TROPICAL WATER LILIES. 
DAUBEN, Has light hlue blooms which are preduced freely, a medium 
growing lity that is excellent for small peols or tubs. « $1.50 
AUGUST KOCH, Fragrant pure blue blooms, easy to grow and a good 
biooming plant in any warm sunny p00], + + ¢ 6 « 5 ee oe ee 8 + 2000 
PANAMA PACIFIC, Very rich purple and fragrant blooms, an excellent 
blooming plant and sure to please, S908 6) Ma VACA MODUS. Gs 98) ye de nee ©. eB eOG 
Please note that blue water lilies can only be obtained 
_ in tropical plants, as there are no blue hardy lilies. 
Tropical lilies are shipped as vetted plants ebout June lst. 
plant these in good rich garden loam, do not make the 
boxes too small, they are strong growing, the boxes should 
be 20 to 24 inches square and about ten inches deep, made 
of good pine, do not paint, let the water be about eight 
inches over the plant, let bud of the vlant be just level 
with the soil, plenty of sunshine is very necessary for _ 
success with trooical lilies, sunshine on the pool will 
keep the water warm. . 
EGYPTIAN SACRED AND AMERICAN LOTUS. 
SACRED EGYPTIAN LOTUS. Large pink blooms, umbrelia like leaves 
that stund high above water, fragrant, - « e Tubers « 6 6 ¢ # © © 1080 
£MERICAN YELLOW LOTUS, Large yellow blooms, leaves that stand ; 
ee a native plant, RAY to ErOwe 2 © © » Tubeys « 2 «+ ew @ 1.50 
eet lotus as dormant tubers about April 15th. jn 6 inch 
water, fertilize same as lilies. Place the tubers in rich 
8047. horizontal, be careful in handling do not break the 
buds, give plenty of room, make the boxes as for lilies 
ouov bDubdargere Unless well established, letus a fail to 
“bloom the first years 
JAPANESE SNAILS, (Live bearing) are the best for eating away the ay 
algea and keeping ved pool clear, goed size, 8 for » « « « » © « 1600 
RAMSHORN SNAILS, thase are about + inch acress, lay eggs: and are 
_ very prolific, excellent scavengers, os 0 « 12 oF se ee eee 1400 
Water snails consume the algea that grews in and discolors the pool water, 
they should not be nut in a new pool as they will have nothing to live on, 
When the pool sides and the leaves of the evils become pLAny, the snails. 
can AAVe and thrives | 
Place Tins in the 9001 by eae @& sinall cup full in paper and placing 
dn a corner ef the lily box er vool, cover with soil, in a large pool 
place severel cf these; some days after placing, punch the paper and 
allow some ef the lime to float in the water, Lime placed in the pool 
this way, will help keen the water from becoming acid, and the snails 
need lime for their shell. 
