Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
73 
HOLMES TESTED FLOWER SEEDS 
Pkt. 
IMPAT1ENS (Touch.Me-Not). Beauti- 
ful annual, producing in winter and sum- 
mer bright waxen flowers of rosy scarlet. 
1 foot. >\ 
' 1370 Sultani. > S -arlet $0 10 
IBERSS. See Candytuft. 
1POMOEA. Bee Vines. 
JAPANESE VIRGIN'S BOWER. See 
Clematis. 
•JAPANESE HOP. See Humuius. 
JOSEPH'S COAT. See Amarantus. 
JERUSALEM CHERRY. See Solanum. 
KEN I L WORTH IVY. See Linaria 
1375 Kochia Scoparia. New decora- 
tive plant. See specialty pages. . . Ob 
ILANTAIMA. See specialty pages. Very 
valuable for window culture or for masses 
and bedding. Profuse-blooming, with ver- 
bena-like flower-umbels of orange, white, 
rose, etc. 2 feet. 
1390 Hybrida Mixed 05 
LARKSPUR. See also page 61. One of the 
best known of garden flowers. A vast im- 
provement has been effected in the size and 
color of the blossoms and the general habit 
of the plant. 1 to 2 feet. 
1395 Emperor, Double Mixed 05 
1396 Tall Rocket (Hyacinth-flowered). 
Double; finest mixed 05 
See, also, Delphinium. 
LINARIA. See Vines. 
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING, See Anjaran- 
thus. 
LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See Nigella. 
LUN ARIA. See Honesty. 
LADY SLIPPER. See Balsam. 
i_AVATERA. See, also, page 61. Very 
desirable for growing in masses for a rich 
display of large flowers from July till 
September. 2 feet. 
1400 Trimestris Mixed 05 
S-YCHNIS. Flowers single, bright glowing 
scarlet, very rich and of such exquisite fra- 
grance as to place them among the treasures 
of one's Summer-blooming plants. Their 
bright color adds greatly to the beauty of 
bouquets. 
1402 Chalcedonica 05 
SLEMON VERBENA. A universal favorite, 
with beautiful pale green, lemon-scented 
foliage and lilac-tinted flowers. Tender 
perennial. 
1405 Lemon Verbena , 05 
LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See Nigella. 
LOBELIA (Cardinal Flower). Very fine 
plants for edging in flower beds, their bril- 
liant shades of blue and white making a 
pleasing contrast' to the masses of reds and 
yellows so prevalent in bedding. 
1406 Crystal Palace. See page 61. 
Blue ...... 10 
1407 Compacta alba. White; trailing 05 
1408 Finest Mixed.... 05 
1409 Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Rich 
fiery cardinal flowers; strong 
plants, often producing 10 to 18 
spikes, 12 to 24 in. long 05 
LINARIA. See Vines. 
MARIGOLD. See page 61. The African 
varieties are tall and produce large, self- 
colored blossoms ; the French varieties are 
smaller, some of them being elegantly 
striped. ' 
AFRICAN 
1410 Lemon Queen. Lemon-colored.. 05 
1411 African Double Mixed... 05 
1412 Eldorado, or Dahlia - flowered. 
Yellow 05 
1413 Tall Orange, Double 05 
FRENCH 
1420 Legion of Honor. Yellow and 
brown, 1 foot. . .. 05 
1421 Striped, Tall. Single 05 
1422 Brown, Marbled. Small plants. . 05 
1423 Dark Brown. Tall; brown 05 
1424 French Tall. Double Mixed 05 
1425 Golden Yellow. Brown margin . . 05 
1426 Double Pulchra. Yellow, brown 
center • 05 
iberjs (See Oanayuiit) 
Li ANT AN A HYBRIDA 
LOBELIA 
MARIGOLD, Continued Pkt. 
1427 French Dwarf Double. Mixed $0 05 
1428 Dwarf Twilled. Mixed 05 
1429 Dwarf Striped 05 
MATRICARIA. See Feverfew. 
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE. See 
Vinca. 
MIMULUS (Monkey Flower). Earned 
from the resemblance of the corolla to a 
mask or face. The colorings or markings 
are rich in the extreme. 
1440 Moschatus. Mixed 05 
MIGNONETTE. See also page 62. A well- 
known hardy annual, producing dense, semi- 
globular spikes of exceedingly fragrant 
flowers. 
1450 Holmes' Dwarf Matchet. Rich 
golden yellow; very fragrant 05 
1451 Allen's Defiance. Red 05 
1452 Odorata grandiflora (Sweet Mig- 
nonette) 05 
1453 Golden Queen. Bright yellow... 05 
1454 Gigantea. Tall mixed 05 
1455 Salmon-red. Very large 05 
1456 Dwarf Bush. Crimson 05 
1457 Golden Machet 05 
1458 Giant Pyramidal. Bright red 05 
1459 Mixed 05 
MARVEL OF PERU (Four O'clock). 
Beautiful summer blooming annuals of 
bushy habit, each plant bearing hundreds of 
large flowers of white, yellow or crimson 
throughout the summer. 2 feet. 
1465 Variegated. Brilliant flowers; 
gold-striped foliage 05 
MALLOWS. See Hibiscus 
MAURANDYA. See Vines. 
MONKEY FLOWER. See Mimulus. 
MOONFLOWER. See Ipomoea. 
MOMORDICA. See Vines. 
MYRSIPHYLLUM. See Smilax. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget. Me -Not). Very 
beautiful little plants, with star-like flowers 
blooming the first year from seed if bown 
early. Tender perennial. 
1467 Palustris. True Forget-Me- Not. . 05 
1468 Alpestris alba. Beautiful white 
flowers ; grows 6 inches high 05 
NICOTIANA (Ornamental Tobacco). 
Showy, of very branching habit, with star- 
shaped flowers of the purest white and very 
fragrant. First-class bedding plant. 3 feet. 
1470 Affinis. White. Very sweet- 
scented 05 
1471 Sanderae. Scarlet. New fine 
annual. See page 62. 25 
3MYMPHAEA (Water Lily). Nothing is 
prettier than Water Lilies in bloom. Few 
know that they may be grown from seed. 
To break the monotony of the numerous 
bedded plants nothing is equal to a half 
barrel or tub of Water Lilies set in the 
flower garden. 
1480 Zanzibarensis. Purple flowers.. 10 
1481 Lotus. Yellow 10 
1482 Alba. White 10 
OLD MAID. See Vinca. 
NIGELLA (Love-in-a-Mist). The pretty 
flowers of this plant are surrounded by a 
delicate wreath of fine mossy green fibers: 
useful in masses or on border. 1 foot. 
1487 Damascena, Double Mixed 05 
TALL NASTURTIUMS 
Tropaeolum majus 
These include climbing sorts suitable for trellis, 
porch or veranda decorations. 5 to 15 ft. 
1500 JUPITER. New. See specialty pages. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts. 
1501 Holmes' Wonderful Mixture. All 
the choicest tall varieties. Pkt. 10 
cts., oz. 15 cts. %lb. 40 cts., %lb. 75 
cts., 1 lb. $1.25. See page 62. 
Any one of the following varieties, 5 cts. per 
pkt., 7 pkts. for 25 cts., 10 cts. per oz., 7 ozs. 
for 50 cts. 
1503 Atropurpureum. Dark crimson. 
1504 Chameleon. New. Mixed. 
