SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Holmes' 

 Giant Flowering 



ASTERS 



MAMMOTH FLOWERS OF 

 PERFECT FORM AND PUREST COLORS 



HOLMES' BRiDESMAID aster 



AN EXQUISITE ROSY PINK 



A charming favorite whose delicate rosy pink flowers fairly sparkle with 

 the brightness that is characteristic of it, there being so much very noticeable 

 life about each flower that it appeals immediately to the admii-ation of all who 

 see it. Plants are literally covered with blooms and grow 2 feet high, Pkt. 

 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts., oz. $4. See illustration. 



NEW 

 STI^AIN OF 



GIANT COMET aster 



Resembles Japanese Chrysanthemum 



These giant varieties differ from the 

 older well-known Comet Asters not only in 

 bearing much larger flowers, but the petals 

 are longer and broader. The flowers are 

 of immense size, often 6 inches across, 

 composed of long, wavy, twisted petals, 

 gracefully formed into loose, yet densely 

 double, half globes, resembling some of the 

 finer Japanese Chrysanthemums. Each 

 plant bears from 20 to 30 of these magnifi- 

 cent flowers on long stems ; valuable for 

 cutting for vases. Rose, White and Mixed. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 23 cts. Sepa- 

 rate colors, oz. $2.25. Mixed colors, 

 $1.50 per ounce. See illustration. 



GIANT COMET ASTER 



HOLMES' NEW ASTER, BRIDESMAID 



Holmes' Mammoth Asters 



V ICTORIA 



Mammoth double flowers, massive and 

 showy, with regular overlapping petals 

 double clear to the center. The flowers 

 measure 4 to 5 inches across, and the colors 

 include many extremely delicate and some 

 gorgeous shades. Plants grow very evenly, 

 18 inches high ; from 25 to 40 flowers on a 

 plant. Perhaps the handsomest Asters, for 

 size, color and profusion of bloom. Indigo 

 Blue, Magenta Red, Dark Red, Light Violet, 

 White and Finest White. Pkt. lOc, 3 

 pkts. 20c. Separate colors, oz. $1.75. 

 Mixed colors, oz. $1.50. S^e illustration. 



HOLMES' NEW FORTUNE TELLER ASTER 



NEW EXTRA-EARLY 



PURE WHITE ASTER 



Holmes' 



Fortune Teller 



The First Aster to Bloom 

 Introduced by Us Several 

 Years Ago 



The flowers, borne on long, wiry 

 stems in great numbers, being so very 

 double and unusually large, the plant 

 attaining a height of 20 to 24 inches. 

 An early Aster with no beauty is unap- 

 preciated, while one of beauty coming 

 into bloom late also loses its attractive- 

 ness ; but a beautiful Aster coming in- 

 to bloom before any other makes it a 

 treasure in the flower garden. Pkt- 

 10 cts., 3 pkts. 20 cts., oz. 

 $2.50. See illustration. 



VICTORIA ASTER 



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