SEED OF HOLMES’ HARDY 
Perennial Blowers 
Alyssum - Basket of Gold 
1084 Saxatile Compactum Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 50c 
Dense heads of brilliant golden yellow flowers. Blooms early in spring. 
An excellent plant for the rockery or front of borders. Height 12 
inches. 
: Anchusa - Alkanet 
1094 Italica Lissadel Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 45c 
Flowers of rich blue. Invaluable for hardy borders and beds. Bloom 
from June to August. Height 5 feet. 
_Aquilegia - Columbine 
They are not difficult to grow from seed if you just remember that they 
take about 3 weeks to germinate and do not stop watering at the end of 
2 weeks. You will find there are a great many different colors. Charming 
for table decoration. Prefer partial shade. Blooms in June. Height 3 feet. 
1134 Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Strain Mixed Pht... 25c 
The blooms are large, with very long spurs and wide range of colors. 
1135 Holmes’ Majestic Spurred Hybrids Pkt., 10c 
All the best and brightest colors and shades. 
1131 Crimson Star Pid. 256 
Flowers are very large with crimson spurs and white petals; new color 
in Aquilegias, free flowering. 
Arabis - White Rock Cress 
1140 Alpina Pkt., 25c 
This flower, like the dwarf Phlox, produces an attractive blanket or 
mass effect. Suitable for forming edgings to beds and borders, and for 
rockery or dry wall. Easily grown from seed, and lasts for years. Do 
well in either shade or full sun. Blooms April. Hleight 12 inches. 
Asters - Hardy Alpinus 
1268 Alpinus Mixed Pitre c2o0G 
Excellent for the rockery or edge of hardy borders; bears large, showy 
flowers in May and June. Plant in full sun. Height 10 inches. 
Aubrietia - Rock Cress 
1270 Large Flowering Hybrids Pkt., 20c 
A charming plant which makes the garden gay in spring for many weeks. 
A wide range of colors, many unusual shades. Best grown in masses in 
the rock garden, or as edgings. Sow in May or June. Grows well from 
seed. 6 to 8 inches. 
Candytuft 
1343 Gibraltarica Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 40c 
It is very showy; the clusters of white flowers are tinted rose-lavender. 
Blooms from April to June. Does well in light shade and therefore ex- 
cellent as a ground cover in front of shrubs, and edging to walks. Height 
12 inches. 
Campanula - Canterbury Bells 
1320 Calycanthema Mixed (Cup and Saucer) Pit., 10c; % oz., 40c 
There is hardly a group of flowers which possesses such rare beauty. 
Tall, erect growing, completely covered with large cup-and-saucer-shaped 
flowers of white, pink, blue and purple, during late May and June. Plant 
in full sun. Height 214 feet. 
1315 Double Mixture Pkt., 10c; Y%& oz., 30c 
One bell is set within another. Height 3 feet. 
Carnation - Grenadin 
1357 Cardinal-Red PEEP20G 
Fine, old-fashioned garden plant bearing exquisite double red flowers; 
is early, most fragrant plant in your garden. Grow easily from seed. 
Carnations are the most useful and popular flowers. Bloom during June 
and July. Height 20 inches. 
1358 Mixed Shades of Exquisite Colors Pkt., 15c 
Centaurea - Perennial Bachelor Button 
1406 Montana Pkt., 10c 
Bearing large, violet-blue flowers of attractive appearance. Are showy 
plants in sunny borders, and useful for cut flowers. Flowers are more 
or less thistle-like. Bloom July to September. Height 2 feet. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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Campanula, Cup and Saucer 

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