BRECK’S FLOWER SEEDS^ST- 
Everyone planting flower seeds should include in their order a careful selection from this Novelty and Specialty 
List, which represents our appraisal of the season’s newest offerings, plus a selected list of our own most valuable 
introductions of past seasons. 
Our Novelties and Specialties have all passed through the experimental stage in our own careful trials or in 
the gardens of extremely critical judges, and we offer them with the utmost confidence that each and every one 
will give you the maximum pleasure and satisfaction and prove a welcome and worthy addition to your garden. 
Zinnia, Fantasy 
The old-fashioned name for Zinnias was Youth and Old Age, but the modern flower in its infinite variety 
displays no hint of old age. On the contrary it is the very exaltation of Youth—Youth in the lusty vigor of the 
plants, in their adventurous willingness to flourish anywhere, in their multiplicity of forms and gaiety of color. 
And now comes the newest and most “youthful” of all—Fantasy—in a swirl of quilled and shredded petals like 
the swaying grass skirts of some South Sea Island maiden dancing her native “hula” on a sun-drenched tropic 
beach. These gaily colored flowers are utterly distinct. Fresh shades of red and rose, pink and purple, gold and 
glittering orange, tints of cream and lilac, shades of yellow and crimson. You will like them in your garden; you 
will enjoy cutting them for the house. Illustrated in color on front cover. Pkt. 35c. 
Cosmos 
Orange Flare 
We call this new flower a 
Cosmos, because it is shaped 
like a Cosmos, but it is really 
an entirely different, distinct, 
new thing. The foliage sug¬ 
gests the fern, or perhaps that 
of certain marigolds, and the 
color is vivid, glowing orange. 
The energetic plants grow 
3 to 5 feet high, according to 
soil and the room allotted to 
them, and bear a bewildering 
profusion of gleaming flowers 
of the utmost decorative value 
in the garden, and for cut- 
flowers equaling in every way 
the long-stemmed loveliness of 
the white, pink, and crimson 
Cosmos we are all used to. 
Orange Flare is not just a 
yellow Cosmos. It is not a re¬ 
incarnation of the old “Klon¬ 
dike” which was so difficult to 
flower outdoors. It is some¬ 
thing entirely new. Given 
ordinary care, the flowers 
appear within 8 weeks from 
sowing the seed and continue 
in magnificence indefinitely. 
The Testing Committee of 
the All-America Seed Trials 
unanimously awarded Orange 
Flare the Gold Medal for the 
most distinct and useful new 
garden flower offered in 1935. 
Amateurs and professionals 
alike will agree with this award 
when they grow it. Pkt. 35c. 
Cosmos, Orange Flare 
Zinnia 
Scabiosa^Flowered 
Mixed 
A distinctly new type of 
Zinnia growing 40 inches or 
more tall, bearing an abun¬ 
dance of long-stemmed flowers 
of curious, tufted or anemone 
form with a striking resem¬ 
blance to some new race of 
brightly colored Scabiosas. In 
the center of each bloom is a 
high cushion of small golden 
florets, tinted with the pre¬ 
vailing tone of the handsome 
collar of flaring rays which 
surrounds it. All colors mixed 
Pkt. 25c. 
Scabiosa 
Blue Cockade 
The blooms of this new 
variety are very double and 
the color is a pure deep azure- 
blue with a touch of lavender 
in it. Blue Cockade produces 
a flower almost conical in 
shape, a development that is 
both interesting and beautiful. 
This Scabiosa is extremely 
free-flowering and carries its 
flowers on strong stems which 
make it excellent for cutting. 
Height 3 feet. Pkt. 25c. 
