HOLMES TESTED FLOWER SEEDS 



72 



Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa, 



Pkt 



IMPATIENS (Touch-Me-Not). Beauti- 

 ful annual, producing in winter and sum- 

 mer bright waxen flowers of rosy scarlet. 



1 foot. .'i'/J 



1370 Sultani. S 'arlet $0 10 



IBERIS. See Candytuft. 

 IPOMOEA. See Vines, 

 JAPANESE VIRGIN'S BOWER. See 



Clematis. 

 JAPANESE HOP. See Humulus. 

 JOSEPH'S COAT. See Amarantus. 

 JERUSALEM CHERRY. See Solanum. 

 KENILWORTH IVY. See Linaria 

 1375 Kochia Scoparia. New decora- 

 tive plant. See specialty pages. . , Oo 



LANTANA. 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 Tail I^oclcet (Hyacinth-flowered). 



Double; finest mixed , 05 



See, also, Delphinium. 

 LINARIA. See Vines. 



LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING. See Amaran- 

 thius. 



LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See Nigella. 

 LUNARIA. See Honesty. 

 LADY SLIPPER. See Balsam. 



LAVATERA. 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 



LYCHNIS. 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 



LEMON 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-eolored. . 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 



JBEE5S (See Candytuft) 



LANTANA HYBRIDA 



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), Named 

 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. Ricli 



golden yellow; very fragrant 05 



1451 Allen's Defiance, Red 05 



1452 Odorata grandlf lora ( 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 

 lai'ge 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 sown 

 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 



NYMPHAEA (Water Lily). Nothing is 

 prettier than "Water Liiies in bloom. Few 

 know that they may be gi-own 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 flowei'S.. 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 IVIixed 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. Mlb. 40 cts., Klb. 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 SO cts. 



1503 Atropurpureum. Dark crimson. 



1504 Chameleon. New. Mixed. 



