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CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS— continued. 
No. 
VARIETY AND DESCRIPTION. 
Height. 
Price. 
1168 
1169 
1170 
1171 
1172 
1173 
1171 
1175 
1176 
1177 
1178 
1179 
1180 
1181 
1182 
1183 
1184 
1185 
1186 
1187 
1188 
1189 
1190 
1191 
1192 
1193 
1194 
1195 
1196 
1197 
1198 
1199 
1200 
1201 
1202 
1203 
1204 
1205 
1206 
1207 
1208 
1209 
1210 
1211 
1212 
1213 
1214 
1215 
1216 
1217 
1218 
1219 
1220 
1221 
1222 
1223 
1224 
1225 
1226 
Pieotee, Perpetual varieties ... 
Pink, double Garden 
Platystemon ealifornieus 
Poineiana Gilliesi 
Polyanthus, gold-laeed vars... 
„ best self vars. ... 
Polycolymna Stuarti 
Polygala Dalmaisiana 
Poppy, Carters’ Victoria Cross 
double, mixed 
„ scarlet 
„ white 
dwarf French, mixed... 
„ „ scarlet... 
Pseony-flowered, mixed 
Portulaca grandiflora alba ... 
alba striata ... 
aurea striata... 
coeeinea 
splendens 
Thellusoni 
Thorburni 
Choice Double, mixed 
Finest Single, mixed 
Potentilla atrosanguinea 
aurea ... 
formosa 
nepalensis 
Thomasi 
finest mixed 
Primrose, mixed colours 
„ common yellow 
Primula cortusoides 
„ denticulata 
„ japonica 
Primula sinensis prsenitens 
Holborn Prize, mixed 
„ smaller packets. 
Blue 
Blush 
carmine 
double P. of Wales 
,, Snowflake. 
„ mixed 
Elaine 
Fern-leaved, red . 
>> 
white 
>> 
mixed 
Gold-leaf 
magenta 
mauve 
Pearl 
... 
purple 
... ... 
Ruby 
... ... 
salmon 
Venus 
vermilion 
... , tt 
white 
Called in France Remontant , for Conservatory in Winter and Spring 
Well-known hardy Perennial, product from seed always uncertain 
Hardy Annual, fine creamy sulphur colour, early bloomer for borders 
Flower Fence. Greenhouse evergreen Shrub, fern-like foliage, yellow flowers ... 
Adornments to the Spring flower garden, universal favourites, best strain 
Saved from the best known collections, fine free trusses of bloom, first class 
Hardy Everlasting, useful addition to Immortelles , Annual, yellow and white 
Greenhouse Perennial, bright purple pea-shaped blossoms, Conservatory pot plant 
Annual, novelty, crimson, with broad white cross. Full description, seep. 47 ... 
Make a splendid show in the mixed border, carriage drive, or shrubbery 
Hardy Annual, cut glaucous foliage, large rich-coloured scarlet blossoms 
Fine white double variety. Single white is the “Opium” Poppy of commerce 
Corn Poppies , the most brilliant and varied colours; showiest of hardy Annuals 
A dwarf scarlet variety, very useful tor enlivening a mixed border, hardy Annual 
Stately-growing hardy Annual, invaluable in large gardens, mixed borders, etc. 
Dwarf, fleshy-leaved, half-hardy Annuals, of succulent nature, like Mesembry- 
anthemum, Calandrinia umbellata, etc. For exhibiting a display of colour 
of dazzling brilliance, there is no flower to surpass the Portulaca; equally 
adapted for small beds, clumps, edgings, pots, or rockwork. It is almost 
untouched by drought, but requires sunshine to develop its marvellous beauty, 
unfortunately not always forthcoming in England, yet it cheers with its en- 
livening presence many an otherwise arid waste. Portulacas delight in light 
gravelly soil with lime rubbish ; colours, crimson, orange, scarlet, gold, white 
An improvement on older kinds in the size of flower. See also pages 42 and 68 
Splendid mixture, all colours, large-flowered single variety, recommended 
Cinquefoil , hardy herbaceous Perennial from Nepaul, dark crimson, mixed borders 
Dwarf Alpine hardy Perennial, useful for pots, rockeries, or mixed borders 
Hardy Perennial of great use in the mixed border, colour rose, bright and cheering 
This resembles the preceding in its general features, colour purple, hardy Perennial 
Hardy silky-haired species from the Mediterranean littorai, yellow, border plant 
Splendid mixture ol all colours, a boon to the lover of hardy herbaceous plants... 
Spring flower, choice mixture of colour, crimson, mauve, maroon, yellow, and white 
Conservative emblem, flower of charming simplicity, delightful anywhere 
Hardy Siberian, useful in pots, rockeries, or Spring gardening, rosy red 
Charming little mountain species, adapted for growing in pots or rockeries 
Queen of Primroses, flowers in whorls on erect stems, hardy Perennial, first class 
Chinese Primrose. This charming flower has now taken such a firm hold ol public 
favour that its loss to Greenhouses would be a positive calamity; we have 
devoted years of painstaking labour in its development, and the seed we offer 
as per subjoined list is saved from finest flowers only, which have gained 
prizes wherever exhibited, and we fearlessly challenge the world to produce 
a finer strain. See pages 52 , 73 , and 74 ... ._ 
A superb mixture of colours, consisting of Nos. 1207 to 1226 , and other kinds of 
varied and singular colours ; care has been taken as far as possible to ensure 
a fair proportion of every shade of colour and form in each packet, and first- 
class flowers may be confidently expected. 
“ Pet of the Fancy,” greatest novelty in Primulas yet produced. See page 73 ... 
Blush white, tinged pale rose, shading dark to centre, dark green foliage, dwarf 
Colour rich rosy carmine, beautifully fringed, a remarkably handsome flower ... 
Fine double flower, crimson rose, elegant habit and good substance, distinct ... 
Large pure white double flowers on a fine truss, the best development of this form 
A new feature in Primulas, consisting of double flowers of varying shades of colour 
Charming variety, flowers well thrown up above the foliage, fine ivory white ... 
Fine long dark fern-like foliage, distinct habit, colour rosy crimson 
The pure white flowers contrast effectively with the dark green foliage 
A mixture of Fern-leaved varieties, rose, red, white, and striped 
Picturesque novelty, golden foliage, bright rose blossoms, fine decorative plant 
Exquisite bloom, deep magenta, flaming when approaching maturity, fine truss 
Elegant and novel, delicate mauve suffused with purple, fine flower and foliage 
Silvery pearl white, shot with French gray, interesting and distinct variety 
Grand free bloomer, fine trusses of dark purple blossoms, crimson shade, brilliant 
Choice exhibition variety, colour rich ruby crimson 
This is a colour of marked beauty, bright salmon, effective contrast to others ... 
Elegant, charming ; white blossoms freckled and striped with crimson and scarlet 
Brilliant vermilion, grand flowers well thrown up, fine truss, first-class variety ... 
The finest white of all, splendid trusses, flowers of great size, finely fringed 
i. d. 
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1 foot 
2 6 
6 inches 
- 6 
4 feet 
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- 3 
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LANGS. 
*' I beg to say the Seeds I get from Carters’ always 
give me complete satisfaction.’’— Rev. A. J. CLARKE. 
CAMBRIDGE. 
“I have splendid beds of Onions, Carrots, Leeks, etc., 
and some fine Tomato plants, Torn Carters' Seeds, and I 
have invariably been successful at our local Show.” 
A. J. ELWORIHY, Esq. 
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