BELDT’S AQUARIUM, 
INC. 
SAINT LOUIS, MO. 


TROPICAL WATER LILIES ... DAY BLOOMER 
BLUE COLORS 
Henry Shaw 
Named in honor of the founder 
of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
dens. Flowers beautifully blue. 
Delightfully fragrant. Price 
oY el of tS eeeee oem a Sar aie eer sine eee $2.00 
William Stone (Blue Star) 
This is a beautiful and attrac- 
tive deep blue-purple lily. The 
flowers are 8 inches across and 
star shaped. Price each.......... $1.75 
*Mirs. Edward Whitaker 
The largest flowering day 
blooming hybrid from Ovalifola 
and Castaliiflora. Colors in 
shades of light blue or dark blue. 
Priceveach22= ee ae ee ee $1.75 
*Dauben 
A well-known viviparous day 
bloomer. The small light blue 
flowers are produced freely. A 
good plant for small pools and 
aquariums. Price each............ $1.25 
Colonel Lindbergh 
A deep caerulean blue variety 
producing flowers up to 12 inches 
across which tower well above 
the water. The oval _ shaped 
leaves are blotched with brown. 
a 
PTI CE CSC Tie oe en cee $2.00 
*Marmorata 
This variety produces perhaps 
one of the most beautiful leaves 
of all tender nymphaeas. The 
leaves are medium green colored 
with large blotches and squares 
of brown. The flowers, which are 
12 inches across, are blue on the 
first day they are open and grad- 
ually become lighter. (See color 
illustration on page 7.) Price 
each 
Pennsylvania (Blue Beauty) 
Deep blue flowers which get a 
foot across if plant is given 
enough root space. The leaves are 
speckled brown. A good plant for 
small or large pools. Price....$2.00 
Dr. George T. Moore 
Named in honor of the Director 
of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
dens. A famous Pring hybrid, a 
very deep purple-blue flower 
which introduces a new color 
shade distinctly different from 
any other purple varieties. Price 
each (See Front Cover.)........ $3.00 
New Dark Blue Whitaker 
A great improvement in color 
over the Mrs. Edward Whitaker, 
it has all of the fine points of a 
Whitaker except it is considerably 
darker blue. Price each....-.....$3.00 




BLUE COLORS—Con’t. 
Judge Hitchcock 
A beautiful cup shape violet- 
blue day bloomer’ producing 
flowers 8 inches across. A very 
attractive water lily which should 
be in every collection. Price 
COC ie ce ee ee $2.50 
Bagdad 
A beautiful blue, large flower- 
ing day bloomer. The leaves are 
very strongly mottled with dark 
brown blotches; a very great at- 
CEACtION. eEerice, CaACh es... $4.00 
Colorata 
A new dwarf, very dark purple- 
blue African lily; produces flow- 
ers about 4 inches across. It 
thrives best and flowers freely if 
planted in only 6 inches of water. 
ETiIGG~ aC eee cee eee ee $1.50 
NEW YELLOW TROPICAL 
DAY BLOOMERS 
Sunbeam 
A new viviparous tropical 
water lily. One of the deepest 
yellow tropical water lilies; very 
free flowering. Price each...... $5.00 
African Gold 
A very attractive clear yellow 
tropical lily—an outstanding yel- 
low so far considered the best. 
Priceseachic stat er ere $5.00 
St. Louis 
A yellow hybrid producing 
flowers from 10 to 12 inches 
across. The St. Louis is the only 
tropical lily which has been pat- 
ented. A famous Pring hybrid. 
Price each $3.50 


