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EASY TO GROW 
No flower in the garden is as easy to grow as the Water Lily—ro 
weeding—no watering—no hoeing. The insert in the center of this 
catalog gives full planting instructions. Tropical Lilies adapt them- 
selves 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 
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 illustration, 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 char- 
acteristically compact growth of the viviparoys 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 conspicuously 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. $3.50. 
HENRY SHAW. An outstanding blue flowering variety. Lovely 
campanula-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 132 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. 

AUGUST KOCH TRIO 
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*AN INTERESTING VARIETY. Indicates the leaf propagat- 
ing varieties. All of this group have the interesting 
characteristic of, occasionally, producing young plants on 
the surface of the leaves. Often these small plants bear 
flowers. Some of the viviparous varieties are much more 
prolific in this manner than others, 
August Koch, Purple 
Independence, Deep Pink 
Juno, White, Saffron Yellow Stamens 

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MARMORATA. Almost identical with Mrs. Edwards Whitaker in 
description 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 
novelty. 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 
altogether desirable. (See color illustration, page 4.) $3.25. 
DAUBEN. (See page 15.) 
COLORATA,. (See page 15.) 
PINK VARIETIES 
*INDEPENDENCE. A Tricker variety in the viviparous group pro- 
duced at Independence. The deep pink color of the stamens 
seems to have a background of violet. While not of the greatest 
size, the flowers are borne profusely and have very many petals. 
The flowers open earlier and close later than most of the day- 
bloomers. $2.50. 
GENERAL PERSHING. Here, indeed, is an outstanding variety of 
pink day-bloomers which was named in honor of our great 
General Pershing. There is no question of its being the finest of 
the pink tender lilies, both in size and color. The flowers are of 
great size, full petaled, delightfully fragrant and open early in the 
morning. The dark green buds are striped with purple. A most 
prolific bloomer. (See color illustration on page 6.) $3.00. 
MRS. C. W. WARD. A most charming variety with petals of rich 
rose pink illuminated by a mass of golden stamens. Flowers are 
borne well out of the water, with profusion of the Gracilis type 
from which it is a descendant. An old hybrid which has withstood 
competition of later introductions. $2.50. 
CASTALIFLORA—Beautiful pink 
(See illustration page 7.) $2.50. 
PINK PEARL—Beautiful pearl pink flowers 
(See illustration page 14.) $2.50. 
PATRICIA—The marvelously free-blooming dark pink 
(See description page 15.) $2.75. 


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KOCH 
Extremely popular 
purple day-blooming 
tropical (see page 4). 
Its brilliant flowers 
measure 7 to 8 
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