

oS : ‘Beautify Your Yard With WATER PLANTS From Smiley’s Water Gardens 



Smiley's Plant Collection 
Parrot Feather 
Arrow Head 
Creeping Primrose 
Red Ludwiga \ $ .65 
Curled Leaf Fern / 
Duck Weed 
Pickerel Rush 
Jap Snails 
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SPECIAL 
The MARLIAC TRIO 
For several consecutive years, this has 
been by far our most popular collection. 
The cost is extremely low, and these 
three famous lilies will give a constant 
variety of beautiful, fragrant blossoms. 
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Permit No. 31 
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HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS for Success}! Water Gardens 
FERTILIZERS—Garden loam gives good results. Best fertilizers are cow manure well rotted and bone 
meal. Cow manure at the rate of one part to five parts garden loam. Commercial fertilizers, one pound 
to each cubic foot of soil. 
TIME OF PLANTING—Hardy water lilies may be planted as soon as they begin to show growth in 
the spring, usually April first, and they may be planted up to the last of August. 
DURATION OF BLOOM—Hardy water lilies begin blooming early in May in this section 
of the country and continue until frost. Each individual blossom lasts about four days. 
COLOR—Hardy water lilies may be obtained in many colors and tints. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Plant in boxes or by spreading the soil over the bottom of the pool to the required depth. 
Plants do better when they have plenty of root room. Each lily should have at least one 
cubic foot of soil. 
DISTANCE APART TO PLANT—A pool six by six will accommodate four lilies and the 
necessary floating and bog plants very nicely. 
CONTAINERS FOR THE PLANTS—We like large size candy pails for a single lily. If 
not available, boxes made from any rough boards one inch thick and twelve inches wide. 
Permanent boxes may be built of brick or concrete but movable boxes are preferred as they 
may be placed in the basement during the winter. 
SAND TO COVER THE BOXES—One inch layer of sand or gravel over the boxes after 
planting will help to keep the water clear. 
INSECT ENEMIES—Plant lice or aphis are the only common pests of water lilies. They 
are easily controlled by washing off with a strong spray from the hose and the fish eat them. 
“Black Leaf 40” mixed according to directions rids plants of this louse. 
IMPORTANT. When you receive your shipment of roots, unpack at once and place them 
in water until ready to plant. Should you need to keep them for some time before planting, 
it is best to submerge fully one-half the root in mud and cover with water. 
WINTER CARE. Hardy water lilies may be removed to the basement and kept moist and 
protected from mice throughout the winter. They need no other protection other than from 
direct freezing of the roots. 
HOW TO ORDER 
TERMS: Cash with order or we will shipp€> O. D. Hardy water lilies, plants and snails 
shipped by parcel post, prepaid, for order of $2.00 or over. If order amounts to less than 
$2.00, add 15c for postage and packing. Do not send stamps. Please make all checks and 
money orders payable to Smiley's Water Garden, Beaver Crossing, Nebr. 

Sec. 562, P.L.&R. 
U. S. POSTAGE 
Seward, Nebraska 

