HARDY WATER LILIES 
for Pools 
and Tubs 
Our water lilies will bloom the first season, if planted between April Ist and July 15th. They may be safely 
planted any time before October Ist, but if started later than July 15th they may-not bloom until the following 
summer, 
Water Lilies and other aquatic plants are shipped from April to October. 
AURORA. The flowers open creamy yellow, chang- 
ing through orange to deep red as the flower ages. 
$2.00 each, postpaid. 
CHROMATELLA. Bright sulphur yellow flowers, 4 
to 6 inches across. Free bloomer, producing an end- 
less succession of large flowers. One of the easiest 
to grow. $2.00 each, postpaid. 
COMANCHE. Hardiest of all colored water lilies. 
Blooms open a rich apricot and. later change to 
bronze. The leaves are olive green flaked brown. $2.50 
each, postpaid. 
GLADSTONE. Pure white flowers with waxy petals 
and sulphur yellow heart. Of unusual size, often 
measuring 6 to 8 inches. $2.00 each, postpaid. 

Water Poppies 
7 WATER POPPY 
Large, bright yellow, poppy-like flowers borne in 
continuous profusion throughout the season. 
foliage floats on the surface of the water like a mini- 
It should be planted and eared for 
in the same manner as water lilies, but cannot be 
50c each; 3 for $1.25, postpaid. 
ature pond lily. 
left out in winter. 
CHINESE SACRED LOTUS 
Large, full double flowers of 
bright rosy-carmine carried on long stems well above 
Can be grown in a tub or in either a 
The King of Lotus. 
the foliage. 
large or small pool, even in a natural lake. 
flowers often reach a foot across and the leaves 
2 feet or more. Perfectly hardy. Roots $3.50 each, 
postpaid. 
to a 
Large flowers freely produced 
Ideal for pool or tub. $3.00 
GLORIOSA. Deep carmine-rose changing 
deeper red with age. 
throughout the season. 
each, postpaid. 
HELEN FOWLER. Deep pink with lighter center. 
Very fragrant and free flowering. $2.00 each, post- 
aid. ; 
PINK OPAL. Deep pink flowers of medium size. 
Well adapted to the small pool; fragrant and one of 
the best for cutting. $2.00 each, postpaid. 
ROSE AREY. Brilliant pink, fragrant flowers with 
pointed and incurved petals. A rapid grower and 
one of the finest of the pinks. $2.00 each, postpaid. 
SUNRISE. Largest of all hardy water lilies; the 
blooms often reaching eleven inches or more. The 
enormous flowers of clear sulphur-yellow are the first 
to open in the morning. Blooms continually from 
spring until frost. 
$3.00 each, postpaid. 
Leaves deep green flecked red. 
The 



Scavengers for the 
Aquarium and Pool 
Scavengers are the housekeepers of the pool 
or aquarium and are required in order to keep 
it in a sanitary condition for your fish. Snails 
feed om the green scum (algae) that develops in 
the pool. 
The 
SNAILS. A collection containing a general 
assortment, 6 for $1.00; 12 for $1.50, post- 
paid. 
Oxygenating Plants 
These plants are indispensable in a pool or aqua- 
rium where fish are present. They absorb many of 
the impurities of the water and 
which is necessary for the life and health of. your 
fish. They furnish cover and protection for the fish- 
during the heat of the day, and also supply them 
with green food. 
Plants received without roots can merely be placed 
liberate oxygen, ~ 
in the water or potted in soil where they will soon 
develop a root system. 
a well balanced collection of ten 
The collection will 
We offer here 
plants for either indoors or out. 
contain such plants as Anacharis, Cabomba, Lud- 
wigia, Myriophyllum, Sagittaria, Spatterdock and 
Vallisneria. 5 for $1.00; 10 for $1.50, postpaid. 
Other Outdoor Water Plants 
Natural ponds and pools contain many small plants, both above and 
They are necessary to maintain a natural and realistic 
appearance, as well as highly beneficial to aquatic life. 
SWEET FLAG. The native Flag. 
of swamp lands; ‘not an Iris. 
UMBRELLA PLANT. Used as a 
pot plant or in the pool. 
WATER FORGET-ME-NOT. An 
attractive shallow water plant. 
below the surface. 
FLOATING HEART. Rapid grow- 
ing plant similar to the lilies. 
Yellow flowers, 
FLOWERING RUSH. One of the 
_best for pools. Pink flowers. 
PARROT FEATHER. A rapid 
growing feathery plant partly sub- WATER HYACINTH. A floating 
merged. plant with spikes of blue flowers. 
PICKEREL PLANT. Grows 12 WATER IRIS. Blue. Smailer 
to 18 inches’ high bearing blue than the yellow variety. 
- flowers. 
: WATER IRIS. Yellow. A _ tall 
-. SHELL-FLOWER. A good plant- 
. for the shaded pool. ers. 
plants. 
_ PRICES—3 for $1.00; 6 for $1.65; 12 for $3.00, postpaid. 
<a 
growing variety with yellow flow- 
Grows in wet or dry ground. 
Because of special packing, we cannot accept orders for less than 3 

Water Hyacinth 


Hardy Water Lily Sunrise 
3 Water Lilies 
‘= $4.00 
Yellow 
White 
One each of Pink, Yellow and White—3 varieties of 
our selection for only $4.00, postpaid. 
Cobra Orchid 
It Catches Flies, Eats Raw Meat, 
Likes Ants and Bugs 
z One of the 
5 a most fascinating 
plants known to 
man, It resem- 
bles the hooded 
cobra of the jun- 
gles of India, 
and is one. of 
the few carniv- 
orous plants 
known to sci- 
ence. 
The plant has 
no leaves, the 
stalks are 
twisted and fun- 
nel shape, small 
at the bottom, 
growing larger 
with a rounded 
hood at the top 
from which hang 
two crimson and 
green appendages 
which have the 
appearance of 
feelers or whis- 
kers. 
The hood is beautifully colored, and mottled by 
white translucent areas through which the in- 
terior is lighted. Both hood and appendages bear 
many honey glands, the excretion from which 
tempts bugs, ants, flies, in fact all kinds of in- 
sects toward the mouth, an orifice on the under 
side.of the hood, and are lured inside the funnel- 
like stem from which they can not come back, as 
the stem is lined with innumerable little hair-like 
prongs all pointing downward, and once they get 
below a few of these points they have to con- 
tinue on downward where the victim is absorbed 
in the digestive fluid or liquid in the bottom of 
the stem. 
The Cobra Orchid, or Darlingtonia, is a peren- 
nial which will grow year after year out of doors, 
provided it is given a shady position and never 
allowed to become dry. Along the banks of a pool 
is an ideal place. It also may be grown as a 
house plant, in pots of sandy soil and leaf mould. 
If kept in a room free from all insects, it is 
advisable once or twice weekly to place a few 
small particles of raw beef, about the size of a 
grain of wheat, in the orifice for its nourishment; 
however, if placed where there are other plants, 
in the average room, a sufficient number of insects 
will be attracted from them, making artificial feed- 
ing unnecessary. : * 
The Cobra Orchid blooms in the spring, having 
unusual purple and yellow flowers. 
Plants, $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50, postpaid. 
















































Curgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

