CHOICE SUMMER BULBS 



78 Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa, 



SUMMEIC-FLOWERING BULBS 



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PLANT THEM IN APRIL AND MAY FOR FLOWERS 

 IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER -:- 



Amaryllis Formossissima 



(Jacobaean Lily) 



Flowers resemble lillies, and are very attractive; the glowing crimson 

 color lightens up the entire garden. 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., 

 postpaid. 



Spotted-LeaLf CoLlla Lily 



(l^iciiardla alba maculta) 



Leaves of this variety are deep green with numerous white spots. Flowers 

 are pure white, with black center; 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., post- 

 paid. 



Caladium Esculentum 



(Elephant's Ear) 



One of the most effective plants in cultiva- 

 tion for beds, borders or for planting out upon 

 the lawn; it will grow in any good garden soil, 

 and is of the easiest culture. To obtain the 

 best result it should be planted where it will 

 obtain plenty of water and an abundance of rich 

 compost. Foliage light green. When full size 

 it stands 6 to 10 feet high, and bears immense 

 leaves, 3 to 4 feet long by 2}4 feet wide. Extra 

 large bulbs. 23c each, $2.30 per doz., 

 $15 per 100. First-size bulbs, 15c each, 

 $1.30 per doz., $10 per 100. Second-size 

 bulbs, 10c each, $1 per doz., $7.50 per 

 100. If wanted by mail, add 8 cts., 10 cts- and 

 15 cts. each according to size, for postage. 



GLOXINIAS 



The handsomest of our summer-blooming 

 plants, flowers being beautiful in the extreme, 

 many of them beautifully speckled, 12c each, 

 $1 per doz., postpaid. 



Hyacinthus Carvdicans 



(The Giant Summer Hyacinth) 



A luxuriant-growing, summer-flowering plant, 

 spreading 2 to 3 feet, throwing up great, tall 

 spikes 4 to 5 feet in height, each bearing 20 to 

 30 large white, bell-shaped flowers, of easiest 

 culture and splendid tor groups. If planted 

 in the centre of beds of scarlet Gladiolus, such 

 as Brenchleyensis, the effect is magnificent. 

 Price, 4c each, 40c per doz., $3.00 per 

 100, postpaid. 



SELECT CANNAS 



LIST CONTAINS THE VERY BEST VARIETIES, LARGEST 



FLOWERS AND RICHEST SHADINGS 

 SUPERB BEDDING PLANT-LARGE-FLOWERING VARIETIES 



The following grow 3 to 4 feet high. 



Alsace. Pale sulphur, changing to creamy white; planted in conjunc- 

 tion with the high-colored sorts it makes a fine contrast; green; 43^ feet. 



President McKinley. Brilliant crimson with scarlet shadings; a 

 grand dwarf variety, never exceeding 3 feet; foliage green. 



Buttercup. The nearest approach to a clear yellow; 3 feet. 



David Harum. Bright, deep satiny vermilion; bronze foliage; 3% feet. 



Duke of Marlborough. The finest of the very deep crimsons; fine 

 individual blooms in large trusses, free-flowering; foliage green; 4 feet. 



Egandale. A favorite bronze leaved sort; currant-red flowers. 4 feet. 



Florence Vaughn. Bright, rich golden-yellow, spotted with red; 4 feet. 



Mme. Crozy* Popular bright scarlet, golden edge; foliage green, 4 feet. 



West Virginia. Intense crimson-scarlet, golden- yellow border; 3 feet. 



The following grow 5 to 6 feet high : 



Mile. Berat, The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class bedder; 

 foliage green; 4 feet, 



Alphonse Bouvier. Finest tall brilliant crimson, foliage green; 6 feet. 



Austria. Lily-flowered Canna. In truth a giant, with flowers 6 to 8 

 inches across; grows over 6 feet high, surmounted with glorious, lily like 

 flowers. 



Italia. Rich golden yellow with great patches of brilliant reddish crim- 

 son and irregular spots of the same shade on the upper petals. 6 feet. 



Any of the abovS roots, 10c each, $1 per doz., postpaid. 

