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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Verbena 
VERBENA 
VERONICA i Speedwell).—S p 1 e n d i cl hardy 
plants which bear unusually long spikes of 
small, showy flowers during August and 
September. One of the best of the late- 
flowering hardy perennials. Pkt. 
3220. Longifolia. Blue . .10 
3221. Spicata. Violet blue. .10 
3222. Spicata Alba. Pure white. .10 
3225. Finest Mixed . .10 
VINCA (Minor).—Splendid, tender perennials 
with luxuriant, dark green foliage and 
round, single flowers that bloom freely all 
summer. Excellent for summer bedding and 
pot culture. 1 ft. V* oz. Pkt. 
3230. Alba. White.50 .10 
3234. Rosea. Rose .50 .10 
3236. Rosea Alba. Rose and white.50 .10 
3240. Mixed .50 .10 
VIOLET (Viola Odorata).—Pretty, free-bloom¬ 
ing, hardy violets with large fragrant flow¬ 
ers. Only single varieties can he raised from 
seed. 
Verbenas are the most popular and satisfac¬ 
tory bedding plants in cultivation. Their 
heads of brilliantly colored flowers are 
borne in constant succession from June un¬ 
til frost. The flowers are large and splendid 
for cutting. 
To secure early plants the seed should he sown 
in the greenhouse or hot-bed in February or 
March and the seedlings transplanted to the 
open border in May. 
Seeds may be sown in the open border when 
all danger from frost is passed. 
3192. White . 
3194. Pink . 
3195. Blue. True dark. 
3196. Scarlet . 
3197. Striped . 
3200. Breck’g Mammoth Mixed. A superb 
mixture comprising the most beautiful and 
brilliant colors . 
3202. Choice Mixed . 
3188. Monstrosa Mixed. Auricula-eyed. 
3190. Auricula-Flowered Mixed. Large flowers 
with white eye on each floret. 
110. Lemon Verbena (Aloysia Citriodora). 
Tender perennial with fragrant leaves. 
The young sprays are very useful for inter¬ 
mingling with flowers in bouquets. 
3210. Montana. Bluish lilac flowers. hP. 
VALERIAN. — One of the most highly prized 
old-fashioned, hardy perennials. In spring 
it bears dense clusters of small heliotrope- 
scented flowers. 4 ft. 
3180. White . 
3181. Red . 
3182. Officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope). 
Pink .. 
3185. Mixed . 
VISCARIA (Rock Lychnis). — A popular, slen¬ 
der-stemmed annual bearing attractive flow¬ 
ers about an inch in diameter. 1 ft. 
3410. Cardinalis. Scarlet . 
3411. Oculata Azurea. Blue . 
3412. Oculata Coerulea. Blue . 
.75 
.75 
2.00 
.50 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.10 
.10 
.15 
.05 
.10 
.10 
.10 
3390. Odorata Semperflorens. Dark blue. 
3394. —(The Czar). Violet blue. 
3396. —(White Czar). Pure white. 
3398. —Mixed . 
1910. VIRGINIAN STOCK, Mixed.—A pretty, 
branching, hardy annual with an abundance 
of bright flow'ers. An excellent plant for 
bordering a bed; easily grown from seed.. 
WAHLENBERGIA (Platycodon). — A handsome 
herbaceous perennial of graceful bushy habit 
bearing many large, white or blue, bell- 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.30 .05 
M oz. 
Pkt. 
shaped flow r ers. 
.75 
.10 
3420. Grandiflora. Blue . 
.75 
.10 
.75 
.10 
3422. Grandiflora Alba. White. 
.75 
.10 
.75 
.10 
.75 
.10 
.75 
.10 
WALLFLOWER 
(Cherianthus) 
.75 
.10 
An old garden favorite blooming in the spring; 
.50 
.10 
much prized for its pretty fragrant flowers, 
.15 
which range from brown to yellow. 1 ft. 
3430. Double Selected Mixed. hhP. 
.25 
.75 
.10 
3432. Single Selected Mixed. hhP. 
1.00 
.10 
3434. Single Annual Mixed. 
.80 
.10 
WHITLAVIA.—Pretty hardy annuals producing 
.15 
numerous bell-shaped flow'ers throughout the 
.10 
season. 1 ft. 
3440. Grandiflora. Blue . 
3442. Grandiflora Alba . 
3480. YUCCA FILAMENTOSA (Adam’s 
Needle).—Showy plants with long, narrow' 
sword-like leaves and tall branching stalks 
of creamy white hell-shaped flowers. Very 
effective wdien planted in masses and among 
other perennials. White, hardy perennial, 
4 ft. 
ZEA JAPONICA (Ornamental Maize).—Orna¬ 
mental plants with beautifully-striped, 
drooping foliage. 
3490. Japonica Variegata . 
3492. Gigantea Quadricolor . 
.80 
.80 
.10 
