SEED OF HOLMES’ HARDY 
Perennial QDlowers 
‘o— Alyssum 
1084 SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Gold Dust). Dense heads of brilliant 
“golden yellow flowers. Blooms early in spring. Perennial. Height, 12 
inches. PkKt., 10c; % oz., 50c; 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; 4% 02., 45c; oz., $1.50, 
- 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. 
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, purple, cream, yellow, pink and red, making beautiful 
- group harmonies. Pkt., 25c; 4% oz., 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; % 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. As a border plant 
it is most showy. Easily grown from seed, and lasts for years, 12 
inches. Pkt., 25c. 
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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., 25c. 
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. 
BABY’S BREATH. (See Gypsophila.) 
Candytuft - Iberis 
13438 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., 40c; 14 02., 65c. 
o> eae Campanula - Canterbury Bells 
E - 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, blue and deep purple. The stalks of blooms 
- are about 3 feet tall. Pkt., 10c; % 02z., 60c. 
‘1315 DOUBLE SPECIAL MIXTURE. One bell is set within another, 
_.—s making the flower last longer. Height 3 feet. Pkt., 10c; %4 02., 55c. 
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ad rR Carnation, Grenadin 
This hardy, exquisite, double, early Carnation is the most fragrant 
a plant in your garden. Grow easily from seed. Height, 20 inches. 
1857 Cardinal-Red. Pkt., 20c. 
_-:1358 Mixed. All colors. Pkt., 15c. 
BEGONIA BULBS 
Bulbs of the tuberous-rooted types are available in separate colors 
throughout the spring months. They are very easy to grow and may 
| be planted in pots from February on and used as house plants; or in 
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