TROPICAL WATER LILIES. 
AUGUST KOCH, Fragrant vure lilac blue blooms, easy to grow.end a 
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PANAMA PACIFIC, A nice rich purple blue end fragrant blooms, an 
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Please note that blue water lilies can only be obtained in 
tropical plants, as there are no blue hardy lilies. 
Tropical lilies are shipped as potted plants about June lst. 
Plant these in good rich garden loam, do not make the boxes 
too small, they are strong growing, the boxes should be 20 to 
24 inches square and about ten inches deep, made of good piney 
let the water be about eight inches over the plant, let bud of 
the plant be just level with the soil, mix = pound of steamed 
bone meal with each box of soil when planting, plenty of 
sunshine is very necessary for success with tropical water 
lilies, they must have warm watere 
EGYPTIAN SACRED AND AMERICAN LOTUS. 
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SACRED EGYPTIAN LOTUS, LARGE pink blooms, umbrella like leaves that 
‘Stand high above water, fragrant. » « « » eTubers « 2 « « « « «© + 2400 
- AMERICAN. YELLOW LOTUS, Large yellow blooms, leaves thet stand high, 
a native plant, that’is easy to grow, « « eTubers « « « «© «© 6 « « 2400 
Plant lotus as dormant tubers about April 15the in about 6 inch 
water, fertilize same as lilies, they prefer a clay soile 
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may fail to bloom the first years 
JAPANESE SNAIL, (Live bearing) are best for eating away the algea 
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RAMSHORN SNAILS, these are about + inch across, lay eggs and are 
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Water snails consume the algea that grows in and discolors the pool water, 
they should not be put in a new pool as they will have nothing to live on. 
When the pool sides and the leaves of the plants become slimy, the snails 
can live and thrive. fie: 
Place lime in the pool by wrapping a small cup full in paper and placing 
in a corner of the lily box or pool,,cover with soil, in a large pool 
place several of these, some days after placing punch the paper and 
allow some of the lime to float in the water. Lime placed in the pool 
this way will help keep the water from becoming acid, and the snails 
need lime for their shell. 
