Finest in TROPICAL WATER LILIES 
Tropical Water Lilies are the largest, most fragrant and loveliest of water lilies. Some varieties average 8 to 12 inches 
across, many being actually larger than a dinner plate. Their exotic fragrance can often be detected at a distance of 
several feet. In general, Tropicals are better bloomers than the Hardies and are at their best in the later summer and 
fall when the Hardies are on the decline. There are two types of Tropicals, Day Bloomers and Night Bloomers. Both 
are best treated as annuals. Give them at least a 4 foot space if you want them at their best. (Panama Pacific and 
August Koch, however, will do splendidly in a half barrel, tub or very small pool as their leaf spread is more confined.) 
Flowers are held 6 to 18 inches above water. 
Tropical lilies are just as easy 
to grow as the hardy lilies. Just 
fill any box (should be at least 
18 inches across and one foot 
deep), tub, half barrel, or bushel 
basket with rich soil, cover over 
with one inch layer of sand, and 
sink into pool. Always plant 
tropicals after the box er tub has 
been placed in the pool. Reason: 
Tropicals have very thin leaves 
and the sun or wind will soon 
wither them if they are left out 
of water. 
Tropicals should not be set out 
until warm weather definitely 
arrives. Reason: They might 
become stunted by the cold and 
never recover. We ship most of 
our Tropicals in early and mid- 
dle June. To Southern custom- 
ers, however, we can ship as 
early as May 20th, if desired. 
A GIANT BUDDED TROPICAL 
(variety, Blue Beauty) such as WE 
SHIP to our customers. Notice the 
NUMEROUS BUDS, the FLOWER, 
the HEAVY ROOT DEVELOPMENT, 
and ABUNDANT LEAF GROWTH. 
Such GIANT, BUDDED PLANTS 
have a head start on the plants of most 
growers. For MORE AND LARGER 
BLOOMS, GROW OUR GIANT, 
BUDDED TROPICALS! 


A good example of a Day Blooming Tropical as grown in the large pool of George E. Wood, East 
Haven, Conn. Notice that there are 8 blooms present, all held above the water. Tropical Lilies will 
outbloom any Hardy Lily if they are well fed. Mr. Wood ordered 25 lbs. of our Slocum’s Perfection 
Fertilizer last season. 
The Tropicals we ship are started with a special fertilizer and hardened off in 
outdoor pools. They ship better and grow better than the plants taken directly from 
a greenhouse which most growers ship. 
The plants we ship are not only budded but are usually in full bloom. (Occasional 
exceptions: Night Blooming Tropicals which by nature bloom a little later than Day 
Bloomers.) For MORE and LARGER BLOOMS, GROW OUR GIANT BUDDED 
TROPICALS! 
PINK 
MRS. C. W. WARD: Undoubtedly, the showiest deep pink tropical of them all. 
Exceptionally free blooming. Flowers are held about 18 inches above the water. 
(Illustrated in color on Page 19.) A GIANT PLANT, $2.50. 
GENERAL PERSHING: Beautiful orchid-pink. Often called ‘The Most Beauti- 
ful of All Water Lilies.”” Flowers often reach 10 inches across. Flowers have creases 
in them which add greatly to the beauty of the flower. A very delightful fragrance. 
A free bloomer. (Illustrated in color on Page 19. However, it averages much nearer 
the size of Mrs. Whitaker than illustration indicates.) A GIANT PLANT, $2.75. 
BLUES 
BLUE BEAUTY: A gorgeous deep blue. Often reaches nearly a foot across. Very 
free blooming. Highly fragrant. One of the greatest of all tropicals. (Illustrated in 
color on Front Cover.) A GIANT PLANT, $2.50. 
MRS. EDWARDS WHITAKER: The Queen of all light blue water lilies. A mag- 
nificent heavenly-blue. One of the two largest water lilies in the world. (The other 
is Missouri—white night bloomer.) Flowers average 10 to 11 inches across. Often 
reach 13 inches—much larger than dinner plates. (Illustrated in color on Page 19.) 
A GIANT PLANT, $2.50. 
PURPLE AND VIOLET 
(Two varieties below develop small plants in center of leaves which also bloom in 
late summer. ) 
PANAMA PACIFIC: Rich lilac-purple. Splendid for tub garden or small pool. 
(Illustrated in color on Page 19.) A GIANT PLANT, $2.50. 
AUGUST KOCH: One of the greatest water lilies of them all. Petals are a deep 
bluish violet. The sepals are lilac-purple. (Illustrated in color on Page 19.) A GIANT 
PLANT, $2.50. 
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