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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation). 
NAME. DESCRIPTION. 
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FEATHER GRASS. See Stipa Pennata. 
FESTUCA. Pectinella, dwarf, compact growing grasses for bouquets and edgings 
hP 
>2 
•°5 
Viridis, fine edging plant. 
GYNERIUM. Argenteum (Pampas Grass), a well-known variety. 
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7 
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“ Jubatum, splendid species, with beautiful spikes of silvery red flowers 
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6 
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HARE’S TAIL. See Lagurus. 
HORDEUM. Jubatum (Squirrel-tail Grass) . 
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ISOLEPIS. Gracilis, fine for Jardinets. 
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JOB’S TEARS. See Coix. 
LAGURUS. Ovatus (Hare’s Tail), elegant; a well-known sort . 
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NP:W ZEALAND PAMPAS GRASS. See Arundo Conspicua. 
ORNAMENTAL MAIZE. See ZeaJaponica. 
PAMPAS GRASS. See Gynerium Argenteum. 
PASPALUM. Elegans, pretty for borders or shrubberies . 
PENSISETUM. Longistylum, the most distinct and beautiful of ornamental grasses 
2 
.10 
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POA. Amabilis (Abyssinian Grass) . 
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2 
.10 
QUAKING GRASS. See Briza. 
SQUIRREL-TAIL GRASS. See Hordeum. 
STIPA. Elegantissima, extremely elegant; the best of its class . 
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Pennata (Feather Grass) . 
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TRICHOLi^ENA. Rosea, very pretty . 
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TRIPSACUM. Dactyloides, pretty for edgings . 
UNIOLA. Latifolia, beautiful for bouquets . 
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3 
.10 
ZEA. Japonica Variegata (Ornamental Maize), prized for its beautiful, variegated foliage 
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“ Finest Mixed, all varieties. 
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WILD GARDEN SEEDS. 
Anyone who has cultivated flowers in neatly laid out beds or carefully planned 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 oifer 
“ 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 
ounce packets, 25 cents. 
COLLECTIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
Collection “A,” price 25 cents, contains one packet each of Mignonette, sweet; Alyssum, sweet, white; Sweet 
Peas, fine mixed; Phlox Drummondi, fine mixed; Portulaca, fine mixed; Chinese Pink, fine mixed. 
Collection “ B,” price 50 cents, contains the varieties in Collection “A,” with the following in addition: Nasturtium, 
Tom Thumb, fine mixed; Candytuft, finest mixed; Aster, German, fine mixed; Pansy, finest mixed; Eschscholtzia, fine 
mixed; Morning Glory, fine mixed. 
Collection “C,” price 75 cents, contains the varieties in Collections “A ” and “B,” with the following in addition: 
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: Tall Nasturtium, fine mixed; Marigold, French, striped; Larkspur, dwarf Rocket; Poppy, double mixed; 
Convolvulus, dwarf mixed; Chrysanthemum, fine mixed; Antirrhinum, finest mixed. 
IMPORTED COLLECTIONS OF GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS. 
ASTERS. 
Dwarf German, in 6 and 12 varieties 
“ Chrysanthemum, in 6 and 12 v. 
“ Victoria, in 6 varieties 
“ Cocardeau or Crown, in 4 vars. . 
Quilled German, in 6, 12, and 18 vars. .35 
Paeony Perfection, in 6 varieties 
Victoria, in 6, 12, and 24 varieties . .60 
Imbricated Pompon, in 6 and 12 vars. . 
Truffaut’s Imp’d Paeony Perfection, 
in 6, 12, and 18 varieties . . .40 
Cocardeau or Crown, in 6 varieties 
Tall Chrysanthemum, in 6 varieties 
Washington, in 6 varieties 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Grasses (Ornamental), in 12 and 25 vars. 
Hollyhock (Chater’s), in 6 and 12 vars. . 
Per Coll. 
$0.40 and $0.75 
.50 “ .90 
•35 
„ -35 
.60 “ .75 
.40 
1.00 “ 1.50 
.50 “ .90 
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.60 
•45 
•75 
$0.65 and $1.00 
.70 “ 1.25 
Poppy, Double Carnation Flowered, in 
10 varieties. 
Petunia, Hybrida Grandiflora. 
Single Choice, in 6 and 12 varieties 
Double, “ in 6 and 12 varieties 
Phlox Drummondi Grandiflora, in 6 
and 12 varieties. 
Portulaca, Choicest Single, in 8 vars. . 
“ “ Double, in 6 vars. . 
Stock, Large Flowering German, 10- 
week, in 8 and 12 varieties 
Tropaeolum Lobbianum, in 12 varieties. 
Tropaeolum Majus (Tall Nasturtium), in 
12 varieties ...... 
Tropaeolum Tom Thumb (Dwarf Nas¬ 
turtium), in 12 varieties 
Viola Tricolor Maxima (Pansy or 
Heartsease). 
Best German, in 6, 12, and 18 vars. .40 
Zinnia Elegans, in 6 varieties 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
Per Coll. 
$.40 
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1.00 
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