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Carters’ Challenger Prize Balsam. 
AWARDED THE SILVER BANKSIAN MEDAL, ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The most magnificent strain of perfectly Double Balsam in cultivation. The colours are varied and brilliant, comprising 
pure white, white shaded with pale lemon, cream-white, salmon-rose, rich crimson, deep pink, violet, bright purple, plum, also 
a great variety of superbly-mottled varieties invaluable for exhibition. The Seed we offer has again been saved at our own 
Nurseries, from an immense collection, and includes only the most perfect forms of this easily-cultivated and showy summer flower. 
“One of the finest and most 
extensive displays of Balsams that 
we have ever seen was in Messrs. 
Carter and Co.’s Nurseries at Perry 
Hill.” — JOURNAL OF 
HORTICULTURE. 
“ Balsams at Forest Hill. — 
There is now a fine display of 
Balsams in Messrs. Carters’ Nursery 
at Forest Hill. The plants, which 
are grown especially for their seed, 
number 5,000, and, being in full 
bloom, they present a sight not 
often to be seen in the way of 
Balsams. The flowers are large, 
well-formed, and varied in colour. 
As a whole, the strain is excel- 
lent, both as regards habit of 
plants and quality of flowers.” — 
THE GARDEN. 
Price, in sealed packets. 
No. 45. The Collection of 12 varieties ... 
No. 46. The Collection of 8 varieties ... 
No. 47. Finest Mixed, in all colours 
“ The Balsams turned out splen- 
didly ; they were the finest strain I 
ever siw — many took them to be 
Dahlias or Camellias.” 
Mr. T. WOOD, Reigate. 
“I was awarded the First Prize 
at the Cardiff Show with Carters’ 
Challenger Prize Balsams.” 
Mr. J. PARKER, Roath. 
‘‘The Challenger Balsams were 
simply splendid.” — Mr. C. S. 
RUTLEDGE, Derrychrier. 
“ We took the First Prize with 
Carters’ Challenger Balsams at the 
Faringdon Show. They surpassed 
all others. There were seven com- 
petitors." — Mr. W. C. SELL. 
AWARDED 
First Prize, Alford, 1884. 
First Prize, Cardiff. 
First Prize, Faringdon. 
First Prize, Alford, 1885. 
First Prize, Ramsey, 1886. 
Second Prize, Ramsey, 1886, 
First Prize, Somerton. 
First Prize, Pembroke. 
The GLORY PEA of AUSTRALIA. 
“ Clianthus Dampieri. 
In favourable localities, and in sheltered situations, this 
magnificent climber can be readily grown and flowered 
out of doors in England. 
This is one of the most gorgeous of cool greenhouse or hardy climbers, the large 
trusses of bloom as shown in the illustration being of a rich cochineal red with a pure black 
throat. It is altogether a remarkable annual, worthy of a place in every garden. A coloured 
plate of C. Dampieri, drawn from specimens grown in our nursery, appeared in “The 
Garden,” the flowers being then cut from a plant having upwards of 100 trusses of bloom 
upon it. 
It was planted out in the cool greenhouse in April; and the plant thrives best in an 
admixture of peat and good fibrous, turfy loam in about equal parts. 
Our Seed was specially collected for us In Australia. 
No. 477.— Price, in se aled packets, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet 
« I exhibited In 15 Classes at our Show, and waa awarded aj Prizes: n first, 10 second, and 4 third, with Plants, Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables 
grown from Carters 3e«d."-Mr. A- STEVENS, The Gardens, HolywelL 
