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Carters’ General List of Standard Flower Seeds. 
Flower Seeds having Popular Names will be found in the following pages incorporated with the 
Scientific Names in Alphabetical Order. 
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OTHER SEEDS NOT MENTIONED IN THIS CATALOGUE CAN BE SUPPLIED. 
In giving orders it is preferable to mention the numbers without the names : but as the numbers are changed every year, it is absolutely 
necessary to give the date of the Catalogue from which the numbers are taken. Ex Catalogue, 1898. 
Price per packet. 
s. d. 
1 0 Sand Verbena, handsome new variety tor covering vacant spaces ; good cut flower 
- 6 A pretty half-hardy perennial trailer, colour delicate rose ; a good rock plant, Verbena-like ... 
1 /- & 2/6 Greenhouse or half-hardy Shrub, with snow-white, bell-shaped flowers ; Perennial 
1/6 & 2 6 Foliage beautifully variegated ; handsome plant in any situation ; an effective bedder 
1/- & 2/6 IndianMalloW, bright-coloured varieties, delicately veined, may be trained as half climbers 
1/- & 2/6 Mimosa, Wattles ; evergreen perennial Shrubs for Greenhouse, Conservatory, or Sub-tropical Garden 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 
142 Abronia, new carmine 
143 ,, umbellata 
144 Abutilon Boule de Neige 
145 „ Thempsonianum ... 
146 „ choice mixed 
147 Acacia, finest mixed 
148 „ armata 
149 „ lophantha 
150 Acanthus mollis 
151 Achimenes, choice mixed ... 
152 Acroclinium roseum 
153 „ album 
154 „ new double 
155 Ageratum ccelestinum nanum 
156 „ Lasseauxi 
157 „ mexieanum 
158 „ „ Little Dorrit 
159 „ „ Imperial dwf. blue 
160 „ „ „ „ white 
161 „ „ odoratum 
162 Alonsoa Warszewiczi ... 
163 Alstroemeria, mixed ... 
164 Alyssum maritimum ... 
165 „ saxatile 
166 „ „ compactum 
167 Amaranthus melancholieus ruber 
168 „ Princess of Wales .. 
169 „ salieifolius 
170 „ tricolor ... 
171 Amblyolepis setigera ... 
172 Ambrosia mexieana ... 
173 Ammobium alatum 
174 Anagallis, large blue ... 
175 „ large red ... 
176 Anehusa capensls 
177 „ italica 
178 Anemone eoronaria, mixed 
HEIQHT. 
. Trailer 
. Trailer 
. 6 feet 
. 6 feet 
6 feet 
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180 
181 
182 
183 
184 
„ scarlet 
„ St. Brigid ... 
fulgens 
japonica 
„ Honorine Joubert 
pulsatilla 
185 Antirrhinum, choice mixed... 
186 
187 
188 
189 
190 
191 
192 
193 
194 
195 
196 
majus, carnation-striped 
„ Crescia 
„ Little Gem, mixed... 
„ nanum, striped 
„ „ white 
„ „ yellow ... 
„ Ruby Red 
„ New Star, mixed ... 
„ „ striped ... 
„ „ white 
„ Victoria 
6 Kangaroo Thorn, a popular species for table decoration ; a useful hedge plant in warm climates 
- 6 Foliage graceful in the extreme, and excellent plant for the Summer Garden or Conservatory 
- 3 Ornamental herbaceous plant for lawns or shrubberies 
2 6 One of the most popular Stove plants, tuberous-rooted, saved from a choice strain 
- 3 Hardy Everlasting Flower, for pots, borders, &c. See Illustration, page 85 ... . For 
- 3 A white variety of the preceding ; a good companion plant I 
- 6 An improved kind in colour, size, and profusion of bloom, for window boxes, pots, See . ... ) Flowers 
- 3 Hardy Annual for mixed borders, colour azure blue ... 
- 6 A variety shading in colour from rose to lilac 
- 3 The original lavender blue variety, for bedding or mixed borders 
1 0 Beautiful Hardy Annual, for pots or window boxes, colour blue ; neatest of all 
- 6 Hardy Annual of the first class, of fine colour and dwarf habit, neat bedding plant 
- 6 Differing from the preceding in colour only ; good white 
- 3 A slightly scented lavender blue variety for mixed borders ... 
