"SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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BEAUTIFUL NEW 
Helenium Bigelowii 
1 ><ie of the most exquisite hardy perennials that blooms the first year when started early 
and continues throughout the summer to produce in greatest profusion its 
charming daisy-like flowers of bright yellow with black center. Splendid 
for cutting and extremely showy for garden decoration. (See illustra- 
tion.) Pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 
Large Satiny Dazzling Rosy Scariet Flowers 
The plant is very compact and attains full perfection, producing a mass 
of the largest and most beautiful flowers 
the first year from seed sown in the 
spring and we recommend this floral 
treasure to each one as one of the most 
desirable free -flowering annuals for 
solid beds, border lines, for pots and to 
grow in shaded places where so few 
really fine flowers will flourish. Average 
height 1| feet. (See illustration.) Pkt. 
5 cts., 4 pkts. 15 cts. 
HELENIUM BIGELOWII 
BURBANK'S NEW 
Shasta Daisy 
Blooms First Year from Seed 
Among new introductions scarcely 
-one has gained such world renown as 
this new Shasta Daisy. The marvelous 
combination of size, grace, glistening 
whiteness, abundance and 
general effectiveness of 
the flowers, place it far 
ahead of all others of its 
class. Remove all but one 
or two buds until a good 
clump of leaves has been 
formed, then let them 
loose and they will exhibit 
an amazing wealth of 
bloom ; 200 to 500 giant 
flowers on a single plant. 
They grow in any climate. 
Hardy perennial. Pkt. 
15 cts., 3 pkts. 40 cts. 
Give Each Lady a 
Very Fine Pocketbook 
See Offer on Inside Cover Page 
CYPERUS, or 
UMBRELLA PLANT 
CYPERUS, or 
Umbrella Piant 
Handsome ornamental 
foliage plant, with deep shining 
green fronds, resembling a minia- 
ture palm. Excellent for table 
decoration. Fine plants can be 
grown from seed in less than three 
months. (See illustration.) Pkt. 10c. 
LARKSPUR 
TALL ROCKET OR HYACINTH FLOWERED 
Its value as a border Or bedding plant, as well as for cut- 
LARKSPUR, TALL ROCKET OR HYACINTH FLOWERED 
flowers, has been thoroughly proved. One of the brightest and 
showiest annuals. The plants when bedded present a mass of rich-colored spikes of flowers about 6 inches long, which 
never tire of blooming until forbidden by frost. (See illustration.) Pkt. 5 cts., 4 pkts. IS cts., 02. 40 cts. 
(Rudbeckia laciniata) 
GOLDEN GLOW 
{RucCbeckia laciniata) 
One of the grandest hardy yellow flowering plants ever introduced, particularly valuable for garden, lawn and 
park planting ; grows 5 to 6 feet high ; graceful branching habit and pretty foliage. Blooms during July and August 
the first season from seed, and bears immense masses of large, round, golden yellow flowers, perfectly double like 
roses, 2 or 3 inches across, covering the whole plant with a dazzling sheet of flowers for weeks. The flowers are borne 
by hundreds on long, nodding stems ; one of the best for cutting. (See illustration.) Pkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c. 
See PAGE OME before ordering for special discounts, premiums, etc. 
