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Brecks Annual Flower Seeds 
Sweet William (annual) 
7080 Breck’s Annual Mixed. A strain 
which blooms the first year from seed. 
The fragrant flowers are very large, and 
beautifully marked with many colors. 
Height 1 foot. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Thunbergia 
A delicate vine with neat foliage and 
extremely pretty flowers. Used for hang¬ 
ing-pots, vases, etc. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
7087 Mixed. Shades of orange, yellow and 
white. 
Torenia 
Pkt. 25c 
7090 Bailloni. A prostrate plant 2 to 3 
inches high, with curiously shaped bril¬ 
liant yellow and brown flowers. Excel¬ 
lent in partially shaded positions as an 
edging or ground-cover. 
7091 Fournieri, White Wings. An erect 
type, 6 inches to a foot high, with odd, 
snow-white flowers marked with yellow. 
7092 Fournieri grandiflora. Flowers vel¬ 
vety violet-blue. 
7093 Fournieri, Mixed. 
Tropaeolum 
Tithonia 
7089 Speciosa. A quick-growing annual, 
6 to 10 feet high, with rough, ornamen¬ 
tal foliage and long-stemmed, brilliant 
scarlet-orange flowers, resembling in 
some ways enormous single French 
marigolds or single dahlias. A superb 
background plant, and excellent for 
cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
ROOTONE 
By treating your seeds with 
Rootone before planting germin¬ 
ation will be hastened, damping 
off will be prevented and strong¬ 
er, healthier plants will result. 
See page 102. Small pkg. 25c. 
7098 Canariense. Canary-Bird Vine. A 
quick-growing, annual climber, some¬ 
what resembling the nasturtium in 
appearance, with curiously cut yellow 
flowers, having a vague resemblance to a 
canary bird in flight. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Verbena 
Noble bedding plants of the highest 
merit, combining vigorous growth with 
vivid color and long-continued bloom. Va¬ 
rieties have recently been much improved, 
producing broad heads of large flowers. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
Breck's Mammoth 
7100 Royale. Glorious blue, with creamy 
eye. 
7102 Giant Salmon-Pink. A uniform 
shade. 
7104 Brilliant. Deep 
flame rose with white 
eye. 
7106 Etna. Intense scar¬ 
let, with creamy eye. 
7108 Spectrum Red. An 
intense brilliant red. 
7109 Snowdrift. Large; 
white. 
7110 Mixed. All colors. 
Other Strains 
7112 Blue Sentinel. 
Rich violet-blue with 
white eye. Dwarf. Erect. 
10 inches. 
7116 Lemon Verbena 
(Aloysia citriodora). An 
aromatic plant with le¬ 
mon-scented foliage use¬ 
ful for mingling with 
other flowers. 
7118 Erinoides (Pulchel- 
la). A perennial grown 
as an annual. Trailing, 
hairy plant with bright 
blue and lilac flowers. 
7120 Venosa(Rigida).An 
erect plant, 1 to 2 feet 
high, with purplish flow¬ 
ers in Bpikes. A peren¬ 
nial which blooms the 
first year from seed. 
Sweet William 
Virginian Stock 
M alcomia 
7123 Mixed. A pretty, slender annual 
with graceful sprays of small, brightly 
colored flowers. A good edging plant. 
Height 1 foot. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Vinca rosea 
Madagascar Periwinkle 
Popular Summer bedding plants, 12 to 
15 inches high, with luxuriant dark foliage 
and large, single flowers all Summer. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
7125 Pure White 
7126 Bright Rose 
7127 White, with Rose Eye 
7128 Mixed 
Viscaria • Rock Lychnis 
Dainty little annuals bearing attractive 
flowers an inch across on slender, 8-inch 
stems. Fine for edging and cutting. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c, except where noted 
7130 Blue Pearl. Lavender-blue. Pkt. 25c. 
7131 Rosy Gem. Rose-pink. Pkts. 25c 
and 60c. 
7132 Innocence. White. 
7133 Loyalty. Blue. 
Wallflower 
Fine old-fashioned annuals which re¬ 
semble closely the popular English Wall¬ 
flower. Valued for their fragrance. Height 
1 foot. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
7140 Brown 7142 Yellow 
7141 Red 7143 Mixed 
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