SEED OF HOLMES’ HARDY 
Perennicl Blowers 
Alyssum 
1084 SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Gold Dust). Dense heads of brilliant 
golden yellow flowers. Llooms early in spring. Perennial. Height, 12 
inches, Pkt., 10c; %4 02., 40c; oz., $1.50. 
Anchusa - Alkanet 
1094 ITALICA LISSADEL. Flowers intense gentian-blue. Invaluable 
for the hardy border. Blooms from June to August. Perennial. Height, 
5 feet. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c; oz., $1.00. 
Aquilegia - Columbine 
Known to everyone. They are not difficult to grow from seed if you 
just remember that they take about three weeks to germinate and do 
not stop watering at the end of two weeks. You will find there are a 
great many different colors. Why not try a new kind each year? 
Height, 3 feet. 
1132 Blue Shades (New). The finest strain, the result of years of 
selecting. A new large long-spurred blue and white Rocky Mountain 
Columbine that will grow and live in your garden. Pkt., 15c. 
1133 Pink Shades. Very distinctive. Huge flowers on fine plants. 
Pkt., 15c. 
1134 MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT’S STRAIN MIXED. The blooms are large, 
with very long spurs and range in color through shades of lavender, 
mauve, blue, purp’e. eream, yellow, pink and red, making beautiful 
group harmonies. Pkt., 25c; 4 0oz., 85c. 
1135 Holmes’ Majestic Long-Spurred Hybrids Mixed. We claim 
this strain to be superior to others, as it contains colors possessed by 
no other strain. Pkt., 10c; 4% 0z., 45c; %4 oz., 85c. 
Arabis - White Rock Cress 
1140 ALPINA. This flower, like the dwarf phlox, produces an attractive 
blanket or mass effect. Is suitable for rock gardens, Asa border plant 
it is most showy. Easily grown from seed, and lasts for years, 12 
inches. Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 25c. 

Asters, Hardy Alpinus 
1268 MIXED. A fine blend of blue and white sorts. Excellent for edging 
or the rock garden. Bloom during May and June. Height, 12 inches 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 75c. ‘ 
Aubrietia - Purple Rock Cress 
1270 LARGE-FLOWERING HYBRIDS. Low, creeping, gray-foliaged 
plants. Lavender to purple flowers. Very early. 6 to 8 inches. 
Pkt., 20c 4% oz., $1.00. 
BABYS BREATH. (See Gypsophila). 
Bellis Perennis - Double English Daisies 
1279 GIANT DOUELE MIXED. Small double rose, red and white flowers 
on low plants. Prefers partial shade and usually sown same as 
pansies. Fine for borders and rock gardens. Height, 6 inches. 
Pkt., 20c; 4 oz, 60c. 
Candytuft - Iberis 
1343 GIBRALTARICA,. It is very showy: the clusters of white flowers 
are tinted rose-lavender. Blooms from April to June. Perennial. 
Height, 12 inches. Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 30c; %4 oz., 50c.: 
Campanula - Canterbury Bells 
There is hardly a group of flowers which possesses such rare beauty 
as does the large genus of Campanula. Bloom during June and July. 
1320 CALYCANTHEMA MIXED (Cup and Saucer). Perhaps the most 
showy and satisfactory of the whole group, The flowers are very 
large, in lovely white, pink, blie and deep purple. The stalks of blooms =< 
are about 3 feet tall. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 60c. LE 
1315 DOUBLE SPECIAL MIXTURE. One bell is set within another, 
making the flower last longer. Height, 3 feet. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c. 
Centaurea - Hardy Cornflower 
1406 MONTANA BLUE. Numerous large deep blue flowers somewhat 
resembling the annual Cornflower. Flowers from June to September. 
Height, 2 feet; Pkt., 100; % oz., 40c. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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Aquilegia, Holmes’ Majestic Hybrids 
