Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J . C. dr 5 Co. 
ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED IN THE “GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE” AS ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED TYPES. 
No. 917 PETUNIA, CARTERS’ “EMPRESS.” — A most magnificent strain, brilliant colours, grand size. In sealed packets, 2s. 6d. & 5s. 
No. 919 PETUNIA, CARTERS HYBRIDISED DOUBLE. — Fertilised from the finest varieties, about 30 per cent. Double. In sealed packets, 2s. 6d. & 5s. 
No. 921 PETUNIA, CARTERS’ “EMPEROR,” SINGLE. — Best blooms and choicest self-colours ; splendid. In sealed packets, Is. 6d. & 2s. 6d 
No. In sealed packets.— s. d. 
918 PETUNIA, CLEMATIS-FLOWERED.— Grand novelty ...1/6 & 2 6 
922 PETUNIA, BLUE VEINS. — Steel blue, delicate veins ... 1 6 & 2 6 
923 PETUNIA, “CRIMSON KING.” — Magnificent colour 1/6 & 2 6 
924 PETUNIA, “DANISH FLAG.” — Brilliant striped ... ...1/6 & 2 6 
925 PETUNIA, “DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.” — Green bordered 16 & 2 6 
No. 1325 Complete Collection, above 12 varieties, for 18s. | 
No. In sealed packets.— j. d. 
926 PETUNIA, LACED.— Handsomely fringed 1/6 & 2 6 
927 PETUNIA, “PURPLE PRINCE.”- Gorgeous violet -purple ... 16 & 2 6 
928 PETUNIA, “QUEEN MAB.” — Rose with dark veins . . ... 1/6 & 2 6 
929 PETUNIA, “QUEEN OF ROSES.”-Chaste and lovely ... 1/6 & 2 6 
930 PETUNIA, “WHITE PEARL.”-I .arge flower, pure white ... 1 6 & 2 6 
No. 1326 Complete Collection, 12 varieties, smaller packets, 10s. 6d. 
No. 65 “EMPEROR” PETUNIA, SINGLE, 6 choice selected colours, small packets 5s. 
EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE.— “ I have much pleasure in saying that I have some splendid flowers of your Emperor and Empress Petunias, some of them 
measuring 4 J to 5 inches across, and they are greatly admired by all who see them.” — Mr. BYLES„The Gardens, The Chantry, Ingatestone. 
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Carters’ “Emperor and Empress” Prize Petunia. 
SUPERB COLOURS. DELICIOUS SCENT. GRAND SIZE. ABUNDANT BLOSSOM. 
Culture. —Half-hardy herbaceous Perennial. Sow in March in hot bed, prick off the seedlings, and transplant into the borders in May and June, or into larger pots 
rfor blooming in Conservatory or Greenhouse. Sow thinly in light compost of loam and sand, and let the seed be lightly covered. In the spring the heat of about 60 deg. is 
■desirable, but the usual temperature of summer and autumn will suffice without artificial heat. The plants are best kept during winter in a cold dry pit, temperature not below 
38 degs. The best soil for growing plants is a light, rich, sandy loam. 
General Remarks.— Perhaps there is no flower in which the beneficial results of careful cultivation and cross fertilisation are more evident than in the beautiful 
fragrant Petunia ; the small flower of the P. phanicea has become transformed into the grand blossoms and brilliant colours of our EMPRESS and EMPEROR strain We 
'have tested every other so-called first-class variety, and, with few exceptions, have found none to equal them, and in no case any superior. 
Please see special article on Petunias In “Gardeners’ Chronicle.” 
“ I took First Prize with three plants of Carters’ Emperor Petunia, 
.and had two more in my group of three plants in bloom to which the 
First Prize was also given. They were the admiration of the Show, 
-everybody remarking they had never seen such large and rich-colourea 
“flowers.”— Mr. R. Creighton, Yorkshire. 
“ Carters’ Emperor Petunias are grand. It is the first time I 
have grown them, hut I shall always have them in any collection in 
future.”— R. Gunthorpb, Esq., Nottingham. 
“ I have grown Petunias for forty years, and have never seen 
anything to equal Carters’ Emperor strain— they were grand last 
year.” — Mr. G. Cooke, Middlesex. 
“EMPEROR” PETUNIA. 
description in words, must necessarily fail to give an adequate notion. 
Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co. have wo-ked on the improvement of the * Emperor ' 
strain of Petunias for years, and by careful seeding make it better every 
year, until now it seems almost impossible to improve on it cither in habit, 
floriferousnesa, or quality of bloom. — The Gardening World. 
CARTERS* SUPERB 
*' Many of our readers, doubtless, will have seen the 
•charming baskets of Petunias which have been exhibited at the 
-summer flower shows, and to those who hav; not, the accom- 
panying illustration will serve to give some idea of the great 
variety among them, though for their marvellous beauty and 
'their gorgeous colours, the engraving, no matter how aided by 
CARTERS’, 237. 238. & 97. HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON. -1898. 
