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Policies and Philosophy of Business 
May we say at this point we want you to have success with our products and have tried in this 
catalog to tell you, as our long experience has revealed, how to plant, use and care for the various items 
listed. May we say at this point that we realize thoroughly that only through your full success and 
consequent good will can we continue in business. We need your repeated orders and try to do everything 
possible to merit them. Our location is ideal for growing winter-hardy plants at their vigorous best. 
Experience of tens of thousands of customers throughout the United States and Canada shows conclusively 
that our plants thoroughly acclimate themselves to all conditions without loss of time or vigor. This is 
an important point and we ask you to compare both quality and price with any similar products. 
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GUARANTEE 
65 Years of Customer Satisfaction 
We guarantee to ship you only our finest, vig- 
orous plants true to name and assume ful! réspon- 
sibility that they reach you in a fresh and satis- 
factory planting condition. We will replace with- 
out cost any not so received if notified within 10 
days. 
CROWTH GUARANTEED. If any plant fails 
to grow and we are notified within 30 days we 
will replace same freé of charge, customer to 
pay shipping charges only. At time of complaint 
remit 75c per Tropical Lily and 50c for Hardy 
Lilies and other aquatics, to cover postage. To 
prevent any disappointment our replacements will 
be made of strong, free blooming plants. Replace- 
ments made free when additional plants are 
ordered. 
GARDEN PLANNING 
Pools will often solve the question of what to 
do with an awkward space. A water garden is 
often useful to put at the end of a walk particu- 
larly, to form a focal point of interest to what 
might indeed be an otherwise uninteresting or 
meaningless ramble. It is often placed in front 
of a pergola, summerhouse, or arbor, where it 
is most appropriate. Such a retreat will acquire 
new interest in your eyes and afford your friends 
pleasure. Pools are very simple and inexpensive 
to build and are a permanent investment adding 
value to your property. 
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Our Shipping Dates 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 
When We Ship 
HARDY LILIES 
We ordinarily ship Hardy Lilies and 
TERMS — PLEASE READ 
We prepay postage on all orders of $5.00 
or more. 
Orders $2.50 to $5.00 include 10% extra 
for postage and packing. 
Orders for less than $2.50 include 50c extra 
for postage and packing. 5 
To avoid confusion please use order blank 
attached. : 
ORDER EARLY. Order immediately and you 
may leave to our judgment the proper shipping 
date. We are, of course, glad to ship on any 
date you specify. Promptness in shipping your 
orders as well as quality have built our business. 
Please make all checks and money orders pay- 
able to Johnson Water Gardens, Paramount, Cali- 
fornia. If stamps are sent we appreciate denom- 
inations of 10c and 25c. 
NO PLANTS SHIPPED C.O.D. 
Owing to their perishable nature plants are 
not shipped C.O.D. 
HOW AND WHEN WE SHIP 
Our plants are all packed in specially prepared 
Plants to warmer parts ! 
and April on. In the latitude of Chi- 
cago and New York from April 15th 
POOL ASSORTMENT 
Things You Will Need With a New Pool 
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A group of accessories to make your pool a 
complete success. 
242 lbs. Johnson’s Water Lily Fertilizer 
1 lb. Johnson’s Goldfish Food 
1 Volck Oil Spray (4 0z.) to control aphis 
without harm to goldfish 
SPECIAL GROUP PRICE... Phere 
$260 
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earlier. 
My Little 
POOL 
BuiLpinG || Book on 
Pools ... 
If you have 
not built your 
pool this little 
booklet will be 
of great help to you. Many pools 
that have been built by our cus- 
tomers are illustrated, which will 
give you a general idea of the var- 
ious types. Detail drawings show- 
ing how a pool is built as well as 
instructions on how to mix the 
concrete, water-proof the surface, 
put in drainage pipes and other 
useful data are included. 
We have been building pools 
and giving advice and information 
on them for over 75 years, so you 
are assured of expert advice. You 
will find our plans time proven, 
and practicable to build. We will 
be glad to help you at any time 
with any problems you might have 
with pool construction. 
BOOKLET 
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Natural pools are inexpensively 
constructed from clay. 
If you have a heavy, sticky clay 
soil you may easily construct a 
serviceable pool by excavating to 
a depth of 2 feet and thoroughly 
puddling the wet clay by tamping 
to a depth of 6 inches. When fin- 
ished it should be just about as 
watertight as concrete if thorough- 
ly puddled. 
If your soil is not clay you may 
achieve the same results by haul- 
ing in a 6 or 8 inch layer of 
good, gummy clay. 
TUB GARDENS 
A large barrel (50 gallon pickel 
barrels are fine) cut in half will 
make two nice tub gardens when 
partly filled with soil and sunk 
in the ground. No. 3 galvanized 
washtubs may be used also. 
on. We will ship, on special request, 
any time during the year. 
TROPICAL LILIES 
These should not be planted too 
early for best results. 
To warmer South and south Pacific 
Coast from May 1st on. Chicago and 
New York areas May 25th to June 
lst. Too early planting is time lost. 
BLUE TRIUMPH and Blue Beauty 
are somewhat hardier than other trop- 
and we ship up to 
boxes by experienced packers. They are wrapped 
in waxed paper with damp moss and excelsior in 
such careful fashion that they retain their fresh 
growing condition perfectly. In your pool, within 
a day after planting, they will appear as though 
they had never been transplanted. : 
from March 
ALL OUR DELIVERIES ARE TO YOUR DOOR 
BY PARCEL POST. 
Parcel Post is by far the most efficient way to 
receive plants for it is speedy, careful, and ob- 
viates any loss of time by delivering directly to 
your door. 
DEALER’S PRICES. To qualified nurserymen, 
florists and dealers, we offer attractive prices in 
any quantities, large or small. Wholesale lists 
are sent only when request is made on business 
stationery. 
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How to Build a Pool 
Pools are very simply built, the principal thing to remember being to have 
them about 2 feet deep, which allows a foot for the boxes or soil in which 
lilies are planted and 8 to 12 inches of water. Such a pool will give optimum 
results, though of course pools much shallower or much deeper are perfectly 
satisfactory. About 12 hours after the concrete is poured it may be water- 
proofed by painting it with pure cement mixed with water to the consistency of 
cream. The pool may then be filled with water and left for a week or so to cure. 
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