

HE cool, scintillating beauty of Tropical Water Lilies 
spells glamour for your garden. Who can resist their 
haunting fragrance and amazing assortment of exquisite 
colors? For cut flowers and striking table decorations, 
they are unsurpassed. Try some new varieties this year. 
EASY TO GROW 
No flower in the garden is as easy to grow as the Water Lily—no 
weeding—no watering—no hoeing. The insert in the center of this catalog 
gives full planting instructions. Tropical Lilies adapt themselves to the 
soil available. If soil is insufficient for full blooming, they merely produce 
smaller flowers. The quantities of flowers produced are remarkable. Some 
plants produce over 100 blossoms in one season. 
DAY-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
The Day-Blooming Tropical Lilies display their beauty from early 
morning until late afternoon. They bring to the daylight hours the same 
elegance displayed by the night-bloomers in the evening. Here you will 
find a very complete collection of the most desirable varieties, 
BLUE VARIETIES 
BLUE BEAUTY (or Pennsylvania). One of the oldest hybrid, blue 
flowering water lilies produced by the late William Tricker, it has 
really become a standard variety in spite of the many excellent blue lilies 
later produced. Flowers are 10-12 inches across and deep blue in color. 
Stamens are yellow and the sepals are marked on the outside with purple 
lines and dots. Blossoms are small in restricted areas, but if given plenty 
of soil and room, will produce flowers of largest size. (See color illustra- 
tion, page 6.) $2.50. 
VICTORY TRIO 
(Collection No. T-30) 
Glorious as Victory is this color- 
ful trio of Day and Night Bloom- 
ing Water Lilies, providing beauty 
and glamour for your _ pool 
twenty-four hours a day. 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS 
Red, night blooming lily. (See 
illustration to the right.) 
JUNO. White, night blooming. 
Flowers freely through summer 
and early fall. 
HENRY SHAW. Campanula-blue, 
day blooming. Delightfully 
fragrant. Blooms freely. 
The 3 for only 
Tropica Water Liwies 
the glamour plants of the garden 
HENRY SHAW. An outstanding blue flowering variety. Lovely cam- 
panula-blue in color with stamens of lemon-chrome tipped with a 
lighter campanula-blue than the petals. This variety is of moderate 
growth, blooms freely and has a delightful fragrance. Splendid for small 
pools. An excellent day-blooming variety named in honor of the founder 
of the Missouri Botanical Gardens. $2.25. 
COL. LINDBERGH. Very large flowers, wide petals, a true cerulean- 
blue, pleasing fragrance, color and beauty. Flowers are borne on long 
stems towering above the surface of the water, which suggests its name. 
Interesting leaves, large in size and oval in shape, marbled with brown 
on the top and flaked with purple and green blotches beneath. A Tricker 
hybrid. $2.25. 
MRS. EDWARDS WHITAKER. This variety is perhaps the most strik- 
ing of all the day-blooming lilies because of its great size. It has been 
known to produce flowers 13% inches across. The color is lavender-blue 
fading slightly as the bloom ages. Always greatly admired at exhibitions. 
The petals are slightly rounded at the tips. While it is at its best in a 
large pool, it can be grown in smaller quarters. A very free and con- 
tinuous bloomer. (See color illustration on page 14.) $2.50. 
MARMARATA. Almost identical with Mrs. Edwards Whitaker in de- 
scription of its flowers, the main difference being in the foliage. The 
leaves are beautifully mottled and streaked with chestnut brown which 
makes it an outstanding variety. In our experience this variety has been 
a slightly more abundant bloomer than Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. $2.25. 
BLUE BIRD. One of our own introductions. The beautiful cup-shaped 
blossoms are produced in profusion on strong stems. The flowers are six 
to eight inches across and open five to six successive days. The color is a 
really true blue. It has the characteristically compact growth of the 
viviparous type of water lily. $3.50. 
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