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CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS — conti 
nued. 
No. 
VARIETY AND DESCRIPTION. 
Height. 
Price. 
1476 
1477 
1478 
1479 
1480 
1481 
1482 
1483 
1484 
1485 
1486 
1487 
1488 
1489 
1490 
1491 
1492 
1493 
1494 
1495 
1496 
1497 
1498 
1499 
1500 
1501 
1502 
1503 
1504 
1505 
1506 
1507 
1508 
1509 
1510 
1511 
1512 
1513 
1514 
1515 
1516 
1517 
1518 
1519 
1520 
1521 
1522 
1523 
Virginian Stock, rose ... ... advert to its uses ; rt may be sown at any period of the year to obtain a suc- 
w hite cession of bloom ; although not of long duration it is, by its numerous flowers, 
^ n pigmy ... self-assertive. Has the great merit of withstanding the smoke of large cities 
Crimson King... Carefully selected variety, great improvement in colour, crimson rose, floriferous 
Fairy Queen ... Another most excellent variety of our own raising, fine blush rose, good pot plant 
Viscaria eoeli-rosa Corn Cockle family. Hardy Annual, for mixed borders, blight rose colour 
oeulata Useful hardy Annual, peculiar colour, dark lilac with deeper coloured eye 
Jt ,, cardinalis ... First-class hardy Annual, colour intensely vivid carmine, really brilliant ... 
n „ Dunnetti ... Fine variety, raised at our Essex Seed Farms, much esteemed, colour dark rose 
„ splendens ... ... Hardy Annual, nice free bloomer, colour crimson rose, for pots or borders 
Waitzia au pea ... ... ... Hardy Everlasting Flowers. Produced in clusters, close centre and wider 
„ grandiflora ... ... exterior or guard petals ; pick early when intended for Winter Bouquets ... 
Wallflower, Blood Hardy Perennials, universally known for early bloom and delicious fragrance, red 
,, Golden Tom Thumb ... Carefully selected variety for producing effect in the early Spring garden, yellow 
,, Graham’s Perfection... Fine large single blossoms, clear yellow, admirable plant for Spring cutting 
„ Old Gold Choice variety, specially cultivated for its size, colour and fragrance, fine yellow 
,, purple ... ... Nos. 1492 to 1494 differ only in colour. We may remark U|ion the general uses 
„ Violet ... of these favourite plants ; they may be grown in pots, mixed borders, or on 
,, yellow ... ■■■ ... rockeries, and for bedding and cut flowers in the Spring they are invaluable 
,, Single, mixed A fine mixture of single varieties for general use in the open border 
,, Double German, mixed Grand double flowers, produced in long spikes, rich colours, for pots or borders 
Whitlavia grandiflora . .. ... Hardy Californian Annual, profuse tubular open-mouthed blossoms, dark purple 
,, ,, alba White variety of the preceding, nice Annuals for beds, edgings, or mixed bordtrs 
,, „ gloxinioides Larger-flowered kind, tube of the flower white, with delicate markings of blue ... 
Wigandia caraccasana... ... These are plants remarkable for the large size of their leaves, and are much used 
„ imperialis ... ... and prized in the Sub-tropical Garden, or as specimens on lawns in Summer 
Winter CherPy ... ... ... Hardy Perennial, singularly fruited, used for skeletonising for Winter Bouquets... 
Xeranthemum, double purple .. Hardy Everlasting Flowers. These figure among the leading varieties for use in 
lt ,, White ... Winter Bouquets, etc., resembling somewhat the Cape Everlastings, but 
,, single White ... looser in halnt of growth ; in the mixed border they may be employed with 
,, ,, yellow .. effect, especially where there is an excess of foliage on other plants 
Zea Mays variegata ... ... Ornamental Grass, beautifully striped, first-class for mixed beds or borders 
Zinnia, Single mixed ... ... Zinnia elegans. Fine-coloured varieties which have been obtained by careful and 
,, ,, crimson... ... skilful cultivation from the old Mexican variety. Asa single composite 
,, „ orange ... ... the Zinnia stands unique for elegance of form, and richness and variety of 
„ „ purple colour combined ; for bedding purposes they are strikingly effective, and in 
,, ,, scarlet ... .. mixed borders they present a great attraction ; they may also be employed 
,, ,, Sulphur with effect in the decoration of Vases, etc., or in general ornamentation. 
