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CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD 
FLOWER SEEDS — continued. 
No. 
VARIETY AND DESCRIPTION. 
Height. 
Price. j 
. 686 
Godetia, grand, versicolor 
This variety is chameleon-like in its varying hues of rose and reds 
6 inches 
s d. ! 
- 4 | 
687 
t 
insignis 
Hardy Annual, compact habit, colour blush rose with dark spots... 
1 foot 
- 3 
688 
t 
Lady Albemarle 
Fine large blossoms, crimson rose, very showy in mixed borders. (See Illus. facing 
I foot 
•76 11- 
689 
t 
Lady Satin Rose 
Handsomest of all, fine tufts of dark satiny rose, a Gem. J pp. 6 i & 65 
I feet 
1/-2/6 1 
690 
• 
Princess of Wales 
C rimson rose variety with large bunches of bloom, freely produced. See page 68 
1 foot 
1 0 
691 
>t 
roseo-alba 
A very bright and cheerful kind, good habit, pale rose, dark spot on each petal... 
I foot 
- 3 
692 
Spotted Carpet 
Charming mignoti variety, dwarf, bush-like, covered with bloom, white, dark spots 
6 inches 
1/- 2/6 
693 
>• 
The Bride 
An admired variety or mixed borders, white with carmine ring round the centre 
1 '/i feet 
- 3 
694 
t 
Whitneyi 
One of the best of the older kinds, dark rose, flamed crimson, showy 
1 foot 
- 3 
695 
Golden Feather 
The universally known yellow-foliaged Pyrethrum, for borders and edging 
I foot 
73-/6 
696 
Gourd, Apple 
Ilalf-hardy annual climber, with ornamental, striped, Apple-shaped fruit 
6 feet 
- 6 
697 
Bottle 
This curiously formed fruit is in shape like the Oriental water-bottle 
6 feet 
- 6 
693 
it 
Hercules Club 
Singular variety, with long club-shaped, corrugated, orange-col ur d fruit 
6 ’eel 
6 ! 
699 
»» 
Lemon 
The fruit of this climber resembles that of the l.emon or Citron Tree 
6 feet 
- 6 
700 
t 
Miniature 
Pretty little fruit, bottle-shaped, the base yellow, striped green, and neck orange 
6 feet 
- 6 
701 
Orange 
At a short distance this 
fruit is not disting 
uishable from that of the Orange 
6 feet 
- 6 
702 
n 
Pear 
Pear-shaped fruits of different sizes, colour varying from green to yellow... 
6 feet 
- 6 
703 
li 
mixed varieties 
All kinds of eccentric fruits, adapted for arbours, trellis-work, or sloping banks 
6 feet 
1 0 
704 
Grammanthes gentianoides ... 
Miniature half-hardy Annual, orange red and yellow, for pots, rockeries etc. 
6 inches 
- 6 
705 
Greenhouse Seeds, mixed 
A treat for an Amateur with a Greenhouse, all kinds of flowers, mixed 
varies 
1/- 2/6 
706 
Grevillea robusta 
Australian Oak, for table decoration, graceful foliage, Sub-tropical plant 
3 feet 
1 0 
707 
Gunnera seabra 
Half-hardy Perennial, with colossal leaves, fine specimen plant for lawns 
3 r eet 
- 6 
708 
Gynerium argenteum 
Pampas Grass , plant for specimens on lawns, plumes for wintei decoration 
3 feet 
- 6 
709 
Gypsophila elegans 
Hardy Perennial, treated as Annual, graceful panicles of rosy white for Bouquets 
\ l /z feet 
- 3 j 
710 
it ii rosea ... 
Rose-coloured var. , profusion of blossom, for hanging baskets, cut flowers, &c. ... 
1 '/ 2 feet 
- 3 
711 
„ muralis 
Hardy Annual, pink blossom, nice little rock plant, or for pots and edgings 
6 inches 
- 3 
712 
„ panieulata 
White, perennial variety, employed in Bouquets, handsome specimens dried 
2 feet 
- 4 
713 
Habrothamnus elegans 
Night-blooming Jasmine 
fine winter-blooming Greenhouse Perennial, purple .. 
6 feet 
- 6 
714 
it magnineus ... 
Fine Greenhouse Perennial, with bright crimson flowers, wax-like in appearance 
3 feet 
- 6 
715 
„ tomentosus ... 
A downy-leaved species adapted for general Greenhouse and Conservatory use 
3 feet 
- 6 
716 
Hawkweed, red 
Hardy Annual with composite, pinkish, double flowers, useful in the border 
1 foot 
- 3 
717 
,, silvery 
Similar in habit and qualities to the preceding, may be grown in pots . 
