PLANTS 
ILLUSTRATED ABOVE ARE LISTED IN COLLECTIONS ON THIS PAGE. 
FOR YOUR WATER GARDENING PLEASURE 
Water gardening is fun for everyone! A lily pool, whether it be large or small can bring to your own 
back yard rare and exotic beauty of water plants that cannot be rivaled by their sisters of the soil. Add a pool 
to your garden this year. It need not be large, you can have all the beauty of a big pool in a common wash 
tub or discarded bath tub. If you prefer, simple little pools are easily built out of concrete block, used brick, 
or stones and lined with cement. For a summer of real gardening pleasure, now and for years to come, try a 
miniature water garden of your own. These collections will assist you: 
Collection No. 5A 
TALL GROWING PLANTS FOR 
CENTER OR BACKGROUND PLANTING 
Six plants suitable for planting in a box or pot about 3 to 6 inches 
below the water level. One each—Egyptian Paper Plant, Imperial 
Taro, Umbrella Plant, Variegated Sweet Flag, Water Poppy, and 
Water Hyacinth. 
ALL FOR ONLY $2.00 
Collection No. 2 
FOR THE MINIATURE WATER GARDEN 
All that you need for a Tub Garden—1 Hardy Water Lily—(Specify 
color—White, Pink, or Yellow), 3 Shallow Water Plants—l Oxy- 
genating Plant—l Water Hyacinth—l Water Poppy—1 pair Live- 
Bearing Snails. 
ALL FOR ONLY $3.50 
Collection No. 1 
LOVELAND SPRING PLANTING COLLECTION 
If you already have a pool you know that every spring it needs 
a little house cleaning—a few new plants and snails—some mossy 
plants for the goldfish to hide in and to lay their eggs on. Every- 
thing you will need to make your pool ready for a season of 
pleasure, even a box of Fish Food and Fish Tonic is included. 
You get: 5 bunches assorted oxygenating plants, 2 Water Hya- 
cinths, 1 bunch Parrot Feather, 2 Water Poppy, 5 Snails, 1 box 
Fish Tonic, and 1—10 ounce box JO-JO Outdoor Fish Food. (Regu- 
lar $3.45 value). 
ALL FOR ONLY $2.75 
Collection No. $1 
SCAVENGERS '|FOR THE POOL 
Snails and scavengers are necessary for the cleanliness of your 
pool and the health of your fish. They help keep the pool clean 
by devouring excess algae and decaying plant matter and by eat- 
ing excess food that would sour in the water. Snails add to the 
interest of a pool and are usually reproductive and hardy. Col- 
lection $1 consists of 10 assorted snails and clams (Fresh Water 
Mussels) Japanese Live Bearing Snails—Ramshorn Snails—Philli- 
pine Snails. 
10 ASSORTED SCAVENGERS FOR $1.00 
Collection No. $3 
SUBMERGED OXYGENATING PLANTS 
Plants that grow below the surface add life giving oxygen to the 
water and help to keep the water clean and clear. Submerged 
plants provide also a hiding place for baby fish and a shady rest 
as well. Included in this collection of oxygenating plants are seven 
assorted varieties best suited for this purpose. Anacharis, Ca- 
bomba, Myriophylum, Money Wort, Ludwegia, Valesneria, and 
Sagittaria. 
7 ASSORTED OXYGENATING PLANTS FOR $1.00 
IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 
Water Poppy—Egyptian Paprus Plant—Taro—Umbrella Plant—Variegated Sweet Flag—Water Hyacinth—(All these plants illustrated in pot are included in Col. 5 A)—Parrot Feather—Hardy Water 
Lily—Valisneria—Cabomba—Anacharis—Sagittaria—Myriophylum. 
ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS CATALOG COPYRIGHTED 1954—LOVELAND GOLDFISH FARM AND AQUATIC NURSERIES 
