Announcing ... NEW FACILITIES AT OUR GARDENS 
TO GIVE YOU BETTER SERVICE 
@ A New Cinder Block Packing and Store House. 
@ A New “Orlyt’”’ Greenhouse For Growing Tropical Water Lilies. 
@ A New Gravel Road From Main Highway To Our Gardens. 
(Both of above buildings were built almost entirely of non-essential war materials.) 
IF YOU CANNOT USE OUR CATALOG, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE IT TO SOMEONE 
WHO CAN? Thank You. 
GIANT ROOTS—Our Tropical Lilies are started with a special fertilizer. They have a tremendous 
root growth and will begin blooming immediately upon planting. Our Hardy Lilies and Lotus are 
grown in soil containing 20 to 30 per cent rotted dairy fertilizer. This assures our customers of the 
largest possible roots. We feel absolutely certain that our roots are unsurpassed in size and quality. 
HARDY ROOTS—All of our Hardy Water Lilies and Lotus pass the winters under the ice in our 
spring-fed ponds without special protection. Only strong and hardy roots can withstand such treatment. 
OUR GUARANTEE— We guarantee to send you large, blooming size, healthy roots and plants. 
If any plant fails to grow and we are notified by July Ist of this year, we will gladly replace, express 
collect. (Note: Lotus can not be replaced after June 15th because of root growth.) Should replacement 
be desired, please give probable cause of failure in detail. We guarantee live delivery of gold fish and 
scavengers. If more than 1 or 2 fish are lost in shipping and we are notified within 10 days, we will 
gladly replace number lost, express collect. Please do not ask for replacements if just one or two fish 
die as we always give a few extra fish with every order. NOTE: We can replace goldfish only when a 
BAD ORDER REPORT from your local express office accompanies the request. 
CUT RATE PRICES—You are invited to compare our prices with those of any other water lily 
concern. You will find our prices as low as the lowest, and much lower than those of many growers. 
You can also secure a tremendous saving through our Gift Lilies and Special Collections. 
$5.00 ORDERS—With every order of $5.00 (or more) we will include TWO SPECIAL water plants 
absolutely free. 
GIFT LILIES—(Please do not expect a gift lily if your order is a collection.) ONE FREE lily 
with every $10.00 (or more) order. Your choice of the following: Aurora, Marliac Flesh, W. B. Shaw, 
Golden Cup, or Neptune. TWO FREE LILIES with every $15.00 (or more) order. Your choice of 
above and one of following: Somptuosa, Morning Glory, Conqueror, Paul Hariot, or Rose Arey. 
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS—To save you money and time in making out your order we have 
grouped together desirable water lilies, lotus, and bog plants at greatly reduced prices. You are invited 
to make use of these bargains. 
HOW WE SHIP—Experience has taught us that EXPRESS COLLECT is the safest and best 
way to ship all lilies, aquatics, goldfish, and scavengers.—NO C. O. D. 
GIFT PLANTS WITH EVERY ORDER. So as to fully offset the cost of express to our customers, 
we make the following guarantee: We GUARANTEE to in- 
clude enough extra aquatic plants with every order (except 
orders for tubs) to cover 2 TIMES the cost of express. If for 
some reason we happen to slip up on this, please notify us and 
we will make satisfactory adjustments. We will select our extra 
aquatics from the following list: Water Iris, Wild Rice, Sweet 
Flag, Pickerel Rush, Giant Arrowhead, Water Hyacinth, Float- 
ing Heart, Cattail, Parrot Feather. In filling Goldfish orders, 
we will include 1 or 2 extra fish. 
ORDER EARLY—Very important! You will then be 
assured of the best of everything, besides helping us to avoid 
the rush. We will ship at proper planting time. 
Perry Slocum received his A.B. from Cornell in the Class of 1935. 
Since his graduation, he has spent much of his time and income estab- 
lishing one of the largest Water Lily and Goldfish Farms in the country. 
He now has 25 spring-fed ponds covering about 10 acres in production of 
Water Lilies and Goldfish. 
Perry Slocum personally fills or supervises the filling of every order 
that is shipped out from the Slocum Water Gardens. He will supply you 
with only the highest quality stock because he wants you and your 
friends to reorder from him next year. ; 

: ee Dee ; ae PERRY D. SLOCUM 
(Note: To avoid I-I-I- in this catalog, yours truly will use he or we.) Proprietor of Slocum Water Gardens 
FOR MORE NEWS ABOUT OUR GARDENS, SEE PAGE 10 
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