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BRECK’S FLOWER SEEDS^JT- 
Nicotiana, Breck’s Snowstorm 
Breck’s Novelties and Specialties 
have all passed through the experi¬ 
mental stage in our own careful 
trials or in the gardens of extremely 
critical judges. Everyone planting 
flower seeds should include in their 
order a careful selection from this 
Novelty and Specialty list, which 
represents our appraisal of the sea¬ 
son’s newest offerings, plus a selected 
list of our own most valuable intro¬ 
ductions of past seasons. 
Nicotiana, 
Breck’s Snowstorm 
A valuable new annual entirely different 
from hybrids of Affinis and Sanderae. It 
departs so widely from the well-known 
Nicotianas that it looks like a new plant 
altogether. Its outstanding characteristic is 
dwarfness. The dark, leathery foliage is 
gathered into a compact rosette, from which 
rise strong, slender stems, 12 to 18 inches 
high, bearing showers of snowy white, star¬ 
shaped flowers perfectly proportioned to the 
scale of the plant. Unlike flowers of other 
Nicotianas, they remain open all day, 
increasing its value for bedding or edging, 
and also as a source of Midsummer bloom in 
the rock-garden. Very fragrant. We regard 
Breck’s Snowstorm as one of the most out¬ 
standing annual flower-seed introductions we 
have ever made. Pkt. 50 c. 
Nicotiana, Crimson Bedder 
A “red” flower that blends perfectly with everything 
around it. The blooms are a rich deep carmine. Plants 
are of dwarf, pyramidal habit, not over 15 to 18 inches in 
height, and therefore equally effective for mass bedding 
or for planting in small groups. We recommend this new 
variety without qualification. Illustrated in color opposite 
page 17 . Pkt. 25 c. 
Gaillardia, Indian Chief 
We think so highly of this annual Gaillardia that we 
have chosen it for our 1934 catalogue cover design. This is 
a gorgeous Summer bedding flower which begins to bloom 
in June and continues without interruption to bear a pro¬ 
fusion of large, single, broad-rayed flowers of a sparkling 
shade of bronzy red, almost 100 per cent true from seed. 
The dense, bushy plants grow about a foot high and are 
never out of flower. Pkt. 25 c. 
Marigold, Guinea Gold 
This remarkable new flower represents the first impor¬ 
tant advance in African Marigolds for many years. Its 
brilliant shining yellow flowers have a fiery fierceness of 
hue—all yellow, pure gold, untarnished with orange or 
apricot shades—and are loose and graceful, with broad, 
undulating rays. The usual Marigold odor is less pungent 
than in other varieties, and the long stems have unusual 
cutting value. Plants are vigorous, 3 feet high, branching 
and sturdy. Illustrated in color opposite page 17 . Pkt. 15 c. 
Marigold, French, Dwarf, Single, 
Fire Cross 
An immensely popular new French Marigold that has 
been the sensation of the English trials this past season. 
In habit it resembles the well-known Legion of Honor, so 
much in demand for edging, but the unusually large 
golden orange flowers have a broad frill of eight wavy 
rays, each of which bears a striking blotch of fiery crimson, 
giving a multiple cross effect in the center. Pkt. 15 c. 
