Water-lilies and Other Plants for the Garden Pool 
@a5~ Please Note that these plants have to be shipped direct to you from the pools where they are grown. 
Hardy Water-lilies may be planted any time from the first 
of April until the middle of August. Tropical varieties may be 
planted when the temperature averages 70 degrees, or about May 
25. Water-lilies come into flower early in the season and bloom 
until frost. 
CARE OF YOUR WATER-LILIES 
Concrete pools are best left full of water and covered with 
Hardy Water-lilies 
WHITE 
Gladstone. Largest of white Water-lilies, 
requiring considerable space for best 
development. Flowers are pure white, cup- 
shaped, 6 to 8 inches across with golden 
ee ay stamens. Leaves dark green. Each 
50. 
Marliac Albida. Large, pure white flowers 
with yellow stamens. Blooms the entire 
season. Sepals are tinted with pink. Leaves 
dark green above and red beneath. Each 
Odorata Gigantea. Very large, pure white, 
very fragrant. Flowers often 6 inches 
across. A free bloomer. Each $1.25. 
PINK 
Eugenia Deland. Flowers are extra large, 
very beautiful deep rose-pink. Very vigor- 
ous and free-blooming variety. Each $2.25. 
Helen Fowler. Deep pink with lighter cen- 
ter, borne well above the water. Flowers 
are not so large but are produced con- 
tinuously. Each $1.50. 
Marliac Carnea. Large, soft flesh-pimk, 
deeper toward center. Free flowering, with 
large purplish red leaves changing to deep 
green. Each $2.00. 
Marliac Rosea. Similar to Carnea except 
that it is deep rose-pink. Flowers 4 to 5 
inches across. Each $2.50. 
Pink Opal. Full-petaled, cup-shaped flowers 
of deep rich pink. Each $2.00. 
Rose Arey. Considered the most desirable 
of the fragrant Water-lilies. Brilliant pink. 
Petals are pointed and incurved, with 
golden yellow stamens. Excellent bloomer, 
producing very large flowers often 7 to 
8 inches in diameter. Each $3.00. 
YELLOW 
Marliac Chromatella. Charming canary- 
yellow, 4 to 6 inches across. Leaves green 
mottled with brown. Free bloomer. Should 
be divided every few years. Each $2.50. 
Sunrise. One of the first to open in the morn- 
ing. Free bloomer, 7 to 10 inches in diam- 
eter, and stands well above the water. 
Clear sulphur-yellow color. Blooms early 
spring to late fall. A superb variety. 
Stands crowding. Each $3.50. 
RED 
Attraction. One of the most beautiful, 
often 8 to 10 inches across. On opening it 
is garnet-red with almost white sepals and 
stamens of rich mahogany, tipped with 
yellow. No pool is complete without it. 
Each $3.25. 
Gloriosa. Deep carmine-rose, becoming 
deep red with age; 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 
Blooms continuously. Ideal for either pool 
or tub. Each $3.00. 
James Brydon. Cup-shaped flower of rich 
rose-crimson, 5 to 6 inches across. Early 
bloomer and rapid grower. Adapted to 
either tub or pool culture. Each $3.00. 
Conqueror. An immense flower similar in 
character to Attraction. Strong healthy 
plants. Each $2.50. 
CHANGEABLE COLORS 
Paul Hariot. Flowers are large, cup-shaped, 
light yellow, delicately shaded copper-red. 
Each $2.50. 
Tropical Day-Bloomers 
WHITE 
Mrs. G. H. Pring. Best pure white tropical 
Water-lily, producing Jarge, fragrant, white 
flowers. Each $2.50. 
PINK 
General Pershing. Unique flower opening 
at 7 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m. Very 
fragrant; measures from 8 to 10 inches 
across. Flowers are borne about 12 inches 
above water. Buds dark green striped with 
aie purple. A fine bright color. Each 
-50. 
Zanzibariensis Rosea. Fragrant, deep 
pink, 6 to 8 inches across. Opens earlier in 
the morning than other varieties. Each 
PAINS. 
BLUE 
Pennsylvania (Blue Beauty). This is one 
of the most popular blue varieties. The 
flowers are large and bloom continuously 
from spring until frost. Each $3.00. 
Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. One of the newer 
hybrids and the largest of day-bloomers. 
Lavender-blue on first opening, getting 
paler as the flower ages. Leaves beautifully 
mottled and streaked with dark red. Opens 
at 6.30 a.m., closing as late as 7.30 p.m. 
No other remains open so Jong. Flowers 
about 10 inches across. Each $3.00. 
Dauben. Small light blue Water-lily, es- 
pecially adapted to tub culture. Will 
sprout additional plants from the center 
of its leaves. These new plants often send 
forth blooms while still attached to the 
parent. Each $2.25. 
PURPLE 
Panama-Pacific. Rich rosy red on first 
opening, changing to deep reddish purple 
with yellow stamens. One of the most 
popular and most promising of day-bloom- 
ers. Also throws young plants which fre- 
quently flower while attached to parent 
plant. Each $2.75. 
August Koch. Flowers are 7 to 8 mches in 
diameter and rise from 8 to 10 inches out 
of the water. Petals are pale wistaria- 
violet. An excellent variety, blooming 
freely. Produces young plants from the 
surface of the leaves. One of the easiest of 
the tropicals to grow. Each $2.75. 
Tropical Night-Bloomers 
Bissett. 
pink. One of the best growers. Each $2.25, 
Dentata Superba (Juno). Pure white, 10 
to 12 inches across, with yellow stamens. 
Leaves are large, deep glassy green. 
Flowers very freely throughout summer. 
Stands well above water. Very noticeable 
at night. Each $2.25. : 
Devonshire. Deep red, about 6 to 8 inches 
across. Open from 7 or 8 p.m. until 10 
A.M. Each $2.25. 
Omarana. Flowers from 8 to 12 tmches 
across, beautiful rosy pink. Stamens deep 
orange-red. One of the best and most free 
flowering of all night-bloomers. Each $2.25. 
Petals extremely wide, beautiful . 
boards and straw. Hardy Water-lilies will winter in the pool if 
the water does not freeze deeply, but tropical ones are best con- 
sidered as annuals and purchased new each year. 
New concrete pools should be filled with water and drained at 
least four times before any fish or plants are introduced. 
Aquatic Plants 
HARDY 
PONTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel Rush. 
Blue flowers produced freely. Total growth 
about 2 feet. 3 for $1.35. 
SAGITTARIA sagittifolia. Giant Arrow- 
head. Long strap-like green leaves 1 to 
3 feet above water. 3 for $1.35. 
TROPICAL 
CYPERUS alternifolius. Umbrella Plant. 
Will grow 4 feet high. Successful m small 
pools or in moist ground. 3 for $1.50. 
HYDROCLEIS nymphoides. Water- 
Poppy. Floating yellow flowers all sum- 
mer. Not hardy. 3 for $1.00. 
MYRIOPH YLLUM proserpinacoides. 
Parrot’s Feather. Rises about 6 inches out 
of the water. 3 for $1.00 
Floating Plants 
EICHHORNIA crassipes major. Water 
Hyacinth. Lilac-rose flowers. 3 for $1.00. 
PISTIA Stratiotes. Shell Flower; Water 
Lettuce. A rosette of fluted blue-green vel- 
vety leaves. Grows best in a shady pool. 
3 for $1.25. 
SALVINIA braziliensis. Salvinia. Dainty 
soft green leaves covered with a velvety nap 
of tiny hairs. The growth forms an attrac- 
tive chain of these leaves which are about 
Yj inch in diameter. Each 50c. 
Oxygenating Plants 
ANACHARIS canadensis gigantea. Giant 
Water Weed. A_ beautiful submerged 
plant with dark green ovate leaves and 
light stems. 3 for $1.00. 
SPECIAL PLANT COLLECTION A-1. 
Consisting of enough plants of our own 
selection to balance a ten-gallon aquarium. 
$2.00. 
SPECIAL PLANT COLLECTION A-2 
A splendid. group of plants, to balance a 
15 or 20-gallon aquarium, more than double 
the above collection and including some 
rare and very choice varieties. $3.50 

Water-lilies 

76 HENRY F. 
MICHELL CoO.. 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
