $2.75 
JUNO. Under standardized plant names the old variety Dentata Su- 
perba became Juno. It is really the most perfect modern flower 
developed by cultivation from the sacred white Lotus of Egyptian tra- 
dition. Flowers 8 to 12 inches across are produced most freely through- 
out the summer and early fall. The flowers open very wide, almost 
flat. The stamens are saffron yellow in color. $2.00. 
VICTORIAS 
Benjamin R. Kittredge 
CYPRESS GARDENS 
Oakley Depot, S. Car. 
These masterpieces of nature are just the thing for a 
large pool. Above shows a gigantic Victoria from 
Tricker in the gardens of Dr. L. C. Fischer, near 
Chamblee, Ga. 
VICTORIAS (V. Trickeri.) An interesting aquatic 
plant characterized by enormous 
leaves, often 6 feet across, with the edges turned stiffly 
erect tc the height of 3 to 8 inches. The weight of a girl 
is easily supported by the leaves. Victorias thrive under the 
same conditions as the tender lilies but for full develop- 
ment require plenty of space. 
A variety which does well with proper care in the 
latitude of Cleveland. The flowers are enormous, 15 to 18 
inches in diameter, opening white on the evening of the first 
day, and closing the middle of the following morning. On, 
the second day the flower opens about four o’clock in the 
afternoon and is colored a deep pink. The fragrant flowers 
smell very much like a ripe pineapple. Adapted only to very 
large pools or natural ponds where they are very showy. $10. 

