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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
_(Corporation). 
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ABUTILON. (Chinese Bell Flower). Popular genus, with bell-shaped, drooping dowers, 
which are borne in profusion nearly the entire year. 
Finest Hybrids, various colors, mixed . . 
ACHIMENES. Finest Mixed .... 
ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. (Lemon Scented Verbena). 
ASPARAGUS. Beautiful fern-like plant for house cultivation. The seed should be started 
in heat. 
Plumosa Nana. The sprays when cut will remain green in water for a month . , 
BEGONIAS. 1 hese are increasing in popularity yearly. The tuberous-rooted kinds grow 
well either in shade or sunshine and are splendid for pot culture. The ornamental 
foliage sorts are all suitable for house cultivation and some of them surpass in 
grandeur of foliage and continuity of flower any other plants suitable for bedding. 
Seed should be started in a gentle heat. We have made a specialty of Begonias 
for years and can assure our friends that Breck’s strains surpass all others 
quality. 
Breck’s International Prize, single tuberous-rooted . 
—double, tuberous-rooted. 
—Striped, single tuberous-rooted, very beautiful 
Collection of single tuberous-rooted, 12 distinct colors 
Collection of double tuberous-rooted, 6 distinct colors . 
Ornamental Leaved Sorts. 
Baumanni, fragrant, rose colored flowers. 
Credneri, snow white flowers ....... 
— Pioneer Odorata, rosy carmine flowers with tea rose fragrance 
—Rex Varieties, large, variegated leaved sorts. 
• — Salad in Odorata, crimson flowers, foliage dark green with a reddish reflex 
— Semperflorens Rosea, true, rose, will bloom every day in the year 
— Vernon, orange carmine flowers, red foliage. 
CALCEOLARIA. Splendid greenhouse plants with beautifully striped, blotched and vari 
egated flowers. Sow in pans or shallow boxes filled with light sandy soil that has 
been sifted. Sow moderately thick in rows on the surface and cover very lightly 
with Sphagnum moss, water very carefully with an atomizer, when large enough 
to handle transplant singly into 2\ in. pots. The seed we offer is from the best 
strains of the most successful growers. 
Breck’s Scotch Prize, large-flowered. The most beautifully marked and largest 
flowered strain. 
Dalkeith Park Strain, large and fine.* * * * 
James’ Giant, very fine mixed. 
Williams’ Prize, very fine mixed. 
Large-Flowered Selfs. ’ 
l^arge-Flowered Spotted.’ * ’ 
Rugosa (shrubby), for bedding, mixed. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. These are the Queens of Autumn. 
Chinese, mixed from prize sorts . .. 
—Pompon. * 
Japanese, mixed from prize sorts. 
— Pompon. * 
CINERARIA. A very ornamental and much admired class of greenhouse plants. The 
colors are very distinct and bright. Our American grown strain , Columbia , is sufe- 
rior in form, foliage, quantity, quality and colors of flowers , to any yet introduced. It 
is largely used by Florists and Private Gardeners all over the country, and has 
been awarded many first prizes. 
Grandiflora, Breck’s Columbia, the best. 
-James & Wetherell’s Prize. 
— Covent Garden Strain.* * 
—Nana, dwarf...[ 
CIGAR PLANT. See Cup/iea, v 
CLIANTHUS. Magnificent clusters of drooping flowers, somewhat resembling a parrot’s 
beak. 
Dampieri, bright scarlet blossoms. 
COLEUS. A well-known and ornamental foliage plant. 
Fine Mixed. . 
Choicest Mixed .... .* ! * . 
Large-Leaved . 
CUPHEA. (Cigar Plant.) A choice plant for conservatory or parlor. 
Platycentra, scarlet, white and purple, mixed.. 
CYCLAMEN. Very fine plants for pot culture; the seed produces bulbs which begin to 
flower in about a year’s time. Our strain of Giganteum is German grown, and 
surpasses all others in size, form, and profusion of bloom. 
Giganteum, Breck’s Imperial Choice Mixed. 
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