CARTERS’ SELECT ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
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BALSAM- 
CARTERS’ “CHALLENGER” PRIZE. 
Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. <5r* Co. 
MUCH REDUCED IN SIZE. 
CARTERS’ “CHALLENGER” PRIZE 
BALSAM. 
MATCHLESS IN FORM, SUBSTANCE, SIZE, AND COLOURS. 
Culture . — Balsams may be sown from the beginning to the middle of April in pans or on a 
slight hot bed, in a light rich loam and vegetable compost, covering the seed about J an 
inch, keeping the soil moist, but not wet. When the plants have formed the second 
pair of leaves they may be transplanted, four round the edge of a 6-inch pot, and 
gradually hardened off for transplanting out of doors ; or they may be planted in a 
cold pit, 4 inches apart, as near the glass as possible, giving more air as the season 
advances until June, when they may be turned into the open borders, the warmest 
situations being the most suitable. If for pot culture, they must be divided and 
transplanted into single pots, once or twice into larger pots, picking off the flowers in 
the earlier stages of growth to give greater vigour to the plant, and watering freely in 
dry weather. 
These Balsams are as double as Roses and as handsome as 
Camellias, and are not to be surpassed by any others, wherever they 
may be. 
s. d. 
No. 45. 12 SUPERB SELECTED COLOURS, separate ... per packet 3 6 
.. 46. 8 „ „ „ „ ... „ 2 6 
„ 250. CARTERS’ “CHALLENGER” BALSAM, Superb, 
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BEGONIA- 
CARTERS’ “CROWN JEWELS.” 
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CARTERS’ “CROWN JEWELS” 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE BEGONIAS. 
Saved at our Nurseries from one of the finest 
groups in Europe, including only the newest and 
best forms, many of which are absolutely novel. 
This Seed cannot be obtained elsewhere. 
No. 257. BEGONIA— CROWN JEWELS “ DOUBLE.” 
Price, in sealed packets, 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., and 5s. per packet. 
No. 256. BEGONIA-CROWN JEWELS “SINGLE.” 
Price, in sealed packets, Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., and 5s. per packet. 
“ From the Single Begonia seed supplied by Messrs. Carter, we had 120. 
splendid plants from a is. 6d. packet, all of which bloomed profusely, and not 
a small or puny flower among them, the colours being beautifully varied.” 
E. AUSTIN, Esq., New Cross Gate, S.E. 
“ My beds of Single Begonias were the admiration of all who saw them.” 
Mrs. HAMILTON, Coxtown, Ireland 
“ I enclose a bloom from the Begonia seed I had from Carters’. I have 
150 beautiful plants.” — JAS. WOOD, Esq., Knockholt. 
“ From the small packet of seed of Carters’ ‘Crown Jewels’ Begonia I 
have 195 plants, and the greater portion beat those for size in the coloured 
plate ; they measure from 4 to 5 inches across, and of the most beautiful 
colours, astonishing all who saw them. ” — J. SIMS, Esq., Dorset. 
“Carters’ ‘Crown Jewels’ Begonias have been greatly admired by all 
who have seen them.” — W. L. HUNTER, Esq., Lancashire. 
“ For two years you sent me a 5s. packet of Single Begonia seed, which 1 
sowed in a large pan under a handlight, placed in a warm end of an unheated 
greenhouse. The seed was sown in July. I raised 120 plants, and have had 
both last and this year a grand show, all shades and colours.” 
H. A. HEDLEY, Esq., Sutton. 
CARTERS’, 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.— 1898. 
