Breck’s Annual Flower Seeds 
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60341 COLLECTION, 6 colors for 50c. 
Helichrysum 
Straw flower 
The best-known of all the Everlastings. 
Flowers should be gathered when only 
the outer bracts are unfolded, and sus¬ 
pended downward in a cool place to dry. 
They will grow in any sunny situation, 
making plants 2 to 4 feet high. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
6026 White 6030 Violet 
6027 Salmon 6031 Rose 
6028 Crimson 6032 Choice Mixed 
6029 Yellow 
Comparative Small Gourd Types 
Hollyhock (annual) 
Althaea 
Annual Hollyhocks are relatively new 
garden plants. The older varieties are 
biennial, or sparingly perennial. This new 
strain will make blooming plants 4 to 5 feet 
high if sown early. 
6037 Indian Spring. Extremely attrac¬ 
tive semi-double and double flowers 
showing shades of pink, bright rose and 
rosy carmine on 4 or 5 foot flower spikes. 
These are followed by secondary side 
shoots which supply a wealth of bloom 
from July until frost. Pkt. 25c. 
6038 Double Mixed. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
6040 Single Mixed. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Gomphrena 
Globe Amaranth 
5961 Mixed. Very pretty Everlasting 
flowers which look like chaffy heads of 
red clover, although white, pink, and 
purple shades may be expected. The 
plants grow \ x /i to 3 feet high. Flowers 
may be dried for Winter bouquets. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Godetia • Satin Flower 
These are superb garden flowers, making 
bushy plants 1 to 2 feet high, with blooms 
of silky texture, strongly resembling those 
of the azalea. 
5967 Duchess of Albany. White. 1 ft. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
5968 Breck’s New Lavender. 18 in. Pkts. 
15c and 35c. 
5973 Sybil Sherwood. 1 ft. Bright sal- 
mon-pink. Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
5978 Rosy Morn. Beautiful coral-pink. 
2 ft. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
5979 Breck’s Special Mixture. Single 
and double, mixed. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
GOURDS 
5980 Breck’s DeLuxe Mixture. You 
will be amazed at the fascinating har¬ 
vest of curious, brightly colored fruit 
which may be grown so easily on these 
luxuriant, climbing plants. Our DeLuxe 
Mixture offers the finest selection pos¬ 
sible. Interesting in the garden, decora¬ 
tive in the house. Pkt. 25c. 
Gourds 
Annual climbers of quick growth, bear¬ 
ing weird, oddly shaped fruits. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
5981 Angora. Green, white spotted. 
5982 Apple-shaped. 
5983 Bottle-shaped. 
5985 Serpent. Long; green. 
5986 Egg-shaped. 
5987 Powder-Horn. 
5988 Bicolor. Half green, half yellow. 
5990 Hercules’ Club. 
5991 Flat Striped. Green, white stripes. 
5992 Orange-shaped. 
5993 Pear-shaped. Striped green and 
white. 
5995 Pear Bicolor. Green and yellow. 
6001 Pear-shaped White. 
6002 Spoon-shaped. Green and yellow. 
6003 Horned Cucumber. 
6004 Turk’s Turban. Small Red China. 
6005 Turk’s Turban. White, red and 
green striped. 
6006 Small Varieties, Mixed. Oz. 40c. 
6007 Warted Varieties, Mixed. Oz. 40c. 
6008 Mixed. All types. Oz. 40c. 
60111 COLLECTION, 12 varieties $1.00 
Grasses 
Ornamental feathery flower-spikes. 
Pkts. 10c 
6012 Pennisetum longistylum (Villo- 
sum). Fine, solitary spikes. 2 feet tall. 
6013 Pennisetum Ruppelii. Fountain- 
Grass. Perennial, with sprays of purple 
and copper-colored flowers. 18 inches. 
Helichrysum 
Gypsophila • Baby’s Breath 
Quick-growing plants 18 to 24 inches 
high, producing great numbers of small 
flowers in loose, graceful sprays. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
6020 Breck’s Giant White. Oz. 50c. 
6022 Elegans Rosea. Pink. Oz. 50c. 
6023 Muralis. Dwarf, trailing plants with 
pink flowers. 
