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Joseph Breck & Sons' 
VICTORIA. ASTER. 
AGROSTIS N KB U LOS A. 
SELECT FLOWER SEEDS. 
The following 
alphabetically and 
variety desired. 
portion of our Catalogue devoted to Flower Seeds, we have arranged both 
in columns, to enable any one to easily refer to the price and description of any 
KEY TO COLUMNS. 
The first column contains the name of flower. 
The second “ 
The third 
The fourth 
hardiness and duration 
height in feet, 
color of flower. 
The fifth column contains pri’ce per ounce. 
The sixth “ “ price per packet. 
The seventh “ “ general observations. 
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS. 
COLOR OF FLOWERS. 
b., blue. 
dk., 
dark. 
mve., 
mauve. 
spot.. 
spotted. 
bid., blood. 
dp , 
deep. 
mxd , 
mixed. 
stri., 
striped. 
blk., black. 
green. 
or., 
oranee. 
sul., 
sulphur. 
br., brown. 
lav., 
lavender. 
pur., 
purple. 
var., 
variegated. 
bff., buff. 
If., 
leaf. 
rose, 
rose. 
ver., 
vermilion. 
car., carmine. 
It, 
light. 
rd., 
red. 
wht., 
white. 
cr., crimson. 
mar., 
maroon. 
scar., 
scarlet. 
yel., 
yellow. 
HARDINESS AND DURATION. 
A. —Annual, lasting one year. 
B. —Biennial, lasting two years. 
P.—Perennial, lasting three or more years, 
ev., evergreen. 
g. , greenhouse. 
h. , hardy, 
h.h., half-hardy, 
sh., shrub. 
NAME. 
1 i 
= 73-2 
m 
3 c 
4 s 
Color 
of 
Flower. 
Price 
Per Oz. 
Per Pkt. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Abobra viridiflora. 
hhP 
6 
green. 
1.00 
10 
Abobra.—A beautiful variety of climbing 
Gourd, with elegant foliage. 
Abronia umbellata. 
hhA 
y* 
rose. 
.80 
5 
Abronia.—Trailing Verbena like flowers. 
Aconitum napellus.. 
hP 
2 
blue & w 
,. 
5 
Aconitum.—Monkshood. 
Acroclinium roseum... 
hhA 
1 
rose. 
.60 
5 
Acroclinium.—Pretty everlasting flowers; 
album. 
«« 
1 
white. 
.60 
5 
should be cut before fully expanded. 
Adlumia cirrhosa. 
hA 
*5 
pink. 
1.50 
10 
Adlumia.—A beautiful climbing, fine fo- 
liaged plant, also known as Mountain 
Fringe and Alleghanv Vine. 
Adonis .estivalis.. 
it 
1 
scarlet. 
•50 
5 
Adonis.—Showy border flowers. 
vernalis. 
P 
1 
yellow. 
.50 
5 
Ageratum mexicanum. 
Imperial Dwarf. 
hA 
1 
blue. 
•75 
5 
Ageratum.—Continual bloomer, and fine 
H 
✓ a 
(1 
‘•75 
10 
Tor cutting. The dwarf varieties are very 
nanum .. 
n 
y * 
1. 00 
5 
desirable for borders or edgings. 
Agrostemma Cceli Rosa . 
it 
1 
rose. 
•75 
5 
Agrostemma. — Rose Campion. 
Agrostis nebulosa. 
1 
.... 
5 
Agrostis.—Very fine for dried grasses 
Alleghany Vine . 
• • 
•• 
.... 
• • 
Alleghany Vine.- See Adlumia. 