PURPLE SHADES 
Jupiter 
A colorful purple hybrid of the 
Zansibariensis producing cup 
shaped flowers 8 inches across. 
Bac lit Serene ee sen see eee an cae $2.00 
*August Koch 
Produced in the lily pools at 
Garfield Park, Chicago. The flow- 
ers are purple lilac and the petals 
a pale violet color, 7 to 8 inches 
in diameter, open four to six days. 
Price sea Chita ee ee eee $2.00 
*Royal Purple 
A very deep red purple and a 
strong grower. Flowers 5-6 inches 
across. Very fragrant. (See No. 8, 
Pare (6 ee Price reach sa ae $2.50 
*Panama-Pacific 
The predominant color is red- 
dish-purple and the stamens are 
yellow. Very fragrant and most 
prolific in blooms. Price each $1.75 
imperial 
A hybrid from August Koch 
and Caerulea producing very fra- 
grant purple flowers about 6 
inches across. A strong grower. 
Good for smaller pools. Free flow- 
ering under crowded conditions. 
Our own hybrid. (See No. 4, 
Pace: 6). Price cachen.- $2.00 
SUNSET SHADES 
Golden West 
Upon opening, the flowers are 
salmon pink, changing to a light 
apricot the next day. The light 
green leaves are spotted with 
deep maroon shades. A very fra- 
grant day bloomer. 
ri CO Gad Chit eke eo ee $2.00 
Talisman 
A very attractive introduction. 
It was named after the Talisman 
rose as it possesses the same com- 
bination of yellow polychromed 
Dini barr COme iG Demers Sacco a $3 00 


A new tropical Water-Lily is the variety William T. Innes. 
lilac-blue flowers about 10 inches across. 
It produces 
Price $2.00 
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PINK SHADES TO RED 
General Pershing 
A hybrid from Mrs. Whitaker 
and Castaliifolia. The pink flow- 
ers are delightfully fragrant 
and open early in the morning. 
Strong plants. Price each...... $2.00 
Rio Rita 
A very brilliant pink, almost 
red. Base of stamens bright gold. 
Different shades of pink in sepals, 
petals and stamens. A riot of col- 
ors, creating a brilliant effect. 
PT COO Ciiteec tate. ae eee ee $3.00 
Zansibar Rosea 
A delightfully pink shaded day 
blooming lily producing flowers 
about 6 to 8 inches across, very 
free flowering. (See No. 5-6, 
Front Cover.) Price each...... $1.50 

Pink Pearl 
A beautiful large cup-shape 
clear pink. A _ strong bloomer, 
very fragrant. Flowers 8 inches 
BCLOSS:  EL1ICC” GA Cilccccsetce este eee $2.00 
Pink Platter 
As the name implies Pink Plat- 
ter opens to a flat surface very 
wide. A colorful pink producing 
several flowers at one time, a pro- 
Lifie bloomer hac hy eo eee, $2.00 
WHITE 
Mrs. George H. Pring 
The largest white day bloomer. 
Very fragrant white flowers with 
pointed petals are produced in 
abundance. Will thrive in crowd- 
ed quarters, but if given suffi- 
ciently large boxes for. root, 
growth will have flowers 12 
InGheEssAGross. 00a Chee eee $2.00 
Snow White 
A hybrid produced from the 
Independence through self pol- 
lenation, the flowers are carried 
erect on a strong stem, are cup- 
shaped and 6 to 8 inches across. 
One of the best white tropical 
lilies. Our own creation. (See No. 
3, Page 6.) Price each ............$3.00 
*Isabelle Pring 
A strong viviparous white flow- 
ering variety with light green 
leaves; flowers about. 8 inches 
across; not quite as pointed as the 
MrsePrinea Prices oe. 25e8 $3.00 
Wm. T. Innes 
On the opening day the flowers 
are of a light orchid shade. The 
second day the full flowers 10 
inches across appear in a dazzling 
white color, reminding you very 
much of the affect wash blue has 
for making clothes whiter. The 
Flowers stay open for four to 
five days and before the older 
flower goes beneath the waters 
surface a new flower has already 
opened, so that usually two flow- 
ers appear most of the time.” A 
very full flowering white, com- 
peting with all other lilies in 
modesty. Price $2.00 
See Illustration This Page. 
on 

*All lilies with star in front of name 
are viviparous, which means that young 
plants are produced from center of 
leaves. Tropical lilies should not be 
planted until latter part of May, or 
early June, and they should only be 
planted about 4 or 5 inches below wa- 
ter surface. 
