JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
77 
GLOBE AMARANTH 
(Gomphrena) 
These are old favorites for winter bouquets, 
formerly called “Bachelor Buttons.” The 
flowers are globular in form, of delicate 
colors, and retain their beauty for years. 
They should be grown in good rich loam. 
1 Vi. ft. Oz. Pkt. 
1355. Aurea Superba. Orange.30 .05 
1356. Globosa Alba. White.30 .05 
1357. Globosa Rosea. Rose.30 .05 
1358. Globosa Striata. Striped.30 .05 
1359. Globosa Violacea. Violet.30 .05 
1360. Globosa Mixed .30 .05 
1365. Globosa Nana Compacta Rubra. Red, 
1 ft. 50 .05 
1366. Globosa Nana Compacta Alba. White, 
1 ft.50 .05 
GOURDS 
(Ornamental) 
Quick-growing, interesting annual climbers, 
useful for covering arbors, walls or fences. 
Ornamental foliage, with fruit in many pecu¬ 
liar shapes. 
920. Acatangulus (Rag, or Dish-cloth Gourd). .30 .05 
930. Angora. White spotted fruit.40 .05 
931. Apple-shaped. Small fruit.40 .05 
932. Bottle-shaped. Ornamental and curious .40 .05 
933. Dipper-shaped. Used as dippers by the 
natives in tropical countries.40 .05 
934. Egg-shaped. White nest-egg.40 .05 
921. Erinaceous (Hedge-Hog Gourd).30 .05 
922. Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber).30 .05 
935. Gooseberry-shaped. Small and very odd .40 .05 
936. Hercules' Club. Long white.40 .05 
937. Lemon-shaped .40 .05 
938. Orange-shaped .40 .05 
939. Pear-shaped .40 .05 
940. Sugar Trough. Used as water holders.. .40 .05 
941. Mixed .25 .05 
1370. GRASSES (Ornamental). — Mixed. This 
mixture contains all the most beautiful and 
desirable annual varieties of ornamental 
grasses. They are excellent plants for 
growing in groups on the lawn, along bor¬ 
ders, and in mixed flower beds.40 .05 
1375. GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (Silk Oak).— 
Fern-like foliage. A fine decorative plant 
for house and greenhouse; it may be easily 
grown from seed. 4 ft. 1.50 .10 
GYNERIUM (Pampas Grass).—Stately, hardy 
grasses, with long, graceful foliage topped 
by silvery plumes which often reach a 
height of 14 ft. Require protection in win¬ 
ter. 
1380. Argenteum. Gray. .10 
1381. Jubatum. Gray. More slender than the 
preceding . .10 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath). — Bushy, free- 
blooming plants, producing great numbers 
of small white flowers in loose, graceful 
panicles. They are especially valuable in 
making up bouquets. 
Hardy Annuals 
1382. Breck’s Giant White. Pure white.50 .05 
1386. Elegans Alba. White, 1 ft.30 .05 
1387. Elegans Rosea. Rose, 1 ft.30 .05 
1388. Muralis. Red, \Vz ft. 1.00 .05 
Perennial Varieties 
1385. Cerastioides. White, % ft. .10 
1389. Paniculata (Compacta Improved). White, 
2 ^.60 .05 
HELENIUM (Sneezewort). — Showy hardy per¬ 
ennials bearing large, daisy-like, golden yel¬ 
low flowers. Valuable for cutting. 
1400. Hoopesii. Orange, yellow, 4 ft. .10 
1401. Bigelowii. Yellow, 4 ft. .10 
1402. Autumnale Superbum. Yellow, 4 ft.... .10 
Helichrysnm 
1405. HELIANTHEMUM ALPESTRE (Sun 
Rose). Dwarf plant with narrow deep 
green foliage and bright yellow flowers. 
Suitable for rock work or edgings on account 
of its trailing habit. Hardy perennial. 
HELICHRYSUM.—The best known of all the 
everlastings. The bright colored flowers are 
of large size. They should be gathered when 
partially unfolded and suspended with their 
heads downward in a cool place. They pre¬ 
fer a rich loamy soil. 1 to 2 ft. 
1440. Bracteatum. Yellow. 
1441. Album. White. 
1442. Fireball Monstrosum. Crimson. 
1443. Monstrosum Album, FI. PI. Double 
white . 
1444. Monstrosum Luteum, FI. PI. Double 
yellow . 
1445. Monstrosum Purpureum, FI. PI. Double 
purple . 
1446. Monstrosum Roseum, FI. PI. Double 
rose .. 
1447. Monstrosum Double. Mixed. 
1448. Nanum, FI. PI. Mixed. 
HELIOPSIS. — Pretty branching perennial 
plants with numerous large yellow blossoms, 
resembling sunflowers. Fine for cutting; 
blooms all summer. 3 to 4 ft. 
1455. Laevis. Orange, yellow. 
1456. Pitcheriana. Yellow. 
HELIOTROPE (Heliotropium). — Greenhouse 
shrub having oval-shaped green leaves and 
heads of small fragrant flowers that com¬ 
pletely cover the plant. They are splendid 
bedding and pot plants. 
1460. Chieftain. Deep purple, 2 ft. 
1461. Snowball. White, 2 ft. 
1462. Giant Hybrids. Mixed, 2 ft. 
HESPERIS (Sweet Rocket).—Old garden favor¬ 
ites, having splendid clusters of fragrant 
purple and w'hite flow'ers useful for cutting. 
Hardy perennial, 2 Mj ft. 
1475. Mixed . 
1476. Matronalis. Purple . 
1477. Matronalis Alba. White. 
1480. HEUCHERA SANGUINEA (Coral Bells). 
A very desirable herbaceous perennial, 
blooming from spring until late in the fall. 
Small, red, bell-shaped flowers borne in 
loose panicles on stout stems well above the 
tufts of heart-shaped leaves; splendid for 
rock-work. 2 ft. 
Oz. Pkt. 
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