
TROPICAL WATER LILIES. 
- gucust KOCH, Fragrant pure lilac blue blooms, easy to Webe adie a 
good blooming plant in any warm sunny pooles «y+ ee see 192025 
PANAMA PACIFIC, A nice rich purple blue and fragrant blooms, an 
excellant blooming plant and sure to please. © 02 @ 9:0. @ pa ope 8 Been 
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 water. 
EGYPTIAN SACRED AND AMERICAN LOTUS, 
SACRED EGYPTIAN LOTUS, LARGE vink blooms, umbrella like leaves that. 
stand high above water, fragrant. o 'o tpg 0 STRDEPS + 6 se ee w « 2e00 
AMERICAN YELLOW LOTUS, Large yellow blooms, leaves that stend high, 
a native plant, that is easy to grow, + » -Tubers « » « « «© «© © «© 2000 
Plant lotus as dormant tubers about April 15the in about 6 inch 
water, fertilize same as lilies, they prefer 9 clay soil. 
Place the tubers in rich clay soil. horizontal, be careful in 
_ Bandling do not break the buds, give plenty of room, make the 
boxes as for lilies but Targer. Unless well established lotus 
may fail to bloom the first year. 
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JAPANESE SNAIL, (Live bearing) are best. for eating away the algea 
and keeping the pool clear, good sixe, 8 for ». »« « « © « « « » » 1000 
RAMSHORN SNAILS, these are about # inch across, lay eggs and are | 
very prolific, excellent scavengers. « «12 fore « «© + © © © © © «© 1000 
Water. snails consume the algea that grows ip 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. 
Place lime in the pool by wrapping a’ small oup full in paper and plaGine 
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. 
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