Our Lily Gardens, Located 9 Miles South of Frederick, Md., on U. S. Route 15, See Sketch, Page 32. 

Illustration Courtesy A. T, De La Mare Co., Inc. 
PREFACE 

N PUBLISHING this booklet, we have in mind a booklet for the benefit of those who 
wish to beautify the garden by the addition of the fast growing popular water pool. 
Landscape Architects, Gardeners, owners of Country Estates, Nurserymen and many 
others have long sought just such information as is contained in this complete booklet. 
Our aim is to furnish this information for the benefit of the lovers of the beautiful 
Water Lilies and the ever-charming Goldfish. 
In presenting this booklet to you, we believe we can say that we are the only 
people who are producers of all that is needed for the water pool. With our large 
area of ponds, owning and operating over three hundred acres, actually under water, 
and devoted to the culture of Goldfish and Lilies and other water plants, we believe 
we are the best equipped to serve you. Both our plants and fish are shipped direct 
from our ponds to you. We want to strongly impress upon you the fact that we are 
not distributors but actually producers, operating our own ponds or lakes, varying 
in size from the garden pool to ten acres in one pond or lake, all totaling over 
three hundred acres, from which we ship millions of Goldfish and thousands of 
Water Lilies every year. 
No flower is easier to grow than the Water Lily. After planting it requires no 
cultivation—no rake, no hoe, only a little water is added, just enough to take 
care of evaporation. You can have flowers every day—no work, no care, no worry, 
and yet every day fresh flowers to greet you each morning. 

