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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
ARABIS — ROCK CRESS. 
Arabia albida. 6 to 9 in. April and May. Fragrant 
white flowers borne in great profusion. One of the finest 
spring flowers offered. 
ARMERIA — SEA PINK. 
Armeria maritima (Cushion Pink). 3 to 6 in. May and 
June. Grass-like foliage, with fine purple flowers. Valu¬ 
able for edging and front borders. 
CAMPANULA — BLUEBELLS. 
Campanula Carpatica. 9 in. June to September. This 
forms neat, compact tufts, covered with large, erect blue 
flowers; useful as an edging, bedding or border plant. 
C. media (Canterbury Bell). Biennial, 3 to 4 ft. high; 
flowers blue, white and rose; corolla very large and bell¬ 
shaped; bright and attractive. Separate colors. 
HARDY GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum hybridum (Shasta Daisy) white, all 
summer, 2 ft. 
— var. Alaska, large pure white, all summer. 
- -var. King Edward, white, 3 ft., all summer. 
Hardy Pompon Varieties 
Autumn Glow, rosy crimson, shading both warm and 
bright. 
Eva, flowers a delicate pink, one of our best early 
varieties. * 
Glory of Seven Oaks, dwarf, golden yellow, very free 
flowering and very early. 
Indian, a fine Indian red, splendid for massing. 
Ladysmith, large flowering single, lilac pink golden 
center, blooms early. 
Queen of Whites, fine creamy white. 
Rosea, bright red, wonderfully colored. 
Snowclad, pure white, one of the best. 
CENTAUREA CENTAURY. 
Centaurea montana. Colors red, white, blue and pink. 
Summer. ft. 
COREOPSIS — TICK SEED. 
Coreopsis grandiflora. 3 ft. June to September. The 
flowers are a rich yellow. 
Dianthus barbatus • Sweet William 
Shautii Daisy 
DELPHINIUM — HARDY LARKSPUR. 
Delphinium Belladonna. The clear turquoise-blue of its 
flow’ers is not equalled for delicacy and beauty by any 
other flow'er. 
Delphinium Chinense. A very pretty variety, with fine 
feathery foliage and intense gentian-blue flowers in open 
panicles. 
D. Chinense album. A pure white form of the above. 
D. formosum. The old favorite dark blue with white 
center; 3 to 4 ft. high. Very vigorous, free-flowering, and 
one of the best. 
D. Gold Medal Hybrids. Unquestionably the finest 
strain of mixed hybrids ever offered. Flow'ers in spikes 
tw r o feet and over long, the majority running in the 
lighter shades of blue. 
DIANTHUS — PINK. 
Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William). 20 in. June and 
July. A fine old biennial, but one which perpetuates 
itself by self-sowing. The colors are very brilliant and 
effective. Double and single varieties mixed. 
D. deltoides. 6 in. May and June. Creeping habit, 
with dark red and crimson-eyed flowers. 
D. latifolius alba. 9 in. June to September. A quite 
constant summer and autumn bloomer. White flowers. 
D. semperflorens. 15 in. Dark pink fragrant flowers of 
good size, with red center. Foliage silvery and fine. 
DIGITALIS — FOXGLOVE. 
Digitalis gloxiniaefiora. 3 ft. June and July. An ex¬ 
cellent variety ranging in color from w'hite to deep pink. 
D., var. alba. 2 ft. June and July. Pure white. 
D. grandiflora. 2 to 3 ft. June and July. A yellow 
flowered perennial Foxglove, quite hardy and easily 
grown. 
D., var. rosea. 2 ft. June and July. Rose-colored; 
very good. 
D. purpurea. 2 to 3 ft. June and July. Flowers of 
various shades of purple to white, and with variously 
colored spotted throats. 
EXHIBIT OF GLADIOLI IN SEPTEMBER 
