WATER-LILIES and POND PLANTS 

PortabletGarden Pool With Plants 
This new, ready-made lily pool has been designed for the small garden. 
Made of plastic material, it is inexpensive, practically indestructible, and 
adaptable to all locations. Without plants, it makes an excellent wading pool. 
Available with either one of two collections of water plants—or alone. 
COLLECTION NO. 1 COLLECTION NO. 2 
1 55-in. Pool 1 55-in. Pool 
1 Beautiful Water-lily 4 Floating Plants 
5 Floating Plants 2 Shallow-Water Plants 
4 Shallow-Water Plants 2 Oxygenating Plants 
3 Bog Plants 4 Snails 
2 Oxygenating Plants 
8 Snails All for only $13.95, ppd. 
All for only $19.95, ppd. 
(Add 75 cts. postage West 
of the Mississippi River.) 
55-in. POOL only $9.95. (Purchaser pays transportation) 
(Add 50 cts. postage West 
of the Mississippi River.) 


Tropical Water-Lilies (June 1 shipment) 
These are of two types: the Day-bloomers, whose flowers open with the sun and close at evening, 
and the Night-bloomers, whose flowers open in the afternoon and remain open until next morning. 
On cloudy days the latter often are open twenty-four hours. Lift, dry and store away from frost over 
winter; replant in spring. 
Day-Blooming Sorts 
Blue Beauty. Deep blue flowers, 10 to 12 inches across. $2.50 each. 
Ceerulea. The original blue Lotus of the Nile. Fragrant. $1.75 each. 
Colonel Lindbergh. Enormous deep sky-blue flowers. $2.50 each. 
Dauben. Very fragrant, light blue. Recommended for tub-gardening. $2 each. 
General Pershing. Broad, chalice-shaped flowers of a clear pink. $2.75 each. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep rose-pink flowers, 8 to 10 inches across. $2.50 each. 
Mrs. E. Whitaker. Flowers 10 to 12 inches across, pale blue. $2.50 each. 
Mrs. George H. Pring. Best pure white; large; fragrant. $2.25 each. 
Zanzibariensis (African Purple Lily). Fragrant, 6 to 8 inch blooms. $2 each. 
Zanzibariensis rosea. Good-sized, bell-shaped flowers of rose-pink. $1.75 each. 
Night-Blooming Sorts (Open on cloudy days also) 
Bissett. Beautiful pink; wide petals. One of the best. $2 each. 
Devonshire. Rosy red, 8 to 10-inch flowers. Bronze leaves. $2.25 each. 
Juno. Snow-white petals around a center of yellow stamens. $2.50 each. 
Bog and Marsh Plants (orit 20 shipment) 
Sweet Flag (Acorus Calamus). Variegated leaves. 90 cts. for 3, $3.25 per doz. 
Water Poppy (Hydrocleis nymphoides). 50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz, 
Ginger or Butterfly Lily (Hedychium coronarium). $1 for 3, $3.75 per doz. 
Yellow Flag (Iris Pseudacorus). 90 cts. for 3, $3.25 per doz. 
Marsh Iris (/ris versicolor). 90 cts. for 3, $3.25 per doz. 
Oriental or Water Taro (Colocasia multiflora). 75 cts. each, $2.15 for3, $8 per doz. 
Egyptian Paper Plant (Cyperus Papyrus). $1 for 3, $3.75 per doz. 
Umbrella Palm (Cyperus alternifolius). $1 for 3, $3.75 per doz. 
Water Plantain (Alisma Plantago). $1 for 3, $3.75 per doz. 
Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica). 50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz. 
A VARIETY OF WATER PLANTS 
Hardy Pool Assortment $4Q Ready April 10 
Suitable for a pool about 30 square feet in area. One each: 
Water-Lily, Gloriosa (red), Gladstone (white) and Pink Opal. 
Also the following aquatic plants: 
5 plants for a centerpiece or background 
12 plants for corners or margins 

NEW YORK 8, N. Y, 
3 floating plants 
3 submerged plants 
UNDERWATER PAINT, for pools and swimming tanks. Robin’s-egg 
blue. Gal. $10, Qt. $3.50, 
Hardy Water-Lilies (Nymphaeas) 
(April 10 shipment) 
For ponds, lakes, or in stil] pools along a stream. Plant in about 2 feet ot 
water. Once established, they become a source of permanent beauty. 
Attraction. Immense flowers, produced freely, and bright red in color. $3 each. 
Aurora. Flowers open amber-yellow, changing to orange-red on the second 
day and to deep red on the third. $2 each. 
Comanche. Large flowers of deep rich apricot with glowing red markings 
deepening to copper-orange. $3 each. 
Gladstone. Large, pure white, globular flowers. $2.25 each. 
Gloriosa. Beautiful clear red, deepening to dark red. $3.25 each. 
H. B. Shaw. Shell-pink and very fragrant. Blooms continuously. 
Helen Fowler. Deep pink flowers. Suitable for growing in a tub. 
$1.50 each. 
$1.75 each. 
$2.50 each. 
$1.75 each. 
Marliac Rose. Fragrant, cup-shaped flowers, deep rose in color. 
Marliac White. Waxy white flowers, with bright yellow stamens. 
| Marliac Yellow. Bright chrome-yellow flowers. $2.25 each. 
Pink Opal. Full-petaled, cup-shaped flowers of a deep rich pink. $1.25 each. 
Rose Arey. Large, pink, fragrant, with long-poited petals. $2.50 each. 
Sunrise. Splendid early yellow; blooms 8 to 10 inches across. $3.25 each. 
Lotus 
Tubers are available from April 10 to June 1. Do not break the growing tip. 
Soil should be rich, and covered with 6 to 10 inches of water. Set the tubers 
at an angle, so that the tip is barely covered, and firm the soil about the tuber. 
American Lotus (Nelumbium luteum). Native variety having large, cream- 
yellow flowers with a delightful fragrance. $2.50 each. 
Sacred or Egyptian Lotus (N. nuciferum). A hardy, vigorous, fragrant 
type having rose-tipped petals, shading to cream at the base. $2.75 each. 
Double-flowering Rose Lotus (N. roseum plenum). Deep rose-pink. $3.50 
(April 10 
each. 
Shallow-Water Plants (477.7 
Arrow-head (Sagittaria latifolia). Well-known native 
plant. 90 cts. for 3, $3.25 per doz. 
Cattail (Typha latifolia). 50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz. 
Floating Heart (Nympboides peltatum). 50 cts. for 3, 
$1.75 per doz. 
Parrot Feather (Myriophyllum  proserpinacoides) 
50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz. 
Pickerel Rush (Pontederia cordata). 90 cts. for 3, 
$3.25 per doz. 
Water Nasturtium. 50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz. 
Floating Plants April 10 shipment 
Water Fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides). 50 cts. per 
portion. 
Duck Weed (Lemna). 40 cts. portion. 
Salvinia (S. brasiliensis). 40 cts. portion. 
Water Lettuce or Shell Flower (Pistia Stratiotes). 
50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz. 
Water Hyacinth (Fichbornia crassipes major). 75 cts. 
for 3, $2.75 per doz. 
Submerged Plants (Oxygenating) 
(April 10 shipment) 
Anacharis, Cabomba (Fanwort; Fish-Grass). 
Ludwigia. 
Per bunch 45 cts., doz. bunches $4.50 
Sagittaria sinensis. 50 cts. for 3, $1.75 per doz 
Vallisneria. $1 per doz. 



Water-Lilies add charm and suggest peace. 
This is one of the hardy types. 

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