

HOLMES KONA has Blooms as 9 50 
Big as Cup and Saucer! “ 
Its gigantic 7 to 8-in. blooms are breath-taking. They’re 
matched by spectacular growth! Our ‘“‘mother’ plant grew 
8 feet tall, 18 feet around, in just 3 years (in Holmes Hibiscus 
Compost). Provided thousands of flowers, with several dozen 
fluffy-ruffle double blooms blazing at a time. Match it in your 
garden— with KONA and the magic of Holmes Hibiscus Com- 
post. All sizes at prices shown on page 4. 
2 yr., $2.50 


HOLMES DYNA-GRO CULTURED 
BUSH-FUL HIBISCUS 
Now! Combine all the beauty and bloom of 
Entire Rose and Camellia Gardens in 
a Single Plant! 
eBush-Ful Hibiscus—Most Vigorous Growers, Prolific 
Bloomers in all the South! 
@eOne Holmes Bush-Ful Hibiscus Equals the Beauty and 
Blooms of dozens of Rose or Camellia plants! 
@More than 7 months of continuous bloom per year. 
@Single Plants produce thousands of flowers, often 20 or 
more every day. 
eHolmes Giant Varieties—Blooms up to 9 in. across, 
growth up to 8 feet in 3 years! 
@Holmes Daintee Varieties—Blooms tiny as 2 in., maxi- 
mum growth under 4 feet! 
In this 25th Anniversary Holmes catalog you may find 
many of the same varieties offered by chains and others. 
But there the resemblance ends! 
Hibiscus of the same name can be just as unlike as T- 
Bone steaks! Where the cheap steak is tough, and the 
good steak is tender, you trace the difference to the way 
the beef was fed and grown. It’s identically the same with 
Hibiscus—you, the purchaser, get out of it exactly what 
we, the grower, put into it! 
Holmes BUSH-FUL Hibiscus get their over-abundant 
blooming vigor, their prolific growing habit, their con- 
sistently great flower size and beauty from years of feed- 
ing on Holmes DY NA-GROW Hibiscus Compost, the al- 
most magic plant food in which they spend their entire 
life in our nursery. 
This is the only reason Holmes BUSH-FUL Hibiscus 
can be factually described. What you find in our catalog 
descriptions YOU CAN SEE in the mature “mother” 
plants any time, any day, in our Nursery. Come visit us 
we’re always glad to show you around. 



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MRS. JOHNSON—Dwarfs a Man $2 50 
in 2 Years! 
Combines all the BEST QUALITIES of all Hibiscus in 
one plant. Colossal 7 to 9-in. blooms, overwhelmingly beau- 
tiful lush pink. Planted in Holmes Hibiscus Compost this 
2-yr. size usually grows higher than your head in 2 more years! 
A flowering fountain—hundreds of blooms in a season, 10 to 
12 always open. No other matches its quick growth, profuse 
bloom, immense size, dense green foliage. 
2 yr., $2.50 
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COPYRIGHT 1949 JACK O. HOLMES, INC. PRINTED IN U.S.A. 
