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CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS — continued. 
No. 
947 Phlox grandiflora flmbriata 
948 „ nana eompaeta, choice m 
949 „ „ Snowball 
950 „ „ Sunrise 
951 „ ,, six varieties, separate 
952 „ French perennial, mixed 
953 Phormium tenax 
954 „ ,, variegata ... 
955 Physalis edulis 
956 „ Franeheti 
957 Picotee, Carters’ choicest ... 
958 „ Perpetual varieties... 
959 Pink, double Garden 
960 Platystemon californicus ... 
961 Polyanthus, gold edged varieties 
962 „ self varieties ... 
963 „ Prize Royal Parks 
964 Poppy, cardinal 
965 ,, „ new hybrids 
966 „ double, mixed 
967 „ „ scarlet 
968 „ French, dwarf double, m 
969 „ „ „ scarlet 
970 ,, Iceland varieties, mixed 
971 „ golden 
972 ,, ,, orange 
973 „ ,, rose 
974 „ „ white 
975 „ Mephisto 
976 „ Mikado ... 
977 „ Peacock ... 
978 „ Picotee ... 
979 „ Pceony-flowered, mixed 
980 ,, „ New Giant ... 
981 „ „ Nankeen, new 
982 „ „ Snowball, new 
983 „ Shirley, selected 
984 „ Tulip 
985 „ Victoria Cross... 
986 „ White Swan ... 
987 „ all varieties, mixed. 
988 Portulaea, double, choice mixed 
989 „ single, finest mixed 
990 Potentilla atrosanguinea ... 
991 „ formosa 
992 „ finest mixed 
993 „ choice double, mixed 
994 Primrose, garden, new blue 
995 „ „ golden cluster 
996 „ „ yellow 
997 Primula, eortusoides ... 
998 „ dentieulata ... 
999 „ japoniea, mixed 
1000 „ obeoniea 
1001 „ Holborn Prize, single, 
1002 „ „ smaller packets 
1003 „ „ blue 
1004 „ „ carmine ... 
1005 „ „ Elaine ... 
1006 „ „ Iris 
1007 „ „ magenta... 
1008 „ ,, Princess May 
1009 „ „ Queen 
1010 „ „ rose 
1011 „ „ ruby 
1012 „ „ salmon ... 
1013 „ „ scarlet, Carters 
1014 „ „ Venus 
1015 „ „ vermilion 
1016 „ double, Aurora 
1017 „ .. Carmine Empres 
1018 „ „ Lilac Queen 
1019 „ „ Prince of Wales 
1020 „ „ Princess of Wales 
1021 „ „ Snowflake 
1022 „ ,> choice, mixed 
1023 „ Fern-leaved, mixed 
1024 Prince’s Feather 
1025 Puniea granata nana 
1026 Pyrethrum aureum 
1027 u erispum 
1028 „ ,, laeiniatum 
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II- & 2 6 The petals of this variety are delicately fringed, rich colours with white borders; very attractive 
1/-,1 6,2 6 Charming dwarf section, all colours mixed; adapted for pot work, pincushion beds, etc. See p. 93 
1 0 Fine large pure white blossoms; a pet decorative variety for indoor work ... 
II- & 2/6 A lovely pot plant, colour brilliant rose shading to scarlet in the centre; a really beautiful flowc 
3 6 A collection of six of the finest and most distinct kinds, in separate packets 
-/6 & 1 /- Saved from a superb collection of this handsome Perennial; large heads of bloom 
0 6 New Zealand Flax, first-class plant for Lawn specimen or Sub-tropical Garden 
1 /- & 2/6 A novel variegated plant of striking beauty in Sub-tropical Garden or Greenhouse 
- 6 Cape GoOSebePPy, rather an eccentric-fruited plant, for pots or mixed borders 
1 0 Lantern Plant. Large bright orange fruit ; excellent plant for skeletonising and decoration 
1/- & 2 6 Well-known beautiful hardy Perennial; seed saved from a collection of best named varieties. See p. 76 
I- & 2/6 Remontant, for Conservatory in Winter and Spring ; handsome, and in great variety 
1 /- & 2/6 Well-known hardy Perennial. Saved from the best -named varieties 
- 6 Cream Cup. Hardy Annual, fine creamy sulphur, early bloomer, for borders 
II- & 26 Hardy Perennial. These spring bedding plants are deservedly held in high estimation from their 
1 /- & 2/6 power of withstanding severe weather and effect in the border. Saved only from the finest. 
