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Breck’s Perennial Flower Seeds 
Alpine Poppy 
Poppy 
The perennial Poppies belong to three 
distinct classes. They are primarily plants 
for garden decoration. 
Alpinum • Alpine Poppy 
Charming, compact plants with tufted 
foliage and silky orange, yellow, and 
cream flowers poised on 6- to 10-inch 
stems. Superb for the rock-garden. 
Pkt. 25c 
8206 Fringed, Mixed. 
8208 Mixed. 
Primula 
Platycodon • Balloon Flower 
Wiry perennials with handsome foliage 
on erect stems 2 to 3 feet high. Buds 
inflated like small balloons; flowers saucer¬ 
shaped and very handsome. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
8190 Grandiflorum caeruleum. Blue. 
8192 Grandiflorum album. White. 
8193 Mariesii. Dwarf. Blue flowers. 1 ft. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
Polemonium • Jacob’s Ladder 
Excellent border plants, 2 feet high, with 
feathery foliage and drooping clusters of 
bell-shaped flowers in June and July. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
8197 Caeruleum album. White. 
8199 Caeruleum grandiflorum. Blue. 
8201 Richardsonii. Erect plants with 
many clusters of pale blue flowers. 
• Papaver 
Nudicauie • Iceland Poppy 
Tufted clumps about 6 inches high, from 
which 18-inch stems bear aloft large, silky 
flowers of the most delicate and fragile 
appearance. Extremely beautiful. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c, except where noted 
8215 White. 
8217 Orange-Scarlet. 
8220 Coonara Pink Hybrids. Pink, apri¬ 
cot, orange, and flesh-color. Pkt. 25c. 
8222 Thibet. Bright orange-scarlet. Pkt. 
25c. 
8225 Sunbeam, Mixed. Shades of yellow 
and orange. Pkts. 25c. 
8227 Yellow. 
8229 Single, Mixed. All colors. 
Oriental© • Oriental Poppy 
, Gorgeous plants for garden decoration, 
especially among shrubs or in the perennial 
border. The enormous flowers may be cut 
if taken in the bud. 
8237 Beauty of Livermere. Huge; crim¬ 
son with black center. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
8239 Mrs. Perry. Salmon-pink. Pkt. 25c. 
8241 Orientale. Blazing orange with 
black blotch. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8245 Perry’s White. White flowers, dark 
blotch at base of petals. Pkt. 50c. 
8250 Orientale Hybrids, Mixed. Im¬ 
mense flowers of many colors. Pkts. 15c 
and 35c. 
Oriental Poppy 
Primula • Primrose 
A family of lovely hardy flowers, most 
of which like damp soil and a shady place. 
Pkts. 25c, except where noted 
8262 Auricula alpina, Mixed. Bluish, 
leathery foliage with umbels of clustered 
flowers in interesting dark shades, each 
marked with a conspicuous eye. 
8264 Japonica, Mixed. Whorls of foliage 
and 2-foot stems, with tier after tier of 
rosy pink, purple, and white flowers. 
8266 Polyanthus, Giant Fancy Mixed. 
Rosettes of rough foliage and clusters of 
handsome, fragrant flowers on 6-inch 
stems. Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
8270 Veris, Mixed. Hybrids of the 
English Cowslip. 
8272 Acaulis. Yellow English Primrose. 
will supply lasting nourishment to perennial plants. Its 
humus content improves soil conditions and supplies 
moisture more constantly to their roots. See page 100. 
