Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



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SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



0LML5' GIANT FLOWERING 



ASTLRS 



GIANT OSTRICH FEATHER ASTER 



smPLE's 

 Giant Branching 



ASTILRS 



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 foi: 

 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. $u 

 Splendid mixed, oz. 80c. 



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 For Complete List of Asters, see Page 69 



G iant Ostrich Feather 



Flowers Like Mammoth Chrysantliemums 

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

 $1.25. Mixed, oz. $1.50. 



HOLMES Pdeony-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. 

 •50. Separate colors, oz. $1.50. 

 Choice mixed colors, oz. $1.25. 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET 

 ASTER 



Queen of the Market 



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 

 borne on long stems, making them valuable for 

 jutting; excellent for growing under glass. A 

 favorite 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-PEKFECTION ASTER 



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