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Breck’s Hardy Perennial Flower Seeds 
There can be no greater joy than to create a garden plan through the agency of one’s own imagination, and 
then to work out that plan by actually growing from seed the special varieties desired. For many years we have 
laid great stress on the selection and quality of our Perennial Flower Seeds, realizing that this particular branch 
of gardening was rapidly becoming one of country-wide interest. 
In the following list we offer, we believe, all the varieties of Perennials that have played a part in fashioning 
the old and famous gardens of New England. For your guidance we briefly touch on the distinction between 
Biennials and Perennials and suggest methods of culture long practiced by those who make the growing of Peren¬ 
nials their profession. 
Perennials. These go on living and increasing for a number 
of years, the stems dying down each season and coming again 
from the roots each Spring. They are easily raised from seed 
sown during late Spring and early Summer in frames or seed¬ 
beds. These seedlings should be ready to be transferred to their 
permanent quarters in the Autumn—or the following Spring. 
Biennials. These are plants which require two seasons to 
come to full maturity, after which they ripen their seed and die 
off. Perhaps the best mode of treatment is to sow in frames in 
the latter part of June, during July, and up to the middle of 
August, and Winter them in boxes; plants treated in this way 
will flower early in Summer. 
Acanthus • Bear’s-Breech 
Ornamental foliage plants for subtropical effects. The beauti¬ 
fully designed foliage has served as a model for artists, and was 
the inspiration for the ornate columns of the Greek Corinthian 
architecture. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
7310 Mollis latifolius. Purplish flowers and large broad leaves. 
7312 Mollis. White flowers during August and September. 
Achillea • Yarrow 
7317 Ptarmica, The Pearl. An easily grown plant about 2 feet 
high, bearing snowy white flowers in clusters. Excellent for 
cutting and half-shady places in the rock-garden. Pkts. 15c 
and 35c. 
Aconiturn • Monkshood 
An odd, late-flowering perennial with curious, hooded flowers 
in small spikes, somewhat resembling delphiniums. The foliage 
is of a deep lustrous green. 
Pkts. 25c, except where noted 
7320 Lycoctonum. Wolf’s Bane. A slender, 6-foot perennial with 
strange yellow and cream colored flowers which appear during 
June and July. 
7323 Napellus. Dark blue flowers in July and August. Plants 
4 feet high. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
7332 Wilsonii. Light blue flowers in September and October. 
Plants 4 feet high. 
Adenophora • Ladybell 
7336 Potanini. An excellent 2-foot perennial with drooping, 
bell-shaped, light blue flowers in August. Pkt. 25c. 
Adonis • Pheasant’s Eye 
7340 Vemalis. Bright yellow flowers much like buttercups. 
Blooms very early in the Spring. Excellent among other 
perennials and under shrubs. 1 ft. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Aethionema • Stone-Cress 
7345 Grandiflorum. A splendid, trailing rock-plant of bushy 
habit; clusters of rosy lilac flowers in June and July. Pkt. 25c. 
Agrostemma • Mullein Pink 
Free-flowering border plants about 18 inches high, with attrac¬ 
tive, circular flowers and woolly foliage. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
7350 Coronaria alba. Pure white flowers. 
7352 Coronaria. Crimson. 18 in. 
7354 Flos-Jovis. Jove’s Flower. Half-inch-wide pink flowers in 
dense clusters in June and July. Foliage silvery. 
7356 Hybrida Walked. Silvery, hairy plant, with carmine-red 
flowers from June to October. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
Alstroemeria 
7368 Chilensis, Mixed. A semi-hardy, slender perennial with 
flowers like red, yellow, and purple lilies. Roots may be dug 
and stored over Winter. For cutting. Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
