Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg. Pa. 



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HOLMES TESTED FLOWER SEED SPEaALTIES 



HOLMI^S' FAMOUS 



Mammoth Mixed Verbenas 



Selected by us with great care to have it perfection. The 

 flowers are very large and abundant and of every known color of 

 Verbena. For garden beds or massing these Verbenas are un- 

 rivaled; flowers of the most brilliant colors, produced continuously 

 from spring until late in the autumn. Although perennial, these 

 form luxuriant plants and bloom the first season from seed. Pkt. 

 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts.. I oz. $1.5^ >^ oz. 75 cts. For 

 separate colors see general list. (See illustration.) 



Holmes' Qiant Wall Tlower 



A MUCH IMPROVED STRAIN 



These old favorites of European gardens are not as much 

 LMv^wn and appreciated in this country as they deserve, clue, no 

 ^ doubt, to the fact that they are scarcely hardy m very 

 9 cold locations, but in sheltered locations with protection 

 they winter safely in Northern States, though, perhaps, 

 it is better to sow the seed annually in spring, and 

 winter the young plants over in the cold frame. They 

 are worth the trouble, making nice bushy plants 1%. feet 

 high, bearing in the spring long spikes of most deliciously 

 fragrant flowers of various colors, crimson, purple, yel- 

 low, apricot, mahogany, pink, etc. Single or double 

 mixed. Pkt, 5 cts,, 2 pkts. of each 15 cts. 



Holmes' Mammoth-riowering Zinnias 



The plants form handsome, compact bushes 3 feet 

 in height, and the mammoth, perfectly formed double 

 ilowers measure 5 to 6 inches across, and are one of the 

 best annuals for bouquet purposes as well as garden 

 'decorations. One oi the easiest flowers to grow. Blam- 

 motli mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 45 cts,, % oz. 25 cts. 



HOLMES MAMMOTH VEKiilC' 



NEW 



Schizanthus Wisctoncnsis 



A BEAUTIFUL SHOWY ANNUAL ... < ^ ^ 



It forms bushy, pyramidal plants about 18 schizanthus wisetonensik 

 Inches high, and is literally covered with its small 



orchid-like flowers for a period extending over two months. Unsurpassed 

 as a pot plant for the house or conservatory. Flower is white, dotted with 

 delicate rose or carmine and yellow. Pkt. 20 cts. 



Holmes' QIANT SWFT.T WTT.T.T AM D°nble Mixed 



A most remarkable mixture of large-flowered Sweet William, con- 

 taining many attractive shades of the very charming colors. This strain 

 is the result of many years' patient selection, and will not fail to please 

 those who give it a trial. Hardy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 75 cts., 3^ oz.40 cts. 



The SINGLE. rRAQRANT Violet 



This is the well-known favorite spring bloomiug violet. It needs no 

 description. It requires 3 to 6 months for the seed to germinate and the 

 plants produce flowers the second season and therea°fter. Blue. Pkt. 5 cts. 



New Salvia, 'TIROALL" 



Too much cannot be said of the magnificent display afforded by the 

 gorgeous globe of crimson-scarlet flowers which entirely covers the compact 

 bush of this popular floral favorite. For bedding in mass or with other har- 

 monious colors it is very effective and lasting. Pkt. lOc, 3 pkts. 25c. 



JLRUSALLM CHERRY (Solanum Capslcastrum) 



A veiy useful and ornamental pot plant for winter decoration. It is of 

 dwarf, branching habit ; leaves small and oval-shaped, bearing in the great- 

 est profusion bright scarlet globular berries. Start the seed early in the 

 Spring. Pkt. 5 cts., 7 pkts. 25 cts. 



holmes' GIANT-FLOWEKING AVALT.FLOWEK 



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