- 6 Mask Flower, the freest bloomer of all, very fine scarlet-flowered Annual 
-/6 & 1 /- Peruvian Lily, tuberous-rooted herbaceous plant, handsome gold-tinted flowers ; hardy 
-/3 & -/6 Sweet Alyssum, good, serviceable, hardy, white-flowered Annual for rockwork 
- 3 For Spring bedding, mixed borders or rockeries ; Perennial 
-16 & 1 - Gold Dust, one of the best yellow perennial rock plants ; strongly recommended ... 
-13 & -/6 A good, maroon-coloured foliage plant for ribbon borders, easily grown 
1 0 Handsome Sub-tropical plant for Conservatory or Summer Garden, brilliantly coloured 
- 6 Fountain Plant, long, graceful, Willow-like foliage, purple and crimson, gold tinted 
- 6 Joseph’s Coat, remarkably handsome Sub-tropical plant ... 
- 3 Hardy Annual, strongly scented, colour yellow .. 
- 3 Of delicate perfume, hardy border Annual 
- 3 Everlasting Flower, pure white, hardy perennial, flowering first season 
- 6 Pimpernel, free-blooming plant for Summer borders, bright blue, attractive ; half-hardv Perennial ... 
- 6 A red variety of the preceding, equally adapted for pots or borders 
- 6 Cape Forget-me-not; hardy herbaceous plant for mixed borders 
- 6 Sea Bugloss ; brilliant blue herbaceous plant for shrubberies or mixed borders ; a bee-feeder 
- 6 Poppy Anemones, Spring-flowering tuberous plant, variety of colour t 
1 0 Saved from the best scarlet varieties. For Bulbs, see page 120 
1/6 & 2 6 New large-flowered double kinds for Spring or Autumn, brilliant. See page 74 
1 0 A brilliant-coloured species from the Pyrenees, rich crimson scarlet ... 
- 6 Herbaceous Perennial, colour purplish red, good for mixed borders 
1 0 Pure white variety; good border plan', also for cutting for Bouquets ; recommended 
- 6 Pasque Flower, well-known hardy herbaceous plant 
~l 6 & 1 /- Snapdragon, Hardy Perennials, flowering the first year ; unsurpassed for mixed borders 
For 
Cut 
197 Aquilegia alpina.. 
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201 
202 
203 
204 
ealifornica hybrida 
coerulea 
chrysantha 
glandulosa 
Skinner! 
Carter’s pure white 
choicest mixed ... 
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205 Arabls albida 
206 „ alpina 
207 Aralia Sieboldi 
208 Arctotis brevlscapa 
209 Argemone grandiflora 
210 Aristolochia Sipho 
0 will bloom for from four to five months continuously. See Illustration, page 74 
0 Strikingly-handsome new variety, colour cream with crimson blotch ; first-class 
0 Handsome herbaceous Perennials, indispensable as decorative border plants ... ... 
0 Seedlings of a curious and varied character, light and dark blue, white and yellow 
0 Queen Of Columbines ; no praise is excessive of this really beautiful flower 
0 Golden Columbine ; distinct and effective, fine golden colour ; a long-spurred species 
0 A marvellously fine species, rich blue with clear white throat ; true 
0 One of the best for distinctive colouring, vermilion and yellow ; recommended 
0 Superb White Columbine; beautiful and graceful as a cut flower 
0 Columbines, a first-class mixture of all kinds ; strongly recommended 
- 6 Hardy herbaceous plant, useful for Spring flowering and rockwork, white 
- 6 Snow In Summer, similar to the preceding, an improvement in purity of colour 
1/0 & 2/6 A noble-foliaged plant for Conservatory, Sub-tropical Garden, or table decoration 
- 6 Half-hardy bedding plant, similar to the Gazania, orange and black ... 
- 6 Prickly Poppy, old-fashioned hardy Annual, for mixed borders, white ... 
1 0 Dutchman’s Pipe, fine large-leaved hardy climber, curious bird-like flowers ; Perennial 
For 
Cut 
Flowers. 
6 inches 
1 foot 
1 4 feet 
feet 
1 4 feet 
feet 
2 feet 
1 4 feet 
ii feet 
2 feet 
6 inchei 
6 inches 
4 feet 
6 inches 
2 feet 
20 feet 
CARTERS’, 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. -1898. 