1 foot 
- 3 
718 
„ white 
White, hardy Annual, resembling in general appearance the Cape Marigold 
1 foot 
- 3 
719 
„ yellow 
Free-blooming, single yellow composite, with the hardiest constitution, Annual 
1 foot 
- 3 
Heartsease (Pansy) 
This English flower is too well known to 
need commendation. The mixtures 
below are from the finest varieties, and should give universal satisfaction. 
720 
, Carters’ Prize Show 
Superb mixture i f self-colours, producing fine blooms for exhibition, Perennial 
6 inches 
1/6 2/6 
721 
„ ,. Fancy 
These include varieties of all colours, and different forms of marking 
6 inches 
1/6 2/6 1 
722 
, Beauty of St. Osyth 
Superb dark-coloured variety, almost black, equally adapted for pots or beds ... 
6 inches 
1 0 
723 
, Belgian striped ... 
Striped and blotched varieties, of all shades, some singular and grotesque 
6 inches 
1 0 
724 
, Blue King 
Colour bright cobalt blue, a nice kind to bed with silver-leaved Geraniums 
6 inches 
1 0 1 
725 
, Cliveden blue 
These Cliveden varieties have a standard reputation for bedding purposes 
6 inches 
76 1/- 
726 
* 
, ,, purple ... 
Bedding variety, with large, light purple blossoms ... 
6 inches 
76 1 /- 
727 
ii ii white ... 
This white vaiiety is pure in colour, with dark eye, excellent bedder 
6 inches 
76 1 /- 
728 
, ,, yellow ... 
The y- How of this bedding var. contrasts well with any blue or red flower 
6 inches 
76 11 - 
729 
„ dark violet blue ... 
Fine rich colour, varying in intensity according to light ; good pot variety 
6 inches 
1 0 
730 
, Lord Beaeonsneld ... 
New and effective variety, colour purple violet, shading off to silver gray 
6 inches 
11 - 2/6 
731 
Hellanthus argyrophyllus 
Sunflmvers, silvery-leaved species, fine plant for ornamenting shrubberies 
6 feet 
- 6 
732 
i 
, califormcus 
Splendid variety, with nr 
lagnificent heads of double blossom, rich colour 
6 feet 
- 6 
733 
„ eucumerifolius ... 
Compact-growing variety, with nice foliage, numerous small flowers 
4 feet 
- 6 
734 
l 
giganteus ... ... 
Grand plant for shrubberies and backgrounds in large gardens, vigorous growth 
10 feet 
- 6 
735 
„ giobosus nstulosus 
Fine double-flowered variety, quilled petals, densely packed, handsome 
6 feet 
- 6 
736 
i 
Henry Wilde 
The best of all for cut single flowers, colour bright yellow witl dark centre 
4 feet 
76 11 - 
737 
» 
maerophyllus 
Tall-growing, large-leaved variety, useful for filling up backgrounds 
8 feet 
- 6 
738 
i 
nanus striatus ... 
Ornamental-leaved variety, erratically variegated with yellow, showy ... 
4 feet 
1 0 
739 
Helichrysum braeteatum 
Golden Everlasting Flower, single blossoms, branching habit, nice cut flower .. 
2 feet 
- 3 
740 
n 
„ album 
White variety of the preceding, companion plant, for summer or winter Bouquets 
2 feet 
- 3 
741 
1 1 
braehyrhynchum 
Silvery gray foliage like the Gnaphalium, golden colour, branching habit 
i foot 
- 6 
742 
il 
compositum, mixed 
Everlasting Flowers of all colours, sometimes assuming Hen and Chickens form 
2 feet 
- 6 
743 
ii 
monstrosum, mixed ... 
Fine large double flowers, good for pots, mixed borders, and Bouquets ... 
2 feet 
- 6 
744 
ii 
Carters' Fireball 
Crimson F.verlasting, charming novelty from our Essex Seed Farms. See pp. 42, 77 
1 Yx feet 
1 0 
745 
il 
double dwarf crimson... 
Everlastings. Immortelles. The under-mentioned kinds differing only in colour 
1 Yx feet 
6 
746 
ii 
„ rose 
and height, we think it advisable to append general features rather than minute 
1 '/x feet 
- 6 
747 
it 
„ white ... 
details. This class 
of Everlasting Flower is most extensively grown for the 
1 Yx feet 
- 6 
“Carters’ Marigolds, Nasturtions. and other Seeds 
“The Nastu tion Seeds from Carters 
DORSET. 
have come up with singular regularity, which points to 
SUFFOLK. 
ally good ; the flowers produced a most brilliant effect " 
their excellence. R. M. BRIDGE, Esq. 
Mrs. ALGERNON BEVAN. 
