CATALOGUE OF FLOWER NOVELTIES 
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Begonia “Alice Manning.” 
A magnificent variety of these well known and 
favorite plants. The flower is pale yellow’, and 
measures three inches in diameter. On the same 
p ant are both single and semi-double blooms. It 
is very free-flowering. 
Its lovely foliage is not its least attraction ; it is 
velvety, and of a delicate pea-green color, edged 
with crimson. 
The flowers are drooping in habit, excellent 
for hanging baskets, window boxes, and conserva¬ 
tories, and can be had in bloom almost any time, by 
planting the bulbs at different seasons. 
Start the bulbs in shallow boxes or pans, from 
the middle of April until the end of May. In equal 
parts of sand and leaf-mould, as soon as a good start 
is made, transplant into four-inch pots, and later into 
larger pots or pans, in a compost of two parts loam 
and one part leaf-mould and well-decayed cow manure. 
A temperature not less than fifty-five to sixty-five 
degrees, in a house not too shaded, suits it best. 
Keep the soil moderately moist. $1.25 each, $12.00 
per doz. 
Break’s Choice Gladiolus, 
Gladioli, in all their many magnificent varieties, 
deserve to be grown in every garden. They are of 
easy culture, will grow in any garden soil, and are 
valuable for cut flowers. The following list em¬ 
braces the newest and handsomest shades of color. 
Varieties marked with an asterisk (*) are par¬ 
ticularly fine for forcing. 
♦AMERICA. A most charming soft delicate pink, tinted lavender. Large flowers on a strong spike. $1.00 per 
doz., $6.00 per 100. 
*AUGUSTA. Fine white variety with lavender anthers. Good for forcing. 50 cts. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 
BARON HULOT (Blue Jay). The best blue variety. Very dark, violet-blue, with well opened flowers, $2.00 
per doz., $15x0 per 100. 
*DAWN. A most beautiful shell-pink, slightly penciled in throat. A very fine variety and a great favorite as a 
cut flower. $2.00 per doz., $ 20.00 per 100. 
FIRESIDE . The new red of intense cherry color. All flowers open at one time. Very popular for cutting and 
massing. $2x0 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
HARVARD . A perfect “Harvard” crimson in color. Very popular as a cut flower, and effective when used 
with green foliage. Long, graceful spike of large open flowers. $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
*JEAN DIEULAFOY. One of the most pleasing of the light varieties. Soft cream color, with carmine blotch. 
$2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
MADAM MONNERET. Delicate rose, late bloomer and very popular. 50 cts. per doz., $2.50 per 100. 
*MRS. FRANCIS KINO (The Original). A most beautiful flame pink. Immense flowers on a spike growing 4 
feet high, with from 18 to 20 flowers, 6 to 8 open at one time. A magnificent variety. $1.00 per doz , $6.00 
per 100. 
PRINCESS SANDERSONI. The finest white variety, slightly penciled crimson. Beautiful for the home garden 
and for commercial use. $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
*SHAKESPEARE. A very dainty white variety, slightly suffused with rose. Fine for outdoor planting and for 
forcing. $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100. 
SUNRISE. A beautiful clear canary yellow, with no markings. Long spike of dainty flowers all open at one time. 
Fine for table or house decoration. $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
Postpaid.—One each of the foregoing twelve varieties for $1.50; two each, $2.75; six each, $7.00; twelve each, 
$13.00. 
BRECK’S HIGH GRADE MIXTURE.—A superb collection, giving a wide range of color of wide opened 
flowers, beautifully marked, and including many of the named varieties. Especially selected as to combination 
and blending of colors, so that they may be used for cut flowers as well as for massing. $r.oo per doz., $5.00 
per 100. 
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