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JOSEPH 
Lutuer A. BRECK...... 
Harobp S. Ross..... Vice-President 
CLARENCE H. WELLs. 
SEE INSIDE BACK COVER FOR COLOR 
ILLUSTRATION OF GLADIOLUS GARDEN 
Home, 
Sweet Home 
ik THE HISTORY of our country, the words “Home, Sweet 
Home” have never meant quite what they mean today. 
The aftermath of a world-wide struggle finds us without 
many, many things that we formerly took for granted. 
The situation is universal. No one has escaped it. 
A few moments of reflection brings to one and all a 
sincere appreciation of what a piece of land and a shelter 
thereon represents to those fortunate enough to have one. 
Is it not logical, therefore, that under such conditions we 
should bend every effort to make the homes we have more 
livable and more abundantly fruitful of happiness for 
ourselves and for others ? 
Purchased diversion is a common form of individual 
selfishness. Those who carry it teo far miss much in life. 
The greater fun and richer life that comes from creating 
our own relaxation is the reason why so many of us wisely 
give in to our hobbies,-and often become creative producers. 
It is not our purpose to decry the many forms of 
relaxation that call for a direct outlay and that are merely 
a memory a few hours later. Within limits, such outlays 
are beyond criticism, but having spoken of hobbies as 
being worthwhile, we do want to emphasize gardening 
“as the greatest hobby of them all.” 
You can buy vegetables and fruits at a market; you 
can buy flowers from a florist; and you can sometimes, 
but by no means always, buy health from a doctor, but 
in a garden where you are outdoors in the fresh air and 
the sunshine, you can preserve your health which is,-after 
all, your most precious possession, and you can grow bet- 
ter vegetables, fruits and flowers than you can buy. There 
is another point—almost regardless of how much you 
spend on your garden, you can still save money! How? 
Because you don’t spend it foolishly elsewhere! 
Think it over! Also remember, there is no place 
like home—your piece of land and the shelter thereon. 
BRECK & SONS 
. President and Treasurer 
leensee A. Breck, JR..... Vice-Pres.-Gen’ | Manager 
Fe igh at Pare Mere ies Secretary 
~ Cansrer D. Batpwin d 
Winuram C. Campse.t.. Mail Service Dept. 
Credit Dept. 
Leo P. McNamara 
Ernest Bates. Hardware Dept. 
JAMES SHIELS...... Seed Dept. 
Gorpon P. STEWART.. 
Retail Sales Dept. 
Tomas H. Westwoon. .Flower Seed Dept. 
Cee eee eer eer ene 
Warehouse Manager 
New England’s Oldest Seed Merchants—Established 1818 
.85 State Street, Boston 9, Mass. 
Main StorE AND GENERAL OFFICES..... 
BRANCH SSTORD Ste castes a ekedes 
85 Franklin Street 
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Telephone: Lafayette 7420 
Copyright 1947 by Joseph Breck and Sons 
ORAS CeCRCMCIC Mk ORC BAC aL 
15-24 Tee Wharf 


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UROELUUUTUNETE CERCA CECT 
QUICK INDEX 
Bird Feeders, 
Foods and Houses 
Page 2 
Tools and Gadgets 
Pages 3 to 8 

Watering Devices 
and Accessories 
Pages 6 and 7 
Early Season Gar- 
dening Supplies 
Pages 8 and 9 
Lawn Grass Seed 
Mixtures 
Page 10 
Field Seeds 
Grasses, Grains 
Page 11 
Vegetable 
Planting Chart 
Page 12 
Vegetable Seeds, 
Roots and Plants 
Pages 13 to 29 
Flower Seeds 
Pages 30 to 55 
Miscellaneous 
Summer Bulbs 
Pages 56 to 58 
Gladiolus 
Page 59 and 
3rd Cover 
Dahlias 
Pages 60 and 61 
Roses 
Pages 62 to 66 
Fruits 
Pages 67 to 69 
Trees, Shrubs and 
Vines 
Pages 70 and 71 
Fertilizers 
Page 72 
Horticultural 
Sundries 
Page 73 
Weed Killers 
Page 73 
Insecticides, 
Fungicides, Etc. 
Pages 74 to 76 
Delivery, Terms, 
Etc. 
Page 79 
Complete Index 
Pages 79 and 80 
