“lo You, 
Our Pricuds aud Customers 
E OFFER you this booklet of flowers and fruits for Central 
Florida with the confidence that it will be of real use to all 
home-owners in this part of the state. Conditions in Central 
Florida are quite different from those to the north or to the 
south, and we specialize in landscape material for the Tampa 
area. We pledge our very best efforts to create and maintain 
the finest landscape effects. 
It is now twenty-one years since I began working in the 
nursery business here in the vicinity of Tampa. For five years 
I headed the landscape department of the Knull Floral Company. 
In 1928 I purchased that department, including the good-will 
of this old concern which up to that time had been the leader 
in its field. The business was incorporated under the name of 
Jack O. Holmes, Inc., Landscape Contractors. From that time 
on, I have had the best assistants in the horticultural line, and 
our common purpose has been to work with Nature in creating 
things of real beauty. 
To all our customers who have helped build up our business 
we dedicate this book. Many of you are old-time friends who 
fifteen years ago, when I was truck-driver, bookkeeper, and plantsman, used to call me the “‘curly-headed blond 
boy.’’ Many of you have been coming to us year after year with your planting problems. To you all, may we give a 
hearty invitation to visit our nurseries whenever you can. Come often and stay as long as you like. You don't have 
to make a purchase to be welcomed at the Holmes Nurseries. 
October is the first cool month. Generally it marks the beginning of the fall planting season and also the beginning 
of the Camellia blooming season. It is the time when most customers prefer to come to our nurseries to make personal 
selections of the specimens they want for future planting. November, December, and January are the best months 
to buy Japonicas if you want to select them while they are in bloom and you can see what you are getting. 
We are proud of our Camellia collection, for our plants have been gathered from all over the South, and we have 
some of the rarest and newest kinds. Do come to see them. No pictures or words can do them justice. Over one hundred 
varieties are here awaiting your admiration, and we are sure you will enjoy walking around among them and seeing 
them first-hand. 
From November to January is also the time to select Rose bushes and other dormant plants and fruit trees. It is the 
height of the planting season for citrus fruits. January through March is the best time to see our Azaleas in bloom. 
During the week, and on Sunday too, hundreds of visitors throng our grounds. 
One complete greenhouse is filled with ten different varieties of Buginvillaeas. Their solid masses of bloom make 
a gorgeous sight that you will not soon forget. These spectacular vines may be planted at any time except during very 
cold periods. 
With the coming of warm spring days our Gardenias begin to bloom heavily. Don’t miss the treat of seeing them in 
April and May, when the plants are covered with their fragrant, snow-white blooms. 
April to September is the main blooming season for Hibiscus, although some varieties flower all the time. We always 
enjoy showing our very fine collection to the many people who come to see them. We have both new hybrids and old- 
fashioned types. 
Please Note: Our nurseries are open to visitors the year round, but our business hours on week-days are from 
8 A.M. to 6 P.M. (Saturdays, 8 A.M. to noon), except by special appointment. From mid-November to mid-May we 
are also open on Sundays from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., but the remainder of the year we are closed on Sunday. Telephone 
calls are also to be made at these hours; telegrams are given the quickest possible attention. 
It is our desire to give this booklet wide circulation among those interested. It represents a considerable cost to us, 
but we are pricing it at the modest rate of 25c for one copy, 50c for an additional copy. On your first order amounting 
to $5.00 or more, this charge is credited to you. In other words, the booklet is free on orders of $5.00 or more. We 
will gladly refund this purchase price if you are not satisfied. 
We are authorized dealers for the Glen Saint Mary Nurseries, of Glen Saint Mary, Fla. 
JACK O. HOLMES, President 
Jack O. Holmes, Inc., Tampa, Florida 
