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Portable Garden 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 $19.95, ppd. 
(Add 75c postage west (Add 50c postage west 
of the Mississippi River.) of the Mississippi River.) 
55-in. POOL only $9.95. (Purchaser pays transportation) 
All for only $13.95, ppd. 
Tropical Water-Lilies June 1 shipment 
Hardy Water-Lilies (Nymphaeas) 
April 10 shipment 
For ponds, lakes or in still pools along a stream. Plant in about 
2 feet of water. Once established, they become a source of per- 
manent beauty. 
Attraction. Immense flowers, produced freely; bright red in 
color. Ea. $3. 
Aurora. Flowers open amber-yellow, changing to orange-red 
on the second day and to deep red on the third. Ea. $2. 
_ Comanche. Large flowers of deep rich apricot with glowing red 
markings deepening to copper-orange. Ea. $3. 
Gladstone. Large, pure white, globular flowers. Ea. $2.25. 
Gloriosa. Beautiful clear red, deepening to dark red. Ea. $3.25. 
H. B. Shaw. Shell-pink and very fragrant. Blooms continu- 
ously. Ea. $1.50. 
Helen Fowler. Deep pink flowers. Suitable for growing in a 
tub. Ea. $1.75. 
Marliac Rose. Fragrant, cup-shaped flowers, deep rose in color. 
Ea. $2.50. 
Marliac White. Waxy white flowers, with bright yellow sta- 
mens. Ea. $1.75. 
Marliac Yellow. Bright chrome-yellow flowers. Ea. $2.25. . 
Pink Opal. Full-petaled, cup-shaped flowers. of a deep rich pink. 
Ea. $1.25. 
Rose Arey. Large, pink, fragrant, with long-poimted petals. 
Ea. $2.50. 
Sunrise. Splendid early yellow; blooms 8 to 10 inches across. 
Ea. $3.25. 
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. Na- 
These are of two types: the Day-bloomers, opening with the sun and closing at 
evening, and the Night-bloomers, opening in the afternoon and remaining open until 
next morning. On cloudy days the latter often are open twenty-four hours. Lift, 
dry and store away from frost over winter and replant in spring. 
Day-Blooming 
Blue Beauty. Deep blue flowers, 10 to 12 inches across. Ea. $2.50. 
Czerulea. The original blue Lotus of the Nile. Fragrant. Ea. $1.75. 
Colonel Lindbergh. Enormous deep sky-blue flowers. Ea. $2.50. 
Dauben. Very fragrant, light blue. Recommended for tub-gardening. Ea. $2. 
Director George T. Moore. Rich purple flowers borne in great profusion, often 
8 to 10 flowers at a time. Ea. $3.50. 
General Pershing. Broad, chalice-shaped flowers of a clear pink. Ea. $2.75. 
Isabelle Pring. Large, pure white. The color always remains pure and the variety 
is highly recommended. Ea. $3.25. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep rose-pink flowers, 8 to 10 inches across. Ea. $2.50. 
Mrs. E. Whitaker. Flowers 10 to 12 inches across, pale blue. Ea. $2.50. 
Mrs. George H. Pring. Best pure white; large; fragrant. Ea. $2.25. ; 
Persian Lilac. Pinkish lilac with a large number of petals; foliage is clear light 
green. A beauty. Ea. $3.50. 
Zanzibariensis. African.Purple Lily. Fragrant 6 to 8-inch blooms. Ea. $2. 
Zanzibariensis rosea. Good-sized, bell-shaped flowers of rose-pink. Ea. $1.75. 
Night-Blooming—Open on cloudy days also 
Bissett. Beautiful pink; wide petals. One of the best. Ea. $2. 
Devonshire. Rosy red, 8 to 10-inch flowers. Bronze leaves. Ea. $2.25. 
Juno. Snow-white petals around a center of yellow stamens. Ea. $2.50. 
Bog and Marsh Plants April 10 shipment 
Water Poppy. Hydrocleys nymphoides. 3 for 50c, doz. $1.75. 
Yellow Flag. Iris Pseudacorus. 3 for 90c, doz. $3.25. 
Marsh Iris. Iris versicolor. 3 for 90c, doz. $3.25. 
Umbrella Palm. Cyperus alternifolius. 3 for $1, doz. $3.75. 
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 
3 floating plants 
3 submerged plants 
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tive variety having large, cream-yellow flowers 
with a delightful fragrance. Ea. $2.50. 
Sacred or Egyptian Lotus. N. nuciferum. 
A hardy, vigorous, fragrant type having rose- 
tipped petals, shading to cream at the base. 
Ea. $2.75. 
Double-flowering Rose Lotus. N. 
plenum. Deep rose-pink. Ea. $3.50. 
roseum 
Shallow-Water Plants 
April 10 shipment 
Arrow-head. Sagittaria latifolia. Well-known 
native plant. 3 for 90c, doz. $3.25. 
Floating Hart. Nympboides peliatum. 3 for 
50c, doz. $1.75. 
Parrot Feather. Myriophyllum proser- 
pinacoides. 3 for 50c, doz. $1.75. 
Water Nasturtium. 3 for 50c, doz. $1.75. 
Floating Plants. 
April 10 shipment 
Water Fern. Ceratopteris thalictroides. Por- 
tion 50c. 
Duck Weed. Lemna. Portion 40c. 
Water Lettuce or Shell Flower. 
Stratiotes. 3 for 50c, doz. $1.75. 
Water Hyacinth. Fichbornia crassipes ma- 
jor. 3 for 75c, doz. $2.75. 
Pistia 
Submerged Plants (Oxygenating) 
April 10 shipment 
Anacharis 
Cabomba. 
Ludwigia. 
Each of above, Bunch 45c, 
doz. bunches $4.50 
Sagittaria sinensis. 3 for 50c, doz. $1.75. 
Vallisneria. Doz. $1. 
