New and Rare Camellias 
The Finest of Over 100 Varieties $2.50 
We Have Tested! UP 
All the beauty of Camellias is yours in sturdier, 
heavier plants when you buy at Holmes. They've 
spent their whole lives in our nursery—are 
“native” to our Central Florida. That's why 
you re surer with Holmes Camellias. These listed 
here and 40 more varieties await your choice 
at our nursery. Come—see them, enjoy them! 
CATHERINE CATHCART. Delicate pink marbled with 
white. Formal type. February, March. Rare. 
DAIKAGURA. Large rose-red blooms of loose peony form. 
Early October through December. Rare. 
DEBUTANTE (Sara C. Hastie.) Delicate pink, of large 
peony shape, opening well. Fine for corsages. Late October 
to January. Rare. 
GIGANTEA. All you could ask, all you could want in the 
utmost of beauty in a Camellia! Overwhelming in size— 
immense, lushly double blooms are 5 to 6 inches across, in 
full glowing red, splashed with suffusions of white. So 
vigorous it blooms heavily from January to April! Rare. 
K. SAWADA. Very double, fully imbricated flowers 4 to 5 
inches across; 50 to 70 petals with edges rolled inward. 
White. Very beautiful, spectacular flowers. New. Pat. 
No. 431. Rare. 
LAUREL LEAF. Soft pink blooms of formal or loose shape. 
Late November to March. Rare. 
MATHOTIANA VARIANT. Large, rose-formed flowers of 
rose-red marbled white. December through March. Out- 
standing among variegated sorts. Rare. 
MRS. K. SAWADA. Heavy flower 3 to 31% inches across, 
with 7 to 100 petals. Double, imbricated gardenia type, 
delicate pink shaded on white. We consider this a real gem. 
February, March. Pat. No. 481. Rare. 
ROSEA SUPERBA (Mathotiana Rosea). Large flowers 
of rosebud form, deep pink. Late December through March 
or early April. Rare. 
ROSE DAWN. Large, very double, rose-pink. Rare. 
SCARLETT O’HARA. Deep scarlet, occasionally splotched 
with white. March, April. Rare. 
VICTOR EMMANUEL. Large, dark red blooms of loose 
peony to semi-double form. Late February to April. Kare. 
WHITE CRANE (14B). Semi-double, pure white, with sta- 
mens in the center. Rare. 
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Almost every Camellia in our Nurseries has 
been transplanted once or more 
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