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NEW GLOBE PHLOX (A) 
#3122 Mixed. Every plant a compact uni- 
form mound of solid color throughout the 
entire flowering season. Glorious range of 
brilliant colors and each plant has exactly 
the same height, spread and shape as its 
neighbor. Not over 10 in. high. 
Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
ANNUAL PHLOX (A) 
New Giant Flowering 
Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
4% 3124 Giant Art Shades. Finest selection of 
Giant varieties, all with distinctive eyes. 
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3170 New Tetra Red. Tallest of the annual 
Phloxes. Vigorous branching plants with 
large clusters of rich velvety red blooms, 
each with a tiny white eye. June to frost. 
DRUMMONDI, TALL 
Well branched 15 in. plants with large 
clusters of 1 inch blooms. Glorious gay colors 
—charming for beds or borders. 
Pkt--15e.,, 3° pkts, 35ce. 
3140 Scarlet 
3142 Yellow 
3144 Mixed 
3134 Pure White 
3141 Violet 
3138 Salmon-pink 
BRECK'S SHOWY 
PHLOX GARDEN 
Purple, Scarlet, Salmon, Yellow, White. 
31451 5 pkts. one ea. color, only 60c. 
Value 75c. 
ICELAND POPPIES (P) 
Here’s the poppy for cutting—flowering the 
first year from early seeding and normally 
blooms from late May on, producing quanti- 
ties of charming crinkled, crepe textured flow- 
ers on 18 inch stems, Pkt. 25c., 3 Pkts. 60c. 
3263 Yellow Wonder. Bright yellow. 
3269 Pink Hybrids. Shades of rose. 
3272 Emperor. Rich tangerine orange. 
3285 Breck’s Selected Giants. IIlustrated in 
color, page 21. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES (P) 
The popular and spectacular showpiece for 
the June Garden. Enormous blooms and 
startling brilliance. 3 ft. Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
3295 Oriental. Brilliant Scarlet, contrasting 
black blotches at base. 
3298 Princess Victoria Louise. Soft salmon. 
3301 Mixed Hybrids. Interesting assortment. 
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CALIFORNIA POPPIES (A) 
Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c. 
1822 Golden West. 
little care. 
1836 Breck’s Superb Mixture. A riotous rain- 
bow for quick, easy beds and border. Thrives 
in full sun. Tolerant of soils. 
GAY SHIRLEY POPPIES (A) 
Sun loving and tolerant of most soil. These 
lovely silken petaled flowers are the most 
delightful annuals. They reseed each year. 
Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c. 
3208 Breck’s Selected Single-Flowered Mix- 
ture. Includes all the newer tints and art 
shades. Fine large frilled single blooms. 
3225 Breck’s Superb Double-Flowered Mix- 
ture. Marvelous color range. Huge double 
blooms. 
Sunset brilliance with 
DOUBLE POPPY (A) 
3228 Sweet Briar. 2-3 ft. plants bear 
quantities of magnificent fully double 
blooms of the most enchanting wild rose 
pink. Long season of bloom and re- 
seeds generously each year! Easy too! 
Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
PORTULACA (A) 
Moss Rose or Sunplant for hot, dry spots. 
Indispensable for those difficult, dry, sunny _ 
places. Just press the fine seed into the sur- 
face and you'll have masses of brilliance all 
summer till frost. Quick, easy, and colorful. 
3317 All Double Blend. ///ustrated on page 12. 
Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c., % oz. $1.50. 
3320 Single-Flowered Mixed. Large, single 
blooms in the same range of jewel tones. 
Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c., % oz. $1.00 
PRIMROSES (P) 
Old World charm for American gardens 
through April and May. Plant in shaded 
nooks or combine with spring bulbs. 
3330 English Primrose (Vulgaris). Creamy 
yellow Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts, 60c. 
3336 Polyanthus, Giant Mixed. Handsome 
large clusters, wide range of color. 10 in. 
Pkt. 35c., 3 pkts. 85c. 
PYRTTHRUM—See Painted Daisies—page 17. 
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE—Illustrated in color 
page 171. 
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Wonderful! Colorful! Summerful! 
CASTOR OIL BEAN (A) 
3418 Ricinus Zanzibariensis. For iropical ef- 
fects or to screen unsightly views you'll ad- 
mire this stately massive plant. Huge leaves 
in varying shades of green to bronzy purple. 
Curious spiny fruit produces the oil which is 
anathema to all children. 
Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., Y%4 lb. $1.00. 
ROCK CRESS (P| 
0435 Arabis Alpina. Happy little spring 
bloomer. At home in sun or partial shade. 
Masses of snow white at tulip time. Equally 
good for borders, rock garden, or dry bank- 
ing. Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS—See illustration in color on 
page 717. Pkt. 15¢., 3 pkts. 35c., Ye oz. 60c. 
BRECK'S GIFT GARDEN 
OF ANNUALS FOR 1954 
One pkt. each of the following: 
Alyssum, Asters, Bachelor’s Button, Cal- 
liopsis, Cosmos, Morning Glory, 2 Mari- 
golds, Nasturtium, Petonia, Scabiosa, 
Snapdragon, Sweet Peas, and Zinnia. 
A $2.30 |4 $1.00 
value pkts. 
4700 ( 
BUTTERFLY FLOWER (A) 
3578 Schizanthus, Breck’s Hybrids. These 
could easily be mistaken for sprays of tiny 
orchids in the most enchanting array of color. 
Bushy plants with fern-like foliage and flow- 
ers of white, pink, crimson, yellow, purple, 
lavender and rose, all delicately spotted and 
blotched like the smaller butterflies. 
Pkt. 50c., 3 pkts. $1.25 
SEA LAVENDER (?) 
3580 Statice latifolia. Perennial cut flower 
that never has to go in water! Lovely soft 
misty lavender. 2 ft. stems of airy graceful- 
ness to combine with other blooms the year 
round! Pkijeloci. Ge pkiss Goce 
SENSITIVE PLANT (?) 
Mimosa Pudica 
2673 Pretty little clusters of fluffy pink flow- 
ers. Children love to touch the delicate fern- 
like foliage and watch it close tightly and 
immediately! It's one of the wonders of 
nature—and lots of fun either as a pot plant 
or in the garden. Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
