viii . JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
_(Corporation) . 
MUSA ENSETE. Abyssinian Banana. A magnificent foliage 
plant with broad, massive leaves that grow to immense pro¬ 
portions; superb plant for the lawn; seeds sown early in heat 
will produce large plants the first season. Pkt., 25 cents. 
MIGNONETTE. Breck’s Giant Machet. This strain is just what 
we have been asked to supply for a number of years — a large- 
flowered, bright-red colored, sweetly-scented, compact-grow¬ 
ing, and free-flowering Mignonette*. It is* the selection of a 
florist who makes a specialty of Mignonette for market, and is 
superior to all other varieties for both pot culture and out¬ 
doors. The flowers are bright-red and feathery, the plants of 
compact, branching habit, and profuse bloomers. Pkt., 10 
cents. 
NEMESIA STRUMOSA SUTTONI. This charming plant is 
undoubtedly one of the most charming annuals that has been 
introduced for a number of years. The color of the flowers is 
exceedingly variable, being white, 
ochreous. pale yellow, deep yellow, 
orange, orange scarlet, magenta, 
carmine, light rosy-purple, orange 
striped with orange-brown and 
shaded with mauve, etc., the throat 
Musa Ensete. being dotted with black on a yel¬ 
low ground, and the outside" is 
often veined and marked with purple. The variation in the color of the flow¬ 
ers is one of the most interesting features of this plant. The seed should be 
sown in pans or boxes filled with light soil, in March or April, and the plants 
put out-doors in May. They will come into bloom in June. Pkt., 25 cents. 
WATER LILIES. From Seed. ( Nymphcea .) Seed should be planted during 
March or April, in a teacup containing two or three inches of soil and filled 
with water. After planting, the cups should be placed in a temperature of 
from 70 0 to 8o° during germination, which ordinarily takes ten days. When 
large enough to transplant, prick into small pots and place them in a pan of 
water deep enough to cover the pots about one inch. In June move to tubs 
or pools of water out-doors. 
BLUE ZANZIBAR WATER LILY. (Nymphcea Zanzibarensis azuren.') Flow- Breck's Mignonette. 
ers varying from a light to a very dark, deep blue. The stamens of all are a 
bright golden-yellow. The flowers open at about 7 A\M. and 
close about 5 P.M. 
RED ZANZIBAR WATER LILY. (JV. Zan. rosea.) Like above 
in every respect except color, which varies from rich pink to a 
deep rose, almost crimson in some specimens. 
WHITE NIGHT-BLOOMING WATER LILY. (A". Dcntata .) 
This grand species opens its flowers at about eight o'clock at 
night, remaining expanded until noon the next day. They 
are pure pearly white, with petals expanded horizontally, so 
that the flowers are perfectly flat like a star. Each variety 
25 cents per pkt., or three for 60 cents. 
Nyutphcea. 
NICOTIANA COLOSSEA. One of the 
finest annual ornamental foliage plants 
in cultivation. It may be grown in the 
same way as Nicotianci Affinis , and will 
attain a height of five to six feet in a 
season. The plants, which are exceed- 
ingly graceful, are furnished from the 
ground upwards with immense dark- 
green leaves of great consistency, and 
of such robust growth as to withstand 
without injury high winds or storms. 
Valuable for planting either in single 
specimens or groups. Pkt., 25 cents. 
Nicotiana Col os sea. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