,, ,, white The Zinnia also matches well with the Pyrethrum, Paris Daisy, Aster, etc. 
Zinnia, Double mixed Zinnia inJica. Has been erroneously supposed a double var. of Z. elegans, produced 
,, ,, Carmine ... by culture, but we have never known a cultivator who has attained that result. 
,, ,, crimson We had the first seed from India 30 years ago, but reserved its distiibution for 
,, ,, orange ... .. some years in order to vet ify its character. The double Zinnia is a flower of 
,, ,, purple ... ... marvellous beauty and utility, equal in form to the finest Aster, and superior 
,, ,, rose ... to it in variety ol colour. A bed of double Zinnias is worth remembering. 
,, ,, scarlet ... ... Also grown in Greenhouse or Conservatory in pots, or in small groups or 
,, ,, white ... ... single specimens in mixed bonier ; as a border flower it is in the front rank. 
Zinnia Haageana, Double ... Hardy Annual, fine double Ranunculus-like bloom, dark orange, for beds or pots 
6 inches 
6 inches 
6 inches 
6 inches 
6 inches 
9 inches 
9 inches 
9 inches 
9 inches 
9 inches 
1 foot 
1 foot 
l'/z feet 
1 foot 
I l /z feet 
1 '/z feet 
x'/z feet 
\'/z feet 
1 Yz feet 
1 '/z feet 
1 '/z feet 
1 foot 
1 foot 
1 foot 
6 feet 
6 feet 
1 foot 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
3 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
2 feet 
1 '/z feet 
1 Yt feet 
1 Y 2 feet 
i 34 feet 
1 %. feet 
1 Yt *eet 
1 Yz feet 
i'/i feet 
1 foot 
s. d. 
- 3 
- 3 
- 4 
- 6 
- 6 
- 3 
- 3 
-/3 -/6 
- 3 
- 3 
76 1 /- . 
76 1/- 
- 3 
- 6 
- 6 
1 /- 2/6 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 6 
1 0 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
1 0 
1 0 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
73 76 
- 6 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
76 1/0 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
1 0 
ADDENDA. 
No. 
VARIETY AND DESCRIPTION. 
Height. 
Price. 
1524 
1525 
1526 
1 1527 
1 1528 
1529 
1530 
1531 
1532 
1533 
Campanula Lorei alba Hardy Annual bell-flower, pure white, for pots, rockeries, edgings, etc. 
,, pentagonia alba ... A similar class of flower to the preceding, large, white, bell-shaped blossoms ... 
Chrysanthemum, golden ... Showy hardy Annual, colour bright gold, purple centre, effective 
Clintonia pu’lchella alba ... Half-haidy Annual, chaste and pretty, an excellent pot or rock plant 
,, atropurpurea ... The handsomest of its tiibe, with a profusion of dark purple blossoms 
Collinsia bartsiaefolia Free blooming hardy Annual, for earl/filocm in pots or holders, purple 
„ ,, alba ... A white variety of the preceding, adapted for similar purposes 
Datura ceratocaulon Hardy Annual, with extiaordinaiy large, silver-white blossoms 
Gilia bicolor Californian Annual, one of the hardiest for pots or borders, purple and white ... 
,, nivalis .. ... Very pretty pure white hardy Annual, for edgings, pots, or small clumps 
6 inches 
6 inches 
1 Yz feet 
6 inches 
6 inches 
1 foot 
1 foot 
trailer 
1 foot 
1 foot 
s. d. 
- 3 
- 3 
- 6 
- 6 
- 6 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
- 3 
“ The Seeds supplied by Messrs. Carter have always 
DORSET. given Mrs Kennedy-dark and myself the greatest 
satisfaction.”— Captain KEN NEDY-CLARK. 
“The Zinnias last year were most beautiful, both 
IRELAND. in size and variety of colour." 
The Lady BARRINGTON. 
