■ Breck’s Selected List of High Grade Flower Seeds ■ 
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Our Complete List of Flower Seeds begins on page 99 
This special list embraces only sorts that are of the easiest cultivation, and particularly desirable for producing 
a quick and continued effect. A dollar’s worth of seeds selected from these varieties will, under reasonably favor¬ 
able conditions, give a greater amount of bloom in varied form and color than could be had by planting ten dollars* 
worth of plants from the greenhouse. Sow the seed freely. Their combined strength will break the crust on hard 
soils; and in the thinning which follows, only strong and promising plants are allowed to remain. Better effects are 
also often secured when the flowers are in masses, especially if the flowers are thrown into the bays of heavy shrub 
borders. 
Plants continue to bloom for a longer period if they are not allowed to produce seed. I he flowers should be 
picked, if possible, before they begin to fade. 
Joseph Brcck dr 9 Sons :— 
I wish to say a few words regarding your seeds. Your seeds i?i general have neater been excelled. / have used 
seeds from leading seedsmen from Maine to California and from Maine to Florida. Your seeds are of strong ger- 
minoting penuers and true to name. They cannot be excelled. 
A. B. REED, 
Aug. 30, /pop. Richmond, Me. 
Ageratumsm 
In many respects this is one of the most desirable summer flowering plants we have. It may be used alone for 
beds and borders, or planted in connection with geraniums, coleus, cannas, etc. The colors include many shades of 
blue as well as white, rose and a pale yellow. The plants grow well almost anywhere, but flower most generously 
in a deep, rich soil. If the seed is started in a box in the house, or in a hot-bed, in the beginning of April and trans¬ 
planted to where they are intended to bloom about the end of May, an abundance of flowers will be produced until 
hard frost. Seed, of all, however, can also be sown outdoors as soon as the ground warms up, excepting the four 
sorts first named; these are tender perennials and should be sown early to obtain successful flowering the first sum¬ 
mer. Seed sown in August will produce plants for winter flowering. 
Oz. Pkt. 
Ada Bowman. Light blue; fine for beds 
or edgings, 9 inches .... $0.75 $0.05 
Blue Perfection. Light blue; fine for beds; 
mixed; very choice .... .30 .05 
Conspicum. White; a grand bedder, 1 ft. .05 
Lasseauxi. Rose; 1 ft. . . . . .05 
Mexicanum. Lavender; 1 ft. . . .40 .05 
Mexicanum. Mixed; 1 ft.40 .05 
Album. White; 1 ft. 
Dwarf Blue. Deep blue, 9 inches . 
Dwarf White. Clear white, 9 inches 
Little Dorrit. Deep blue, 6 inches . 
Little Dorrit. White, 6 inches 
Nanum luteum. Pale yellow, 9 inches 
— Roseum. Rose, 9 inches 
— Princess Victoria Louise. White 
azure blue stamens, 9 inches 
Oz. Pkt. 
$0.50 $0.05 
.60 .05 
.60 .05 
•75 -05 
•75 -05 
1.00 .05 
1.00 .05 
.10 
Sweet Alyssum. 
Sweet Alyssum. 
The Sweet Alyssum is so well-known and such 
a general favorite that it is scarcely 
call special attention to it here. It is < 
culture both indoors and out, and is suitable alike 
for beds and edging in summer or for growing 
pots and boxes for winter blooming. It will stand 
considerable cold in the* open ground and may be 
sown early; it blooms throughout the entire season 
until destroyed by hard frost. For winter flowering 
sow the seed in August or September. When 
bloom begins to fail cut back the plants and they 
will promptly come into flower again. 
Maritimum (Sweet Alyssum ) (hA). 
Oz. 
Pkt. 
White, very fragrant, 9 inches . 
Little Dorrit. Very compact, fine 
$0.30 $0.05 
for borders, 6 inches . 
Compactum. White, erect growth, 
.50 
•05 
6 inches ..... 
Little Gem. White, grand for edging, 
.40 
.05 
6 inches ..... 
Procumbens (White Carpet). White, 
.40 
.05 
trailing habit, 6 inches 
Saxatile compactum (Gold Dust) 
(hP). A single plant will cover a 
square foot with one year’s growth 
and produce hundreds of bright 
.50 
.05 
yellow flowers. 1 ft. 
.60 
.05 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
