
Aster, Giant American Branching 

Orange King Improved Calendula 
Giant American Branching Asters 
A Good Garden Aster 
The flowers are full, double, large, and on long, stiff stems, making 
them ideal for cut flowers. These are the most popular and widely 
grown of all Asters. Height, 2% to 3 feet. 
*1244 WHITE *1249 PEACH BLOSSOM 
*1245 SHELL-PINK *1250 AZURE-BLUE 
#1247 DEEP ROSE *1251 PURPLE 
*1248 SENSATION (Oxblood-red) *1253 FINEST MIXED 
Any Color: Pkt., 10c; 14g 0z., 45c. 
Superfine Double Mixed Asters 
Wilt-Resistant F 
1157 This exquisite mixture is very carefully made from all the different 
colors of the double growing sorts. This insures a good range of all 
colors in all seasons of bloom. Pkt., 10c; 44 0oz., 60c. 
BACIIELOR BUTTON. (See Centaurea.) 
BABY BREATH. (See Gypsophila.) 
Balsam - Lady Slipper 
1272 DOUBLE MIXED. A charming old-fashioned garden favorite. 
Blooms from July until frost. Annual. Height, 2 feet. 
PkKt., 10c; %4 0oz., 55c, 
BEANS. (See Scarlet Runner.) 
BLUE LACE FLOWER, (See Didiscus.) 
BLACK-EYED SUSAN. (See Thunbergia.) 

The Height Given for Each Variety is Average, and Some Variation is 
Natural Under Different Growing Conditions 

Calendula 
The ideal garden flower with their bright shades of cream through 
yellow to deep orange from late summer until frost. Growing two feet 
with plenty of foliage, makes it useful in your garden. Makes good 
flowers to cut for bouquets. 20 to 24 inches. THE WAY TO GROW 
BETTER CALENDULAS for fall flowers is to sow the seed in late 
June or early July. You get better and more flowers in cooler weather. 
For early summer flowers the seed may be started indoors in late March. 
1295 APRICOT. A flat-petaled flower of bright apricot, deepening toward 
the brown-eyed center. Distinct. Pkt., 10c, 
1291 BALL GOLD IMPROVED. Extra long-stemmed, large and richly 
colored, light center. Pkt., 10c. 
1290 BALL’S LEMON QUEEN. A large double, bright lemon-yellow of 
the same type as Orange King. Pkt., 10c. 
1292 BALL’S ORANGE IMPROVED. Deep orange with light center, 
long stem. Pkt., 10c, © 
1293 CAMPFIRE IMPROVED. Very double, brilliant orange flowers 
with a scarlet sheen. The long-stemmed blooms are flat. 
Pkt., 10c. 
1297 Orange Fantasy. (Crested). New. A distinct large flowering 
Calendula. The outside petals are long and twisted, inner petals are 
short and curled. Color, beautiful shades of copper-orange, petals 
edged mahogany-red. Pkt., 10c. 
1289 Orange King Improved. This is a wonderful stock of the finest 
orange Calendula yet introduced. Large double flowers of rich deep 
orange. Pkt., 10c. 
1296 SUNSHINE (Chrysantha). A truly fascinating variety. A pleasing 
shade of yellow, long stems and graceful chrysanthemum-formed 
flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
1294 LARGE DOUBLE MIXED. All colors. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 35c. 
California Poppy - Eschscholtzia 
1608 HOLMES’ SUPERFINE MIXED. A beautiful variety of large 
flowering saucer-shaped blossoms, with brilliant frilled and fluted 
flowers, in unusual array of colors from yellow, pink, old gold, red, 
purple, orange, and cream, Very easily grown, preferring a dry sunny 
location. Annual, 1 ft. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 55c. 
1600 AURANTIACA. Rich golden orange. Pkt., 5c; 14 oz., 25c; 0z., 75C. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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