JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
105 
BRECK’S GLADIOLI 
(See pages 6 and 7 for additional list) 
NAMED GLADIOLI 
Mrs. Francis King (The Original). A most beautiful 
flame pink; immense flowers on a spike, growing 4 
feet high, with from 18 to 20 flowers, 6 to 8 open at 
one time. One of the finest varieties in cultivation. 
50c per doz.; $3.00 per 100. 
Mrs. Frank Pendleton, Jr. A most beautiful variety, 
producing large, well expanded flowers of an exquisite 
shade of salmon pink, heavily blotched with red in the 
throat. This variety should be in the garden of all 
lovers of Gladiolus. 15c each; §1.50 per doz.; §10.00 
per 100 . 
Mrs. Malcolm Mackay. Cherry red with a patch of white 
on the lower petals; very effective and excellent for 
cutting. 20c each; §2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
Mrs. Watt. Beautiful brilliant wine color. One shade; 
nice large spikes of well opened flowers; lasting a 
long time when cut; an excellent variety for decora¬ 
tion purposes. 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Navajo. Magnificent bright rich red, blossoms large, six 
or eight opening at one time, spikes straight and tall 
and of vigorous growth. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Niagara. Color cream, blending at base of petal to a 
canary yellow, stamens are purple and the stigma pale 
carmine. §1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 
Miscellaneous Bulbs and Roots 
Achimenes. Free flowering plants of easy cultivation. 
The hulhs should be potted early in a mixture of 
loam and leaf mould. Keep warm and water care¬ 
fully. Assorted colors, $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 
Caladium Esculentum. Beautiful ornamental foliage plant. 
The leaves are of immense size, light green with 
darker veins; will grow in any good garden soil to 
a height of 5 feet. Dry bulbs, according to size, 10c, 
15c and 20c each; $1.00 to $2.00 per doz. 
Hyacinths Candicans. A hardy summer flowering Hya¬ 
cinth with erect spikes of pure white flowers. 3 feet 
high. 40c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 
Milla Biflora. Beautiful white waxy flowers with pale 
lemon anthers, deliciously fragrant. Plant outdoors 
in May, take up bulbs in fall. 5c each; 50c per doz. 
Tigridia (Shell Flower). Beautiful large shell-like flowers 
produced from July until frost. 
T. Conchiflora. Orange and crimson spots. 60c per 
doz.; $4.50 per 100. 
T. Grandifiora Alba. White flowers spotted with ma¬ 
roon and rose. 60c per doz.; $4.50 per 100. 
T. Grandifiora Crimson. 60c per doz.; $4.50 per 100. 
T. Pavonia. Bed with crimson spots. 60c per doz.; 
$4.50 per 100. 
Gladioli Panama 
GLADIOLI MIXTURES 
Breck’s Exhibition Mixture. A superb collection, giving 
a wide range of color of wide open flowers, beautifully 
marked and including many of the named varieties. 
Especially selected as to combination and blending of 
colors, so that they may be used for cut flowers as 
well as for massing. $1.00 per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 
Breck’s Garden Mixture. A good mixture containing al¬ 
most every shade known in the Gladioli family. 50c 
per doz.; $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 
Groff’s Hybrids. A splendid mixture, flowers of large 
size, and vigorous growth. 40c per doz.; $3.00 per 100. 
Lemoines Hybrids. Choice mixture. 40c per doz.; $3.00 
per 100 . 
UNNAMED GLADIOLI 
Scarlet and Red Shades. 40c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; 
$18.00 per 1000 . 
Pink and Rose Shades. 50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100; 
$30.00 per 1000. 
White and Light Shades Selected. 50c per doz.; $4.00 
per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
Yellow Shades. 90c per doz.; $6.00 per 100; $56.00 per 
1000. 
Striped and Variegated. 50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100; 
$32.00 per 1000. 
Montbretia 
These hardy summer-flowering bulbs produce graceful 
| flowers like those of Gladioli but the plants are of 
branching habit and attain to a height of about two 
I feet. The color varies from yellow’ to rich scarlet. Plant 
the bulbs about five inches deep, protecting them with 
a liberal mulching during w’inter. The flowers are fine 
for cutting. 
Aurea (Crocosmia Aurea). Bright orange 
Doz. 
100 
1000 
yellow. The bulbs of this sort should 
be taken up after flowering and kept 
in damp soil or moss until spring.. 
.25 
1.50 
10.00 
Crocosmiaeflora. Orange scarlet, yellow 
center . 
.20 
1.00 
8.00 
Etoile de Feu. Bright vermilion, yel- 
low center . 
.35 
2.00 
15.00 
Germania. Very large, orange scarlet. 
the best new variety. 
.50 
3.50 
Golden Sheaf. Pure golden yellow. 
Rayon d’Or. Rich yellow with brown 
.40 
2.50 
18.00 
spots . 
Transcendant. Deep yellow’ flowers with 
.25 
1.25 
10.00 
scarlet shading on outside of petals.. 
.30 
2.00 
15.00 
Pottsii. Orange, flushed with red. 
.20 
1.00 
9.00 
Rosea. Beautiful salmon rose. 
.25 
1.50 
10.00 
Choice Mixture . 
.20 
1.00 
8.00 
See Special Catalog of Gladioli, Cannas and Dahlias. 
