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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Breck’s Selected List of High Grade Flower Seeds 
Aatcr, Breck’s Improved Midsummer 
Breck’s Choice 
List of Asters 
BRECK’S CHOICE LIST OF ASTERS 
The demand for Breck’s Asters from the lead¬ 
ing commercial and private growers all over 
the United States is a sufficient recommenda¬ 
tion of their superiority. We welcome a 
comparison of the product of Breck’s seeds 
with that of the most highly lauded. 
Cultivation.—Sow in fine soil, and cover light¬ 
ly in shallow boxes, which should be set in 
the greenhouse or a sunny window. Keep 
moderately moist until the plants are well 
up, then transplant, three inches apart. 
265. BRECK’S INTERNATIONAL PRIZE MIX¬ 
TURE.—This comprises all the best varieties 
and finest colors of large-flowering Asters. *4 oz. Pkt. 
Oz. $3.50 $1.00 $0.10 
ASTERMUM.—This is a beautiful new type of 
the Hohenzollern Aster. The flowers are of 
enormous size with very full centers. The 
plant is of sturdy growth with long, 
straight stems. This new departure in Asters 
should be welcomed by all Aster lovers. 
415. Lavender. .20 
416. Pink . .20 
417. Pure White . .20 
253. PINK ENCHANTRESS.—The flowers of 
this new variety are always full and very 
double; the petals are wide and of medium 
length. The ones toward the centre folding 
in while those towards the outer edge grad¬ 
ually stand out more and more, the outside 
petals being almost flat. The plants are 
not of the branching, but more of the up- 
*4 oz. Pkt. 
right habit, their growth is very vigorous 
and they produce long graceful stems to 
support their enormous flowers. .15 
254. EARLY SNOWDRIFT.—One of the earli¬ 
est Asters in cultivation. The leaves are 
narrow and sparse, and the branches spring 
from close to the ground. The entire energy 
of the plant seems given to the production 
of 12 to 18 long slender upright stems 
crowned with immense perfectly double 
flowers of the Ostrich Feather type. Pure 
white . 1.00 .10 
EARLY WONDER.—These are the earliest 
Asters in cultivation. They are after the 
style of the Giant Comet and are destined 
to become the leading early Asters. They 
should prove a great boon to growers requir¬ 
ing large early blooms. 
257. Light Pink . .15 
258. Snow White. .15 
259. Lavender. Beautiful shade (new 1914).. .20 
260. BRECK’S DAWN OF DAY*—One of the 
earliest-flowering white Asters yet raised; it 
flowers about 10 days ahead of Queen of the 
market. Of perfect form, erect growth, and 
long stems with pure white flowers. .10 
261. HERCULES.—This is an Aster raised 
from the large white variety of Hercules first 
offered in 1905. The plants grow in a semi- 
dwarf compact form about 20 inches high 
and produce immense and beautiful flowers 
of a rosy lilac shade. One of the most re¬ 
fined of all Asters. .15 
