Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
HOLMES' WORLD FAMOUS 
GIANT-FLOWERING 
PANSIES 
H 
OLMES' 
UNEXCELLED 
GIANT EXHIBITION MIXTURE 
No Pansies in the world can surpass this mammoth selection of specimen flowers. Our 
ambition in this mixture is, " perfection," and our customers tell us we must surely have reached 
the mark of our ambition, for we have never seen any Pansies to equal these either in size, 
form or markings. It is a selection of the most gorgeous named exhibition flowers of raptur- 
ous beauty unsurpassed, and we make it up of seed saved from only the largest, most perfect 
in form and markings, and brightest, showiest flowers, selected personally from the beds of Giant 
varieties. There is no mixture to be compared with it. A bed of these makes an effect too 
gorgeous to describe. The price may seem a little high to some, but we are sure that after 
you have grown them you will say the seed was worth ten times what you paid. (See illustra- 
tion below.) Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts., Joz. $1.50, |oz. $2.50. 
HOLMES' 
GIANT PANSY, MASTERPIECE 
Enormous flowers, 4 inches across, daintily ruffled edges, 
clearly distinct markings ; a flower of recent introduction that 
has won praise from lovers of this particular flower. A master 
indeed of its class. For complete list of separate colors see. 
general list, Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts. 
JOB'S TEARS (Coix Lachryma) 
Annual ornamental grass and a favorite of all flower lovers. 
The leaves are broad and corn-like ; the seeds produced are hard, 
with a shining pearly appearance. Interesting to children who 
of times string the seeds as beads. Pkt. 5 cts. 
MONKEY FLOWER 
SPECIMEN PANSY OP HOLMES' FAMOUS 
GIANT EXHIBITION MIXTURE 
FANCY FRINGED DOUBLE PETUNIA 
Holmes' Fancy Fringed 
PETUNIA 
Few flowers afford greater effect- 
iveness for outdoor decoration. ~This 
variety is the best of all Petunias. 
Give it very rich fine earth, a sunny 
position, being careful that the seed 
is merely covered when sown. Sow- 
ing seed too deep is often the cause 
of failure to grow this charming 
favorite. All colors mixed. Pkt. 
10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 
holmes' MIMULUS, or MONKEY FLOWER 
Flowers Resemble the Face of a Monkey 
The flowers are curiously shaped, resembling, to some exte'nt, the face : 
of a monkey, because of which, it has been named Monkey Flower, 
Brilliantly colored, blotched and spotted ; excellent for pots and bas- 
kets, also for open ground ; adapted to moist, shady situations, One 
foot high ; blooms first year. Pkt. 5 cts., 7 pkts. 25 cts 
PORTULACA Easily Grown 
Any dry, bare spot 
in the garden exposed 
to the sun will be the 
place for Portulaca. 
It covers the ground 
completely with a 
green carpet, strewn 
with masses of flowers 
in glowing colors. 
Annual. Finest Sin- 
gle Mixed and Double Rose-flow- 
ered Mixed. Either Pkt. 5c. 
THE BEST PRIMULA 
HOLMES' PRIZE STRAIN 
For growing in open ground, we cannot recom- 
mend the Primula, but as a pot-plant for winter 
or spring decoration it has no equal. Our Prize 
Strain will give the largest bloom of any Chinese 
Primrose. Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. primula, holmes' prize strain 
We issue a Special Plan* Catalogue, ask for it when you order your seeds. 
