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DWARF 
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N AST U RT IONS 
PLANTS. 
NASTURTION, CARTERS' LADYBIRD. 
No. 1025— Price, 6d, per packet ; as. per ounce. (T<« bthnu. 
“Dwarf NastuRTIONS, as seen at 
St. Osytb, might suggest to a Barnum a 
new road to fortune ; for the blocks of 
colour the varieties present are beyond 
belief surpri .ing, and carry the colour sense 
to the verge of paintulness, owing to their 
extent, uniformity, solidity, and excessive 
brilliancy. For sunny situations, and more 
especially for dry, poor soils, these must 
be the cheapest and showiest of bed ling 
p ants, more especially as there are about 
twenty varieties, all distinct, and all of 
them as manageable as any annuals under 
the sun. Tom Thumb Scarlet is 
tremendous in colour when seen in a solid 
block ; Crystal Palace Gem is sulphur 
colour, with dark spot ; Golden King is 
brilliant yel ow ; Ruby King is a peculiar 
tone of blue-tinted red ; King of Tom 
Thumbs is rich crimson-scarlet ; Empress 
of India is of the deepest crimson, with 
neat leafage of a purple-tinted green, a 
solemn but truly grand thing, that demands 
of one an effort to believe that it is a cheap 
annual. One called the Pearl gives us a 
creamy-white flower. Thus, in this one 
group, we have nearly all the needful 
elements for colouring a great parterre ” 
—“Carters’ Seed Farms," THE 
GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
Extracts from “The Gardeners’ Magazine,” July 23 , 1887 . 
The Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society met at Chiswick. July 14, to inspect a plantation of Tropaeolums. It 
comprised two collections of dwarf or bedding varieties of Tropa;olum majus, and one collection of half-climbing varieties of the same 
species, the contributors being Messrs. James Carter and Co., London, and a French House. The plantation must be described as in 
every way a success, the growth being sufficient and the flowering profuse ; indeed, such a blaze of colour one does not often see 
even on a seed farm. 
All the dwarf varieties are of low, compact growth, and come near in general habit to the Zonal Pelargoniums. They differ, 
however, amongst themselves, not only in the colours of the flowers, but in the growth of the plants, a certain few being models 
of neatness and high finish, while the flowers are of good form and in colour power quite beyond description. 
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1014 — Tom Thumb Crimson is neat in growth, but rather free ; the leafage green, the flowers full bright crimson, 
one shade lighter than Theodore. To this was awarded three marks xxx 
1016 — Tom Thumb Pearl. — A free-growing plant with grass-green leaves and a somewhat spreading habit ; the 
flowers appear in profusion, the colour pale primrose deepening to amber in the centre. An excellent foil in 
the way of colour to those of higher tone. Three marks xxx 
1028— Tom Thumb Spotted King. —A free grower, covering more ground than some of the varieties ; flowers orange 
yellow with small crimson or marone spots. Three marks xxx 
10:3— Tom Thumb Beauty. — The growth is free, the leaves dark green, the flowers brilliant yellow, scarlet spot, full 
of light and life, very distinct and showy. Three marks xxx 
1020— Tom Thumb Yellow appears to be the freest in growth of any, and though a little less neat than some, its 
abundance of flowers compensates. The colour is clear rich gold. It is one of the best certainly, and well 
deserved the award of three marks xxx 
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No. 1027 — Scarlet King is of neat growth, with very neat dark leafage — in fact, a model habit of growth, with flowers 
of good form, of the fullest tone of pure scarlet. Three marks x x x 
No. 1015 — Crystal Palace Gem has been largely employed as a bedder for many years past, but has all the look of a 
“new ” thing even now, owing to its singular effectiveness. The growth is neat, the flowers light yellow with 
large spots. Three marks xxx 
No. 1022 — Empress of India is the most perfect of all in growth and flowering, a quite remarkable variety. It forms a 
smallish compact plant with very dark blue-green leafage of the neatest imaginable character. The flowers are 
of the deepest scarlet-crimson, very rich and full of fire. Three marks x x x 
No. 1026 — Ruby King is of similar growth to the last-named, and the flowers are of a fuller ruby colour, somewhat curious 
in the contrast of flower and leaf, but effective and distinct. Three marks xxx 
No. 1024 — King Theodore is of rather weedy habit ; leafy, flowering freely, the colour deep maroon-crimson 
No. 1025 — Ladybird is of neat habit, flowering freely, the colour orange-yellow with red spots 
No. 1023 — Golden King is of free growth, but orderly ; the leafage green, the flowers deep gold yellow. A truly fine 
variety, and distinct in colour. How it should escape three marks is a mystery ... ... 
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THE WHOLE OF THE ABOVE BEAUTIFUL NASTURTIONS ORIGINATED AT OUR ESSEX SEED FARMS. 
