SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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GIANT OSTRICH FEATHER ASTER 
SEMPIX'S 
Giant Branching 
ASTLRS 
Flowers are large, double, of 
purest colors, and borne on long 
stems. The great beauty of this 
variety may be seen when they 
adorn the flower garden with a 
continuous mass of blooms until 
late in the fall. Valuable for 
cut flowers as well as for bed- 
ding. Blooms about September 1; 
18 to 24 inches high. White, 
Pink, Purple, Lavender, Crimson 
and Splendid Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Any separate color, oz. $1. 
Splendid mixed, oz. 80c. 
jjOLMLS' GIANT FLOWERING ASXE^RS 
(SEX ALSO PRIXLDING PAGE) 
For Complete List of Asters, see Page 69 
G iant Ostrich Feather 
Flowers Like Mammoth Chrysanthemums 
and of Unsurpassed Beauty 
So large, so beautiful, so unique in their charming grace,, 
so different from all other types, producing immense double 
flowers, often 6 inches across, composed of very long, nar- 
row, loosely curled petals, suggestive of a curled ostrich 
plume, — their graceful effect and large size render these 
Asters exceptionally handsome as cut flowers. The plants 
are of strong, healthy and luxuriant growth, attaining a. 
height of about 18 inches, branching out freely into well- 
formed bushes, each plant bearing from 25 to 40 magnificent, 
flowers. Bedded out, they are exceedingly showy. We offer 
the following colors : White, Rose, Carmine, Blue and Splen- 
did Mixed. Pkt. to cts., 3 pkts. 20 cts. White, oz. 
$1.25. Mixed, oz. $1.50. 
holmes' Paeony-Perfection 
Long-Stemmed Flowers 
A variety which in vigor of 
growth, size of bloom and all other 
qualities which go to make up a 
first-class Aster is unequalled, and 
we have recommended them highly 
to our customers. Plants grow 
about 18 inches high, free-branch- 
ing habit, every flower being borne* 
on a long stem ; valuable for cut- 
ting and bedding. Bright Scarlet,. 
Mauve, Rose, Sky - Blue, White,, 
Choice Mixed. Pkt. 5c, 4 pkts. 
15 C « Separate colors, oz. $1.50. 
Choice mixed colors, oz. #1.25.. 
QUEEN OP THE MARKET 
ASTER 
Queen of the Marke t 
ASTERS 
Earliest Flowering Variety 
With the exception of our first early Fortune 
Teller Aster there are none so early as the Queen 
of the Market Aster which comes into flower in 
July ; of branching habit ; flowers of good size and 
lorne on long stems, making them valuable for 
jutting; excellent for growing under glass. A 
iiavorite variety for farmers who grow for mar- 
ket, li ft. high. Indigo Blue, Red, Rose, White, 
Fine Mixed. Pkt. 5c, 4 pkts. 15c. Separate 
colors, oz. 60c. Fine mixed, oz. 50c. See cut. 
HOLMES' P^EONY-PERFECTION ASTER 
Include in your order Our Grand Collection of Asters Offered on Our Order Sheet. 
