THE GREATEST NOVELTY OP THE SEASON. 



STRIPED-LEAVED JAPANESE MAIZE. 



This beautiful and valuable addition to our Ornamental-foliage Plants was obtained in 

 Japan by Mr. Thomas Hogg, the well-known Nurseryman and Horticulturist at New 

 York, who sent seeds of it to his brother, Mr. James Hogg, in the spring of 1864. It 

 appears to be a variety of Curagua, or the Zea Peruvian Maize, as it in many respects 

 differs from the Zea Mays, or Indian Corn, as it is called in the United States. It grows 

 to a height of from 5 to 6 feet, and has its foliage alternately opposite ; the foliage is from 

 2 to 3 inches wide, and is about 4 feet in length. It is beautifully and evenly striped, or 

 ribboned with alternate stripes of green and white, and its in earlier stages of growth is also 

 striped with rose-colour. It resembles the Arundo donax variegata in appearance, but is 

 of a much more elegant and imposing habit. Nothing in the way of a foliage plant can 

 excel in gracefulness and beauty a group of three to five plants of this variety of Zea. 



Sow in hot -bed, and plant out in June. 



Price Is. per packet. 



CARTER'S CHOICE: FLOWER SEEDS. 



Collections containing only Showy Varieties of easy Cultivation, 

 2s. 6tf., 5s., 10s. 6d., 15s., 21s., 

 Forwarded on receipt of Post-Office Order. 



Price-Lists gratis and Post-free, on application. 



CARTER'S in I OARDEI SEERS. 



For one year's supply for Small, Medium, and Large Gardens, 

 10s. Gd., 21s., 42s., 

 Foi*warded on receipt of Post-Office Order. 



Price-Lists gratis and Post-free, on application. 



CARTER'S GEXITINE l t BtJB SEERS. 



Carter's Permanent Pasture Grass, per acre 26s., 30 s., 36s. 

 Carter's Prize Swede Seed, per lb. Is. 

 Carter's Prize Mangel Seed, per lb. Is. 



Special Lists of Farm Seeds gratis and Post-free, on application. 



Nov) published, 1*., Post-free (gratis to Customers). 

 CARTER'S 



Gardener's and Farmer's Vade Mecum 



(Illustrated). 



Contains all the information necessary for the successful management of the Kitehen 

 Garden, Flower Garden, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Vinery, &c. ; 

 also copious information on Farm Management. 



JAMES CARTER AND CO., 



237 & 238 HIGH H0LB0RN, LONDON, W.C. 



