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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
_(COKPOKATION) 
NAME. 
Hard. 
and 
Dur. 
H’g’t 
Feet. 
Color 
of 
Flower. 
Price 
per 
Oz. Pkt. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Arundo conspicua. 
Donax fol. variegatas. 
hP 
<« 
8 
n 
5 
New Zealand Pampas Grass. 
Finely striped foliage. 
Avena sterilis (Animated Oats). 
hA 
u 
2 1 / 
Brlza gracilis. 
- /a 
5 
1 The well-known Quaking Grass. 
maxima . 
<< 
Bryzopyrum sicul urn. 
u 
3/ 
5 
) 
Good for edging. 
Excellent for winter bouquets. 
) Very effective in borders, slender and 
( elegant, good for bouquets. 
Flowers of a bright rose color. 
Golden spikes, desirable, 
j The dry seeds make fine strings of 
Bromus brizseformis. 
hP 
tP 
u 
74 
11 / 
5 
5 
5 
5 
Chloris barbata. 
1 /2 
elegans. 
3/ 
Ch/oropsis Blanchardiana. 
n 
74 
Chrysurus aureus. 
hA 
n 
3 
Coix lachryma (Job’s Tears). . . . 
I 1 / 
5 
5 
B/eusine oligostachya. 
n 
1 / 2 
I 
it 
l beads for children. 
Three horns, very pretty. 
For borders and bouquets. 
Resembles Pampas Grass. 
Magnificent. 
Bragrostis efegans (Love Grass). 
n 
5 
Brianthus ravennae. 
hP 
8 
6 
Bulalia Japonica. 
n 
Feather Grass, see Stipa pennata 
Festuca pectinella.. 
n 
1 / 
5 
viridis. 
a 
/ 2 
a 
j- Useful for edging and bouquets. 
1 Most stately of all grasses. G. jubatum 
\ has fine silvery red flowers. 
Squirrel Tail Grass. 
Pretty rush-like grass. 
Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass). . . . 
jubatum. 
tP 
«( 
7 
6 
5 
10 
Hare's Tail, see Lagurus 
Hordeum jubatum. 
hA 
5 
Isolepsis gracilis. 
hhP 
1/ 
Job's Tears, see Coix 
Lagurus ovatus (Hare’s Tail). 
hA 
7s 
5 
10 
Pampas Grass, see Gynerium 
Pa spa lum elegans. 
Pennisetum longistylum. 
n 
n 
* / 2 
2 
I V, 
Pretty for borders or shrubberies. 
Distinct and beautiful. 
Poa amabilis (Abyssinian Grass). 
n 
1 7 2 
5 
Stipa elegantissima. 
hP 
<( 
1 
pennata (Feather Grass). 
n 
5 
> Excellent for bouquets. 
Trichoisena rosea. 
n 
I 
3 
n 
Unioia latifolia. 
hA 
Useful for bouquets. 
\ The leaves are beautiful, striped with 
Zea Japonica variegata (Maize). 
n 
5 
—gigantea quadricolor. 
n 
A 
Mixed Grasses. 
n 
varied 
5 
^ white, rose and yellow. 
The flower seeds purchased of you last year gave me most excellent results. My garden xvas the admiration of 
the entire neighborhood , and / believe you will see quite an increase of flower seed orders from this district for next 
season ■ Yours trul y, MllS. V. IV. KR 1 NRILL, Rochester, N. Y. 
Break’s Collections of Flower Seeds . 
Sweet Peas, fine 
uim, lom thumb, fine mixed; Candytuft, finest mixed; Aster, German, fine mixed; Pansy, finest mixed; 
Eschscholtzia, fine mixed; Morning Glory, fine mixed. 
Collection “ C,” price 75 cts., contains the varieties in Collections “A” and “B,” with the following in addi¬ 
tion: Coreopsis fine mixed; Balsam, fine mixed; Zinnia, fine mixed; Mourning Bride, fine mixed; Petunia, finest 
mixed; Calendula, “ Meteor,” yellow. ’ 
Collection “D,” price $1.00, contains the varieties in Collections “A,” “ B ” and “ C,” with the following in 
addition: I all Nasturtium, fine mixed; Marigold, French, striped; Larkspur, dwarf Rocket; Poppy, double mixed; 
Convolvulus, dwarf mixed; Chrysanthemum, fine mixed; Antirrhinum, finest mixed. 
Collection “ E.” This assortment produces a fine effect in the garden and all the sorts are suitable for bouquets. 
nee 50 cts. Abronia, Ageratum, Amaranthus Bicolor, Aquilegia, Aster Chrysanthemum-flowered, Calliopsis, Col- 
linsia, Dianthus Chinensis, Godetia, Mignonette, Phlox Drummondii, Zinnia. 
Collkciion F. I he following kinds are specially suitable for growing in vases or haiiging baskets. Price 25 
cts. Alyssum Maritimum, Convolvulus Mauritanicus, Dwarf Nasturtiums, Lobb’s Nasturtiums, Lobelia Gracilis, 
Mimulus Moschatus. 
Wild! Garden Seeds* 
Any one who has cultivated flowers in neatly laid out beds or carefully planted ribbon borders is aware of the 
amount of labor and constant attention necessary to produce the desired effect. To those who cannot give this care, 
we otter Wild Garden Seeds,” a mixture of over one hundred varieties of hardy flower seeds. No one who has not 
seen such a bed can form an idea of its possibilities, the different seasons of bloom insuring something new almost 
every day. Half-oz. packets, 20 cts. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
