40 HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



Jacobean Lily Hyacinthus Candicans Lilium Auratum 



Gloxinias 



The handsomest of our Siimmer-blooming- plants, flowers being extremely 

 beautiful, many of them prettily speckled. 



Named Colors 



Choice Mixed , 



Giant Summer Hyacinth 



(HYACINTHUS CANDICANS) 



A luxuriant growing, Summer-flowering plant, spreading 2 to 3 feet, 

 throwing up spikes 4 to 5 feet high, each with 20 to 30 large, white, bell- 

 shaped flowers. Of easy culture 



Jacobean Lily 



(AMAIt-K-Z.I.IS rORMOSISSIMA) 



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

 color lightens up the entire garden 



Hardy Garden Lilies 



Auratum (Gold-banded Lily of Japan). Ivory-white flowers, studded with 

 yellow and crimson spots; in the center of each petal is a golden band, 

 fading at its edges into white. Five to ten magnificent flowers from 

 each bulb the first year. In bloom July and August. Mammoth bulbs. . . 



Speciosum album. Large white flowers, with a greenish band, running 

 through center of each petal. 9- to 11-inch bulbs 



Speciosum rubrum. White, heavily spotted with rich crimson spots. 9^ to 

 11-inch bulbs 



TigTinum (Tiger Lily). Orange, spotted black; blooms in July and August. . 



Spotted-Leaf Calla Lily 



(RICHABDIA AZ.BA MACULATA) 



Leaves are deep green with numerous white spots. Flowers pure white 

 with black center , 



Madeira, or Mexican Vine 



(CUSCBING- MiaNONETTE) 



Thick, glossy leaves and long, hanging stems of feathery, fragrant, white 

 flowers; strong roots 



Montbretia 



Flowers freely from Midsummer until frost. Colors should be grown in 

 masses or groups. Various colors 



Hardy Peonies 



We can supply roots in Spring or Fall. 

 Best Red, Pink, wmte and Purple. Large roots, any color 



Tuberose 



Pure white sweet-scented flowers on long spikes. 



Bzcelsior Pearl 



Excelsior pearl. Mammotli Bulbs .'.".*.**.'.".'!.* 



Each 



$0.15 

 .10 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.25 



.25 

 .10 



.10 



.05 



.05 



.25 



.04 



.05 



Pearl Tuberose 



Doz. 



$1.50 

 1.00 



.40 



.85 



1.75 



2.75 



2.25 

 1.00 



1.00 



.40 



.35 



2.40 



.35 

 .50 



