Wate: Lilies and Lotus 
Their modest requirements are sun, water and rich soil; almost every- 
body can have built or can themselves construct an artificial pool. Any 
location that is available would be satistactory, provided it is exposed to the 
full sun. Rather than have no water garden at all, the interested party can 
grow many of the varieties in tubs or half-barrels sunk in the ground. 
Soil. An excellent soil for use in tubs or artificial pools is made by mix- 
ing three parts of rotted sod, compost, or good top soil with one part of cow 
manure or good barnyard manure. All manure used must be thoroughly 
decomposed, to prevent fermentation when covered with water. Ground 
bone or bone meal may be used if necessary, at the rate of one quart to 
one bushel of soil. 
Size of Pool. The larger the water surface the better the results. A tub 
or half-barrel 2 feet in diameter will furnish a miniature pool. An artificial 
pool should be made as large as possible, and 2 feet deep. 
Water. One foot of water over the soil is the most desirable depth in 
artificial pools. Some will thrive in shallower water, but few will stand a 
depth exceeding two feet. After the pool is once filled it is only necessary 
to replenish that which evaporates. Do not attempt planting until warm 
weather has come to stay. 
HARDY VARIETIES 
Gloriosa Each $2.75 
This can well be called the most satisfactory Water Lily. It is the earliest 
to bloom and continues to flower until late summer, producing more 
blossoms than any other sort. In the spring the flower is a bright 
carmine which becomes darker as the season lengthens. The blooms are 
perfect in form and 4 to 6 inches across. 
Each $3.50 
James Brydon 
Here indeed we have a superb variety most difficult to describe. It is 
exceedingly free blooming and produces flowers, amaranth-rose in color, 
4 to 5 inches in diameter. A most desirable variety. 
Marliacea chromatella Each $1.75 
Medium sized flowers usually 4 to 6 inches across. Color of the bloom 
is bright yellow, with stamens somewhat deeper in color. The leaves are 
green, mottled with brown. 
Morning Glory Each $2.50 
Soft shell-pink, very beautiful. The plant is a good, strong grower. 
One of the big fellows, the blossoms getting larger as the season ad- 
vances. Gives an excellent show after most of the other Lilies have 
stopped blooming. 
Odorata Each $1.00 
The American Water Lily of the northeastern United States. Flowers 
white. Splendidly adapted to quantity planting in natural pools. 
Paul Hariot Each $2.25 
The blooms are quite large, of lasting quality, and are borne in abun- 
dance all season. The petals are clear yellow the first day, orange-pink 
the second day, and this deepens almost to a red on the following days. 
Flowers of different ages present an appearance quite unique and de- 
cidedly attractive. 
Rose Arey Each $2.00 
A wonderful variety of the Odorata type; very free flowering, and strong 
growing. The flowers are very large, and are sweetly scented. The color 
is clear cerise-pink and does not lighten toward the center of the flower. 
Rose Magnolia Each $2.00 
The blooms are borne well out of the water, which makes them desirable 
for cutting. They are usually 4 to 5 inches across and of a delightful 
shade of pink. Strong, vigorous grower. 
Sunrise Each $3.50 
The finest of the yellow flowering hardy Lilies. A glorious yellow that 
opens earliest of all. Long, narrow petals with curved sides and 
crinkled tips give the appearance of giant Chrysanthemums. Flower is 
clear yellow with a touch of fluorescent green, the stamens rich lemon- 
chrome. Unusual in form, beauty and fragrance. 
Tuberosa Richardsoni Each $3.50 
Flowers white and quite double. No variety in our Water Garden is 
Sours more than this immense snowball-like flower, Eight inches in 
iameter. 
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Tropical Water Lily 
Marliacea C hromatella 
Morning Glory 
IGHT-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
Pos aae Each $2.50 
Flowers pure white, with golden yellow stamens. They are large and 
open out flat. 
H. C. Haarstick Each $2.50 
If you like red Lilies, we know this delightful new night-bloomer is sure 
to please! A conspicuous variety owing to its large. well shaped flowers 
and copper colored leaves. The flowers are a brilliant red that will 
contrast beautifully with other Lilies. 
Mrs. George C. Hitchcock Each $2.75 
This valuable new addition to the pink flowering night-bloomers has 
flowers that are dark rose-pink and are very large. 
DAY-BLOOMING TROPICALS 
August Koch Each $2.50 
As a variety suitable for all general purposes there is none that sur- 
passes August Koch. The flowers are 7 to 8 inches in diameter and open 
for four to six days. The sepals, ate purplish lilac and the petals pale 
wisteria-violet. Foliage strong and attractive. 
Dauben Each $2.00 
The best known viviparous Lily. Produces small blue flowers in great 
profusion. The small leaf-plants frequently bloom while still attached 
to parent plant. Fine for tub or aquarium culture. A continuous 
bloomer. 
General Pershing Each $3.00 
One of the finest novelties of recent years. Very large, fragrant flow- 
ers of pure, warm pink, unlike any other Day-blooming Water Lily. Very 
tree flowering and one of the most highly prized. 
Each $2.75 
Mrs. Edward Whitaker : ch 
The largest and most striking of the day-blooming tropical Lilies. Its 
blooms are frequently over a foot in diameter and are produced in 
quantity. The color is lavender-blue, which becomes paler as the bloom 
ages. Petals slightly rounded at the tips and quite numerous. 
Mrs. Geo. H. Pring Each $2.50 
The finest of the really large white day-bloomers. A new and novel type 
that produces numbers of large, fragrant, white flowers with pointed 
petals. Very attractive among the pinks and blues in a pond and excel- 
lent when used alone in a formal setting. It is the counterpart of the 
Mrs. Whitaker in pure white. Petals broader at the base and more 
pointed at the tip. Has been known to produce 13-inch flowers, but like 
the Whitaker, will also bloom in very small quarters. Will combine with 
any color. 
Each $2.50 
Pennsylvania : 
Deep blue flowers a foot across and produced freely; sepals marked with 
purple lines and dots. The leaves are slightly speckled with brown above; 
beneath, the ground color is red-purple at the edge, shading to pale 
green centers. Desirable in a small pool or tub. 
Pink Pearl Each $2.50 
Beautiful pearl-pink flowers of medium size and produced on stems 
longer than usual with the tropical Lilies. Flowers are produced in great 
profusion, making a continuously beautiful display in any pool. 
Royal Purple Each $3.00 
This handsome new Lily is identical in growth and habit to that excel- 
lent variety, Panama Pacific, except that the color is a glowing royal 
purple. This viviparous novelty will add a note of regal splendor to 
your pool. 
NELUMBIUMS - Lotus 
Album grandiflorum Each $3.75 
(Magnolia Lotus). Pure white flower with delicate fragrance. Extra 
large foliage. 
Speciosum Each $3.00 
The Sacred Lotus of the Nile. It grows well under almost all conditions. 
Both flowers and leaves stand well above the water. The rosy pink 
blooms are always large and fragrant. 
Lotus 
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