SUPERIOR TESTED FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



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Holmes Seed Company, Harrishurg, Pa, 



HOLMES' WORLD FAMOUS 

 GIANT-FLOWERING 



PANSIES 



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OLMES' 



UNEXCELLED 



QIANT 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 bs 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 th em 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, ios. $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 



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 w' jn sown. Sow- 

 ing seed too deep is often the cause 

 of failure to grow this charming 

 favorite. AL 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 extent, 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., T 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. 



SPECIMEN PANSY OF HOLMES' FAMOUS 

 GIANT EXHIBITION MIXTURE 



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 



For Pansy PLANTS And Other Bedding Plants See Pages 79 to 81 



