Hardy (Water Lilies 
HARDYGLO EUS 
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 satisfactory, 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 moy 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 snring the flower is a brioht 
carmine which becomes darker as the season lengthens. The blooms are 
perfect in form and 4 to 6 inches across. 
James Brydon Each $3.50 
Here indeed we have a superb variety most difficult to describe. It is 
exceedingly free blooming and preduce: flowers, amaranth-rose in color, 
4 to 5 inches in diameter. A most des‘rable 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 orower. 
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 
admired more than this immense snowbdall-like flower. Eight inches tn 
diameter. 
NELUMBIUMS - Lotus 
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. 
Marliacea Chromatella 
Six CNew 
tant lowered Cannas 
LOVELY PASTEL COLOR SELECTIONS FROM 
OUR NEW GRAND OPERA SERIES 
The tints of these new Cannas are remarkable for their delicateness 
yet they sparkle in sunlight. Gone are the hard, offensive colors of 
the old Canna. Gone also are the spindly, small blooms. These new 
Canna hybrids have immense trusses with individual flowers as large 
and larger than those of Gladioli. May we suggest that you plant 
a few of these in your flower border to give added color or possibly 
a plant or two in a sunny spot against a fence or the house and be 
sure to grow some in tubs for terrace or roof garden decoration. 
Aida Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
The individual florets that make up the trusses in this sterling variety, 
like the others of the set, are Gladiolus-flowered. The petals are 
broad and rounded, each petal tcuching or overlapping its neighbor. 
The trusses are luxuriant and full, greatly enhancing the value of the 
tints and colors that make up the flowers. The base color of Aida is old 
rose overlaid with delicate salmon. As these colors merge, the flowers 
open and expand into a floral fabric of sheer pastel loveliness. 
La Boheme Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
This may prove to be the favorite of all. Like the others of the series, 
the flowers are rounded, the trusses: nicely. formed, building. into: great.. 
heads of glorious bloom. The soft rosy peach overlaid with delicate” 
pearl tints the flowers in a manner that baffles description. La Boheme 
is vibrant with life ard beauty and when you view the gorgeous finale 
as the flowers develop over the foliage, it will be apparent to the be- 
holder that this exquisite Canna merits the name. 
La Traviata Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
Entirely different from the others of the series and bows its head to 
none. Every petal and every flower is full of life and vigor. They are 
perfectly placed in the truss and build up to beautiful heads of color. 
La Traviata is a self-color, a delightful and lively shade of old rose, 
and makes an ideal foil for the soft pastels when planted in conjunc- 
tion with the others. 
Mignon Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
Quite different from the rest of the series. The lower petal of the 
giant florets comprising the truss is o!d gold washed with over- 
tones of peach and rose. The three upper petals are lighter in tone, the 
old gold being less apparent; the remaining colors, peach and rose, 
culminating in a soft alpine alow. The blending of all this beauty in the 
wide open flowers marks Mignon as a fine and striking new Canna. 
Mme. Butterfly Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
Like the opera for which it is named, it brings to the eye in color tones 
the same joy and happiness that is derived from hearing the arias of the 
beoutiful opera. Soft horizon-yellow washed with overtones of daybreak- 
pink tint color the flowers in the the most beautiful manner. When 
the trusses are fully open and expanded Mme. Butterfly might well 
be considered one of the finest. 
Rigoletto Each 75c, Six $4.00, Doz. $7.50 
This variety is unsurpassable in its color. Like Aida, Rigoletto produces 
a beautiful mass of florets. As to fineness and quality, as far as the 
flower is concerned, there is little distinction except in color. Rigoletto 
is pure canary-yellow when first opening, passing to light lemon-yellow 
as the flowers develop. It is particularly lovely when the heads burst 
inta bloom above the bright green foliage. Rigoletto far surpasses R. 
Wallace, which for years was considered the best of the yellow Cannas. 
New Giant Cannas in Mixture 
We have about seventy different varieties of the New Grand 
Opera Series of Cannas. They are a selection made from thou- 
sands of seedlings, most of which have been destroyed. From 
the seventy we have selected six of the best which are now offered. 
The remaining varieties are perfectly beautiful but it would be 
unwise to introduce them as there would be too much similarity 
of color. Instead of destroying them we decided to offer them 
to our customers in a mixture, each one a different kind, yet 
colors so selected that they will form a beautiful pastel mixture. 
Grand Opera Cannas in Mixed Colors 
6 for $3.65, 12 for $6.75, 25 for $12.50, 100 for $47.00 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF CANNAS 
Caliente Three $1.10, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Giant flowers of intense scarlet. Bronze foliage. 4 ft. 
Richard Wallace Three 85c, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Golden yellow. Green foliage. 4 ft. 
Salmon Beauty Three $1.10. Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Giant flowers of soft salmon-pink. Green foliage. 4 ft. 
The President Three 85c, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Enormous scarlet flowers. Green foliage. 4 ft. : 
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