







AUGUST KOCH 


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.) $2.75. 
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. 
BAGDAD. The combination of leaf and flower in this 
variety gives an extremely rich effect not unlike a 
Persian rug—hence the name. The leaves are conspicu- 
ously marked with patches of dark reddish brown. The 
broad flat flowers are borne rather close to the leaves and 
are gold centered with pale wisteria-blue petals. It is a 
very striking plant in any pool. $5.00. 

MRS. C. W. WARD” 
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. $2.50. 
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. $2.50. 
MRS. EDWARDS WHITAKER. This variety is perhaps the most 
striking of all the day-blooming lilies because of its great size. 
It has been known to produce flowers 134% 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 continuous bloomer. $2.75. 
MAMORATA. Almost identical with Mrs. Edwards Whitaker in de- 
seription 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. $2.50. 
JUDGE HITCHCOCK. Here we have a variety that is truly a nov- 
elty. The flowers are large and cup-shaped, and the color in 
general is a beautiful violet blue. A large number of stamens are 
produced, gold in color and tipped with blue. This lily has done 
exceedingly well with us. It grows easily, flowers freely and is alto- 
gether desirable. (See color illustration, page 2.) $3.25, 
VICTORY TRIO 
(Collection No. T-30) 
Glorious as Victory is this colorful trio of Day and Night 
Blooming Water Lilies, providing beauty and glamour for 
your pool twenty-four hours a day, 
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS. Red, night blooming 
lily. (See illustration on page 4). 
JUNO. WHITE, night blooming. Flowers freely through 
summer and early fall. 
HENRY SHAW. CAMPANULA-BLUE, day blooming. 
Delightfully fragrant. Blooms freely. 
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