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Breck’s is a mail order gardening company and importer of Dutch flower bulbs. Based in Guilford, Indiana, and Hillegom, Netherlands, Breck’s was founded in 1818. Originally a family-owned garden supply business, Breck’s gradually expanded into a catalog company.〔(The 'Breck' of Breck's Dies ), Multichannel Merchant.〕 Breck’s is now the largest U.S. importer of Dutch bulbs.〔(Gardens; What's Best For Bulbs; The Choices You Make Now Will Color Your Millennium ), The Washington Post.〕 ==History== Joseph Breck (1794–1873) was born in Medfield, Massachusetts.〔(Oak Square ), Brighton Allston Historical Society.〕 He founded his business, Joseph Breck & Company, in 1818, in Boston, Massachusetts.〔(Nursery Sample Books ), University of Delaware Library.〕 From 1822 to 1846, Breck was the editor of the ''New England Farmer'', one of the earliest agricultural magazines established in the U.S., and the first of its kind in New England.〔(New England Farmer and Horticultural Journal, 1822 - 1846 ), ProQuest.〕 In 1833, Breck wrote a book called ''The Young Florist'', which is an ongoing dialogue between two young gardeners in order to present information about flowers and natural history as it relates to flower cultivation.〔(The Young Florist ), Library of Congress Catalog Record.〕 In 1840, Breck published his company’s first catalog, the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store Catalogue, to promote his company’s products.〔(Biographies of American Seedsmen & Nurserymen ), Smithsonian Institution Libraries.〕 The catalog included illustrations and horticultural literature to accompany product listings. In 1856, he published ''The Flower Garden'', a book about the cultivation of ornamental plants such as perennials, annuals, shrubs and evergreen trees.〔(The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers by Joseph Breck ), ChestOfBooks.com.〕 One of the founding members of the American Seed Trade Association, Breck was the president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society from 1859 to 1862.〔 Breck bought a house in Brighton, MA, in 1854 and lived there until his death.〔 The company continued through the years as a garden supply company. In the 1950s, Luther Adams “Bo” Breck, the fifth-generation Breck, transformed the family business into a Dutch bulb importer and flower bulb catalog company.〔 In 2001, Breck's was acquired by Gardens Alive! when then parent company Foster & Gallagher went bankrupt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Breck's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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