Breck’s Perennial blower Seeds 
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Pyrethrum 
Pyrethrum 
Early blooming daisies of the Chrysan¬ 
themum family, with long, graceful stems 
and ferny foliage. They grow about 2Y 2 
feet tall and bloom in June. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c, except where noted 
8276 Single Rose. 
8278 Single White. 
8280 Single Crimson. 
8282 Double Hybrids, Mixed. Pkts. 25c 
and 60c. 
8284 Single Hybrids, Mixed. 
Rudbeckia • Coneflower 
Robust, spreading border plants with 
profuse yellow daisies on erect stems. Good 
for landscape use and for cutting. Height 
2 to 3 feet. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
8300 Fulgida. Orange-yellow. 
8302 Newmanni. Light yellow. 
Salvia • Sage 
Aromatic plants of variable habit, useful 
for cutting. Very effective in the perennial 
border. 
8305 Azurea grandiflora. Slender plants, 
with long spikes of exquisite azure-blue 
flowers in August and September. 
Height 3V£ feet. Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
8306 Pratensis. Good border perennials 
3 feet high, with bright blue flowers in 
late Summer. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
Have you ever grown the 
PAINTED DAISIES? 
They are a Joy in June 
See Pyrethrum, above. 
Scabiosa 
These perennial varieties resemble the 
well-known annual Scabiosas. The colors 
range from white through all the shades 
of blue and lavender to violet. They make 
excellent border plants and are especially 
good for cut-flowers. Stems long and 
slender. 
8310 Caucasica alba. Pure white. 2Y 
feet. Pkt. 25c. 
8312 Caucasica caerulea. Light laven¬ 
der-blue. 2Y feet. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
8314 Japonica. Dwarfer plants with 
violet-blue flowers. 18 inches. Pkts. 15c 
and 35c. 
8316 Isaac House Hybrids. Excellent 
strain with enormous flowers in shades 
of blue, mauve, lavender, and white. 
2K feet. Pkts. 25c. 
Scabiosa 
Sidalcea 
Graceful plants of the Mallow family, 
2 to 3 feet high, with many spikes of small 
hollyhock-like flowers. 
Pkt. 25c 
8327 Stark’s Hybrids. Various shades of 
pink, rose, and crimson. 
Statice • Sea La vender 
Permanent border or rock-garden plants 
with tiny, chaffy flowers in loose sprays. 
Useful for Winter bouquets. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
8340 Gmelini. Violet-blue. 2 feet. 
8342 Latifolia. Lavender. 2 feet. 
8344 Dwarf Mixed. Especially good for 
use in the rock-garden. Height 1 foot. 
Stokesia • Cornflower Aster 
A dwarf perennial, useful for cutting, 
with flowers very much like those of corn¬ 
flowers produced on plants which grow 
about 18 inches high, from July to October. 
8352^Cvanea. Lavender. Pkts. 15c and 
35c. 
Sweet William 
Diant has barbatus 
Good old-fashioned biennials of easy 
culture, with broad, flat clusters of fragrant 
flowers in many brilliant colors. Height 18 
inches. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c, except 
where noted 
8360 Breck’s Choice Mixture. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8362 Crimson. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8364 Holborn Glory. Mammoth 
flowers, exquisitely marked. 
8366 Newport Pink. Exquisite 
color. 
8368 Pink Beauty. Rich pink. 
8372 Scarlet Beauty. Uniform 
shade 
8374 White. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8376 Double Mixed. 
8379 Dwarf, Mixed. 
Thalictrum 
Meadow Rue 
Excellent border plants with 
highly ornamental foliage and sprays 
of dainty, feathery flowers, exquis¬ 
itely graceful, and useful for cutting. 
Height about 3 feet. 
8383 Adiantifolium. Foliage like 
a maidenhair fern. Flowers yel¬ 
lowish. Pkt. 15c. 
8385 Dipterocarpum. Flowers 
rosy purple. Pkt. 25c. 
Kreme Skin Gloves 
make gardening a cleaner 
sport. See page 110. 
Sweet William 
