. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. GERMAIN'S WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS A selected list of the choicest Hardy and Tropical Water Lilies and aquatic plants for pools and water gardens. We pay the most careful attention to packing and snipping and have received the highest commendation on the size and quality of the routs we send out. Usually about five lilies will give splendid results in a
. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. GERMAIN'S WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS A selected list of the choicest Hardy and Tropical Water Lilies and aquatic plants for pools and water gardens. We pay the most careful attention to packing and snipping and have received the highest commendation on the size and quality of the routs we send out. Usually about five lilies will give splendid results in a 9x9-foot pond. Fill very slowly with water, up to the top. The lilies will soon be on top with their new leaves and blossoms. Put in fish and snails. Plant the moss on the bottom in the dirt. PLANTING. Place two inches of well rotted cow fertilizer on the bottom with three inches of garden soil on top. Dampen and tamp down hard, then spread half an inch of sand over the top. Plant lilies about two feet apart, so that the crown is just above the surface of the Egyptian Lotus Hardy Water Lilies ALBA CANDIDISSIMA. A vigorous and desirable variety, early and free bloom- er, good size and pure white $ AURORA. Soft rosy-yellow changing to deep red Fine for small pools. COMANCHE. Flowers of a wonderful combination of orange and amber red CONQUEROR. Extra large cup-shaped, deep violet-rose shaded with white ESCARBOUCLE. The flowers are most Striking in color, being uniform Ver- million red GLADSTONIANA. Pure dazzling white, cup-shaped and very massive. One of the best for large pool GLORIOSA. Flowers of perfect form; deep carmine-rose becoming a very dark red late in the season JAMES BRYDON. Free grower with rosy-crimson flowers 4" to 5" in size MARLIACEA CARNEA. A splendid companion to Clironiatella, color of flowers being a soft flesh pink MARLIACEA ALBIDA. Large flowers of sparkling whiteness, stamens light yellow — - MARLIACEA CHROMATELLA
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