VISIT “SLOCUM WATER GARDENS”.. 
Come to Binghamton (the Water Lily Capital of America) and see our beautiful ne 
bow, many with blooms up to one ft. across. We are located on the main highway " 
Syracuse and Utica. Thousands of visitors stopped and gazed at our beautiful Garde! 
Here you see Mr. and Mrs. Slocum 
standing by their huge 16’ sign which 
stopped thousands of passing motorists 
: : _ENTRANCE HERE ad ; : : oft : | this past season. We had visitors drive 800 
The Crauty Spot Of The Eart. 
miles purposely to visit our gardens. 
Why not include SLOCUM WATER 
GARDENS in your vacation plans this 
summer? We have thousands of beautiful 
water lilies in all shades of the rainbow 
blooming for your enjoyment through. 
out the summer. For 5 full months 
(May, June, July, August and September) 
our display ponds present a sight to 
behold!! 
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Lilies 
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Part of one of our large display ponds 
as seen from the main highway. Note the 
Wishing Well where several hundred 
visitors stopped to make their wish dur-- 
ing the past season. Note the miniature 
8’ lighthouse. Note 4 huge rustic bridges, 
and the aluminum “Lover’s Dome” in 
the distance. Also notice the hundreds of 
water lilies displaying their glorious 
blooms. Since this photo was taken an- 
other large display poo! was built by a 
bulldozer, in the central background. 
Pink Sensation in foreground. 
THE KIND OF PLANTS WE SHIP 
OUR CUSTOMERS! 
A section of our Orlyt greenhouse 
showing a large bed of Pamela in the 
foreground and Mrs. Edwards Whitaker 
in the background, just prior to shipping. 
When this photo was taken every plant 
had one or two blooms on it. It is a great 
delight to walk through our tropical 
greenhouses when the lilies are in bloom The 5 contestants who entered our Beauty Con- 
as they scent the whole air with their test for Water Lily Queen in 1947. Four judges 
fragrance. selected the second from the right for the first 
Senior Water Lily Queen of America. 