 Plants 12 inches bfgh, ready in May, I5c each, $1.50 per doz., by 

 express, (express charges not prepaid). " 



Begonias, Tuberous-R.ooted 



Single Mixed 



The flowers are brilliant and large, handsomely formed, and of wonderful 

 size, often measuring from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Fine either as pot or 

 bedding plants. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., postpaid. 



CINNAMON VINE 



A most beautiful and satisfactory hardy climber for covering trellis, 

 piazzas, screens or anything on which the vines can twine; it grows from 15 to 

 30 feet high, and when the roots become large and established the vines attain 

 a much greater length. The leaves are green, thick and glossy, always clean, 

 healthy and free from insects. The white 

 flowers are borne in clusters and, while insig- 

 nificant, they emit a most delighted cinnamon- 

 like perfume. The I'oots are thoroughly hardy, 

 remain in the ground for years, increasing in 

 size and vigor, but the vine dies down every 

 winter shooting up with great rapidity in the 

 spring. Large 2-year-oId roots, 8 cts. 

 each, 80 cts, per doz.; I-year-old 

 roots, 4 cts. each, 35 cts. per doz, 



GLADIOLUS 



Selected Strains, Giant-flowering 

 These Mixtures Produce Flowers Uil" 

 surpassing in Size and Remarkable 

 Variation of Colors 



Groff's New Hybrids 



These magnificent new hybrid Gladioli are 

 claimed to surpass all other varieties in size of 

 flowers and exauisite coloring; their many new 

 shades and countless combinations of rare and 

 beautiful colors are truly wonderful. Bulbs, 

 4c each, 40c per doz., $2.75 per 100, 

 postpaid. 



Gra.nd Strain of Childsii 



The flowers are of great substance and gigan- 

 tic size, frequently 6 to 9 inches across, and of 

 perfectly beautiful form, remarkable for the 

 exquisite diversity of colors, rivaling the finest 

 orchids in delicate shades. Finest mixed, 3c 

 each, 15c for 6, 30c per doz., $2 per 

 100, postpaid. 



Holmes PopuloLr Stracin 



Very high grade mixture yet noL equal to the 

 two strains described above. Bulbs, 2c each, 

 20c per doz., $1.50 per 100, postpaid. 



TIGRIDI AS (Tiger, or Shell 

 holmes' strain of Geoff's htbbid gladiolus ^-P»x«a-r«x-»w» Flower.) 



These gorgeous summer-flowering bulbs look 

 well associated with Gladioli, Lilies and kindred stock; grow about feet 

 high, and flower freely throughout the summer. They require the same treat- 

 ment as Gladioli, and should be lifted in autumn and dried off in the same way. 

 Conchif iora. Golden-yelloWj spotted crimson. 



Pavonia Grandiflora. Bright crimson, centre spotted with yellow. 

 Grandiflora alba. Ivory white, yellow centre, spotted with crimson. 

 Price of any of above, 5c each; 40c per doz.; $3.00 per 100, post- 



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Montbretia. 



The Montbretia is one of the most floriferous and showy of summer- 

 flowering bulbous plants. A dozen or more bulbs planted 6 inches apart 

 in a group in a sunny position and allowed to remain will form magnificent 

 clumps from 2 to 3 feet across, producing, in great numbers, graceful spikes 8 

 to 12 inches long, each spike bearing from 18 to 30 exceedingly showy star- 

 shaped flowers, 13^ to 2 inches across. They flower freely the first season, but 

 clumps of 2 or 3 years' standing are required to bring out their merits. Mixed 

 hybrids. Various colors. Price, 4c each, 40c per doz., $3.00 per 

 100, postpaid. 



Ma.deir8L Vin^ 



The old favorite, "Climbing Mignonette." So much prized for porches 

 and arbors, on account of it. rapid growth and freedom from insects. Thick, 

 glossy leaves, and long, hangino stems of feathery, fragrant, white flowers, 

 ihe tubers we offer are selected large size. Price, 5c each, 50c per 

 doz., $3.50 per 100, postpaid. 



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