XIV 
JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation). 
LARGE FLOWERING DWARF FRENCH CANNAS. 
The appreciation of the 
improvements in Cannas 
shown by the gardening 
public has resulted in in¬ 
creased effort being made 
to still further enhance 
their value as ornamental 
garden plants. We know 
of nothing so effective in 
foliage or continuous in 
flower as these new Dwarf 
French Cannas. They are 
very popular, and they are 
certainly entitled to a place 
in every garden. There 
are now a great many sorts 
being catalogued, but those here described are the best in size, substance 
and colors of flowers and foliage. 
Alphonse Bouvier. Height, 5 feet; flower, crimson-scarlet; foliage, 
green. 
Admiral Courbet. Height, 4 feet; flowers, yellow, speckled with 
orange-scarlet; foliage, green. 
AUSTRIA. Height, 4 feet; flowers, pure yellow, very large and ex¬ 
ceedingly beautiful; foliage, musa-like in color and form. Ea. $i.co. 
Charles Henderson. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, deep crimson ; foliage, 
green ; 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
Chicago. Height, 4 feet; flowers, vermillion-scarlet, shaded orange; 
foliage, deep green. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 
Columbia. Height, 5 feet; flowers, bright crimson with deeo orange 
shading; foliage, light green. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 
Eldorado. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, bright yellow, speckled red; 
foliage, deep green ; 35 cts. each ; #3.50 per doz. 
Egandale. Height, 4 feet; flowers, bright red; foliage, purple. 25 
cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
Florance Vaughan. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, golden yellow, spotted 
with bright red; foliage, deep green. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz 
F. Morel. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, bright scarlet; foliage, dark green. 
F. R. Pierson. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, bright scarlet; foliage, green. 
50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 
Geoffry St. Hillaire. Height, 5 feet; flowers, glowing orange; foliage, 
chocolate. 
Gustav Sennholz. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, silvery rose, mottled with 
salmon ; foliage, deep green. 
ITALIA. The most beautiful and valuable \ariety yet introduced; this with Austria forms the beginning 
of a distinct type that will doubtless lead to many wonders in Cannas. Height, five feet; flowers, yellow, 
blotched with orange-scarlet and bordered with golden-yellow; much larger and more attractive in every 
way than any other variety; foliage, light green veined with dark green. $1.25 each. 
J. D. Cabos. Height, 4 feet; flowers, apricot with deeper shading; foliage, deep green. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
Jules Chretien. Height, 4 feet; flowers, bright red, very large ; foliage, deep green. 
Miss S. Hill. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, amaranth carmine; foliage, deep green. 
Madame Crozy. Height, 3^ feet; flowers, crimson-scarlet, bordered with yellow ; foliage, deep green. 
Mile, de Cruillon. Height, 4 feet; flowers, light yellow, shading to terra cotta ; foliage, light green. 
Paul Marquant. Height, 4 feet; flowers, salmon, shaded red; foliage, deep green. 
Queen Charlotte. Height, 4 feet; flowers, blood red, broadly banded with bright canary yellow; foliage, bluish- 
green. 
Souv d’Antoine Crozy. Height, 3 feet; flowers, intense scarlet-crimson with a broad, rich golden-yellow edge; 
foliage, deep green. 50 cts. each ; $5 01 per doz. 
Vesuvius. Height, 4J- feet; flowers, crimson-scarlet; foliage, dark green. 
Victor Hugo. Height, 4 feet; flowers, scarlet ; foliage, quite dark. 
Price, 15 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., except as noted. 
Cannas are not subject to either of our Special Offers. 
CYCLAMEN. Suitable for pot culture only. Plant the bulbs in a light, rich soil, and water sparingly till started. 
Persicum Giganteum. Mixed colors, 25 cts. each ; $2 .50 doz. Started Plants in pots, 50 cts. to $i.oo each. 
CYCLOBOTHRA FLAVI A. This golden gem is of great beauty and easily grown; the habit of plant and bloom is 
similar to Bessera; the color is clear golden-yellow, with intense black spot on each petal. 8 cts. each; 80 cts. per doz. 
CACTUS. These plants require absolutely no care. They grow for months in the house or garden without watering, 
and increase in value yearly. Their flowers are of exquisite beauty and fragrance, and their curious forms render 
them exceedingly interesting. In winter they requiie scarcely any water. We send by mail 10 fine plants of 
blooming siae, each one distinct and named, for $1.00, or 5 for 50 cts. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
