
HE spell of the Nile still hovers around the blossoms 
of the Sacred Lotus even when this strikingly beau- 
tiful plant is grown in our twentieth century gardens. 
Four thousand years ago in the sacred gardens of Egypt, 
where dwelt the priests and where the people came to 
worship, there were pools of granite porphyry in 
which the Sacred Lotus grew, dedicated to the ancient 
deities. The Lotus, springing from the mud, lifting its 
golden-headed blossoms high over the water and opening 
pure and spotless to the sun, was symbolic of the rise 
of the soul of man. 
There is perfect beauty in the leaf, bud and opened 
flower of the Lotus. The great concave, shield-like leaves, 
often 2 feet in diameter, and many petaled flowers, like 
gigantic roses with delightful fragrance, form a striking 
picture of great artistic quality. Cultural directions on 
Insert Page D. 
Prices are for tubers. The potted plants of each variety are avail- 
able at an additional cost of $1 each. 
EGYPTIAN LOTUS (Nelumbium Speciosum). This is the true 
flower of the Egyptians and possesses a strange haunting fra- 
grance. The blossoms are an attractive pink. An excellent variety 
that grows very hardy and freely in the latitude of Cleveland. 
Tubers, $2.50. 
ASIATIC LOTUS (Album Grandiflorum or Magnolia). A _ splendid 
white Lotus of gorgeous beauty. The flower is a fine, pure white 
of large size and delicate fragrance. The leaves are large and deep 
green color. One of the best white Lotus. Tubers, $2.50. 
AMERICAN LOTUS (Nelumbium Lutea). The perfect yellow flowers 
of this variety attain a diameter of 8 to 10 inches. Sometimes 
this is known as the Water Chinquapin, especially in those parts of 
the country where it grows in the wild. Tubers, $2.50. 
FLAVESCENS. All of the Nelumbiums (Lotus) are so strikingly 
beautiful that it is difficult to select one variety more beautiful 
than the others. However, Flavescens is a most welcome newcomer 
that has pleasing cream-colored flowers. It is very free blooming. 
Tubers, $3.00. 


Flowers and Seed Pod of the Egyptian Lotus. 
DOUBLE FLOWERING ROSE LOTUS 
(Nelumbium Roseum Plenum) 
Deep rose pink, Beautiful globular flowers which are very double. Double- 
flowering Nelumbiums are very rare. Tubers, $3.50. 
SPECIAL LOTUS COLLECTION No. L-1 
One each of the three, Egyptian, Asiatic and American Lotus, de- 
scribed to the left. A beautiful trio—pink, white and yellow. 
(VialuerS 7550 CLO a. octet eterersverolete 
MISSOURI 
(Left) 
A giant, white flowering variety with ex- 
tremely double petals. Blooms 8 to 12 inches 
across make a magnificent sight in the morn- 
ing. The young leaves are a copper color at 
first, but soon turn a dark green with deeply 
serrated edges. A supreme beauty. $2.75. 
“IT wanted to let you know how much we enjoy 
the Water Lilies from you. The Missouri lily 
has blossomed continually, sometimes with more 
than one flower open at a time. The flowers are 
huge—easily a foot across when wide open. We 
like your night-blooming lilies—they close only 
during the heat of the afternoon.” 
Alice L. Nyberg, Oxford, Conn. 

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