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GLADSTONE — Large pure dazzling white blos¬ soms with yellow heart. $1.50

GONNERE — Very fine double; globelike in form blooming over a long period. This is an es¬ pecially attractive lily and well worth the price. $4.00

CHROMATELLA — Bright yellow with broad petals and a favorite variety. Leaves blotched with maroon. $1.50.

SUNRISE — This is a gem; having large, beauti¬ fully formed flowers, rising gracefully out of the water. Long blooming season. $4.00

MARLIAC C ARNE A (PINK)— Flesh pink frag¬ rant flowers, and a profuse bloomer. $1.00.

ROSE AREY — Deep cerise pink, having pointed petals, giving a distinctive shape to the flower $2.00

PAUL HARIOT — A charming flower, opening yellow, suffused with rose, deepening to copper red as it grows older. Profuse bloomer, and good for large or small pools. $2.00

COMANCHE — This is the most beautiful of the sunset colors, very brilliant and glowing. The plant is strong in growth and has a long bloom¬ ing season. $2.50

ROBINSONI — Warm red with orange stamens. A very beautiful lily, and a good bloomer. $2.50

CONQUEROR — Carmine red, very free flower¬ ing, and a vigorous grower. $2.50

ESCARBOUCLE — One of the deepest red lilies grown. It fairly glows with color and makes a wonderful display. $4.00

Lilies

Tropical waterlilies are so beautiful that every pool should have at least one. They are worth the purchase price many times over in the joy they give. The blooms rise out of the water on tall stems, and are most lovely and very fragrant and colorful.

The bulbs can be lifted and stored in damp sand and planted in the pool when warm settled weath¬ er comes in spring. They bloom until frost.

PANAMA-PACIFIC — A splendid variety having large reddish purple flowers with yellow centers. New plants are formed on the leaves, and often bloom, being minature replicas of the larger flowers. $2.00

MRS. GEORGE H. PRING.— This is a grand lily,

being pure white with yellow center. Very fragrant and a good cut flower. $2.00

MRS. C. W. WARD — Deep rose pink and a most beautiful lily, always attracting attention. Very large flowers, on extra long stems. Good cut flower. $2.00

PENNSYLVANIA — One of the best blues, bear¬ ing very large blooms. Yellow center with blue tipped stamens. Very desirable. $2.50

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Night blooming lilies open in the evening, re¬ maining open all night and most of the morn¬ ing. They are very interesting and the flowers are lovely.

GEORGE HUSTER — Brilliant red flowers, with the stamens arranged in a cone. Lovely red leaves. $2.00

JUNO — Pure white flowers which open widely, having a cone of yellow stamens. $2.00

EGYPTIAN LOTUS — The immense pink flowers and leaves rise out of the water in stately beauty The plants should be confined in a box or sep¬ arate pool, as they are very rampant growers. Handle tubers very carefully, so as not to break off sprout in planting. Dormant tubers till April. $2.00

Growing plants after April, priced according to size. We do not ship these.

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Every pool needs plenty of these, as they help keep the water clear.

FISH GRASS — Leaves in whorls, being submerged ioc per bunch.

PARROT FEATHER — Bright filmy leaves in whorls, floating. ioc per bunch.

WATER POPPY — Floating plant with yellow poppy-like flowers. ioc

LANCE LEAF — Lance shaped leaves, white flow¬ ers in spikes. Keep confined. 15c

ARROWHEAD — Arrow shaped leaves, flowers in a spike, white with maroon blotch. Makes a large clump. 25c

PICKEREL PLANT— Marsh plant with heart shaped leaves and dark blue flower spikes. Shallow water. Splendid plant. 25c

WATER HYACINTH— Floating plant with trusses of dainty lavender flowers. Blooms best in a shaded location with roots in soil. 10c 3 for 25c

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WATER HAWTHORNE (APONOGETON) This plant deserves special mention. In mild climates it grows and blooms all winter, going dormant in the summer. The oblong floating leaves grow in a circle, as also do the interest¬ ing forked flower spikes, which are sweetly scented. 50c

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PAPYRUS — This makes a tall clump, the stems being surmounted by a tuft of thread-like leaves. Very picturesque. Pool side or shal¬ low water. 30c

UMBRELLA PALM — This is a fine tropical ap¬ pearing plant for the pool side or planted in the water. 25c

PALM GRASS — Forms clumps of palm-like pleated leaves arching gracefully. 25c

RIBBON GRASS — Clumps about a foot high with leaves streaked green and white. 15c

HARDY FOUNTAIN GRASS— A splendid grass with narrow stiff blades, surmounted by many feathery plumes. 25c

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SNAILS — Every pool needs snails, as they help keep the water pure, feeding on decaying vege¬ tation.. ioc each, $1.00 per dozen.

Gift Offep

With the purchase of one Waterlily, we will give 1 bunch of Fish Grass and 1 Water Hya¬ cinth. With two or more Waterlilies 1 Lance Leaf and 1 Water Poppy, in addition to the above.

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We have a small stock of desirable shrubs and plants suitable for planting around and near pools and rock gardens, at very reasonable prices.

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

Fop a Success ful Wate. Garden

1 . A water tight pool, preferably cement, 1 8 to 24 inches deep, in full sun if possible. Lotus do well in shade.

2. Very rich soil. Place well decayed cow manure in the boxes 3 or 4 inches deep, cover with good garden soil and 1 inch of sand.

3. Give the plants plenty of room. Make boxes 18 to 24 inches square, 10 to 12 inches deep for i or 2 lilies.

4. Gold fish or Mosquito fish to keep mosquitos down; snails and oxygenating plants.

5. Do not keep changing the water. Run in enough to keep proper level as water evaporates.

We will be glad to give any information we possess on points not covered by the above.

PRICES quoted are at the Gardens. No charges for packing.

If to be mailed, add 10 per cent of the amount of your order for postage, otherwise we will send express collect. Extra plants sent to help pay postage.

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WATER GARDENS AND GOLDFISH—

Sawyer and Perkins _ $1.65

THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENING— Bisset _ 5.00

OUR NATIVE CACTI— Higgins _ 2.65

ROCK GARDEN PRIMER— Thorton _ 2.15

ADVENTURES IN DISH GARDENING— Beard _ 2.65

ALL ABOUT FLOWERING BULBS—

Weston _ 2.1 5

PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING— Cridland - 2.65

PRACTICAL PLANT PROPOGATION—

Hottes _ 2.15

WAYSIDE MARKETING— Arnold 1.65

1001 GARDEN QUESTIONS ANSWERED— Hottes _ Cloth $2.15, Paper $1.65

Prices are postpaid

Every gardener should be especially well post¬ ed on best methods of growing the plants he is most interested in. The above books are highly recommended. If interested in other garden sub¬ jects, write us, and we will try to find the book you want.