QUICK INDEX 
Complete Index 
Pages 40 and 41 
Order Blanks 
Pages 40A to 40D 
Delivery, Terms, 
Etc. 
Page 40 
Flower Seeds 
Pages 1 to 27 
Gladiolus 
Pages 28 and 29 
Vegetable Seeds, 
Roots, and Plants 
Pages 30 to 39 and 
42 to 47 
Field Seeds, 
Grasses, Grains 
Page 48 
Lawn Grass Seed 
Mixtures 
Page 49 
Dahlias 
Pages 50 and 51 
Begonia Bulbs 
Pages 52 and 53 
Miscellaneous 
Summer Bulbs 
Pages 53, 54, 55 
Tools and Gadgets 
Pages 56 to 64 
Bird Feeders, 
Foods and Houses 
Page 65 
Fertilizers 
Page 66 
Horticultural 
Sundries 
Page 67 
Insecticides and 
Fungicides 
Pages 68 to 71 
Fruits 
Pages 72 and 73 
Shrubs, Trees, and 
Hardy Vines 
Pages 74 to 76 
Roses 
Pages 77 to 80 
3rd Cover 
1949 GARDEN 
SENSATION 



CUPPED 
ANO FEATHERED 


COSMOS 

Fascinating 
Flower Forms 
Blooms 
All Season 
e oplendid 
For Cutting 


New England’s Oldest Seed 
and Bulb Merchants ye 
Established in 1818 
STORES at 85 Franklin St. and 85 State St. 
BOSTON, MASS. 
NEW MAIL ADDRESS: 
401 Summer St., BOSTON 10, MASS. 
TELEPHONE: HAncock 6—-6500 
Admirers of “‘the human form divine’ will find among these “Cupped and Feathered 
Cosmos”’ blooms the flower form divine, for here is a garden novelty of the first order 
new—entirely new—an almost complete breakaway from the well known Cosmos with 
blooms cupped like Campanulas; some with deep cups, some with shallow cups all with 
laciniated edges, and a few with fascinating feathers that dart out from the centers 
of the flowers, completely baffling the imagination. 
Those who plant the seed of this entirely new Cosmos will get thrill after thrill for it 
should be said that this is no fully tamed and domesticated member of the garden 
family, for no two flowers will be exactly alike. An individual plant may throw blooms 
of distinctly varying form—some early blooms will closely resemble the Cosmos flowers 
you know so well—but wait and see! All the rest of the Summer, right up until frost you 
will be amazed at the variety of intriguing forms. A few flowers may even be wie 
otherwise you will have clouds of pink blooms that will charm and entrance you more 
than anything that you have had in your garden for years—and years Grows about 
4 feet high. Catalog No. 1450 Pkt. 35c., 3 pkts. 85c. 
RECK’S OF BOSTON 
LUTHER A. BRECK, Jr.. President and General Manager 
HAROLD S. ROSS.. 









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