1/- & 2/6 The Public Parks, Hampton Court, etc., evidence their great beauty. See page 97 
1/- & 1/6 A grand Poppy ; dark foliage, deeply cut, scarlet on white ground. See page 94 
1 /- & 2 6 Most effective new double varieties, rose, violet, and pink, with varying ground colours 
- 3 Hardy Annual, well-known double-flowered kinds; adapted for ordinary mixed borders, carriage 2 feet 
- 3 drives, shrubberies, etc. ; the scarlet variety is effective 2 feet 
- 6 Hardy Annual, known also as the Ranunculus Poppy, from the close globular form of its numerous 
- 3 flowers; a useful ornamental kind for small gardens; bright and showy 
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1 0 Annual variety of fine form, glowing scarlet with black spots; striking and effective in the border 
1 0 One of the handsomest of the double kinds, delicately fringed petals, scarlet with white bordering 
1 0 Charming neat little flower, graceful alike in foliage and bloom, crimson and black 
1/6 & 2/6 Great novelty. Equally attractive to the celebrated “Shirley” var. ; curiously marked. See p. 94. 
- 6 Hardy Annual, fine double flowers ; for the mixed border ... 
1/- & 2/6 A grand selection of really noble flowers, brilliantly effective in the open border. See page 95 
1 - & 2/6 Magnificent blossom of a pale lemon colour ; very attractive in mixed border j 
1 - & 2/6 Splendid white Poppy from New Zealand. Great size, with great purity of colour) ^ ee P a £ e "( 
1/- & 1/6 These lovely varieties of the Papaver Rheas have attained a phenomenal reputation. See page 95 
1/- & 1/6 Singular double-cupped variety, graceful and brilliant, vivid scarlet. See page 94 
1/- & 1/6 Beautiful kind, in great repute and marvellously effective ; scarlet with broad white cross, fringed edge 
II- & 1/6 A real gem in the way of White Double Poppies ; grand flower, profuse bloomer. See page 95 
1/6 & 2/6 This mixture is made for the special convenience of small gardens ; contains all the best annual varieties 
-16 & 1/- Sun Plant, Half-hardy Annuals, foliage of a fleshy, succulent nature like the Mesembryanthemum, etc. Trailer 
-/ 3 & -(6 For exhibiting a display of colour of dazzling brilliance there is no flower to surpass the Portulaea Trailer 
- 6 Cinquefoil. Hardy herbaceous Perennial from Nepaul, dark crimson, for mixed borders 1 foot 
- 6 Hardy Perennial, of great use in the mixed border, colour rose f oot 
-16 & 1 /- Splendid mixture of all colours ; a boon to the lover of hardy herbaceous plants foot 
II- & 2/6 Beautiful and novel form of this really excellent and serviceable border plant f 00t 
1/6 & 2 '6 The most striking novelty of modern times ; a valuable addition to our Spring plants 6 inches 
1/- & 2/6 Bunch Primrose. For Spring gardening unequalled ; a choice and brilliant selection. See p. 68 6 inches 
- 6 The modest ornament of our hedgerows ; a flower of charming simplicity 
- 6 This useful hardy Perennial is well known in spring rockeries, colour rosy-red 
1 0 Charming Perennial mountain species, neat in habit, for pots or rockeries, colour lilac 
1/- & 2 6 Queen Of Primroses. A first-class hardy Perennial, flowers in whorls on erect stems, colours various 
1 /- & 2/6 This half-hardy species is of sterling merit as a profuse and continuous bloomer, rose pink 
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Carters’ great novelty in Primulas, the first of the blue Primulas ever produced 
Handsome flower, rich carmine, beautifully fringed ; one of the best 
Pure ivory-white, with noble truss of bloom ; a dainty flower 
The finest of the Blue Primulas, large, bold, sky-blue flower, delicate constitution 
Blossoms of perfect form and good substance ; a splendid richly-coloured variety 
A lovely variety pale blush rose of an exquisite tint; a gem of a flower 
Pure white of grand size, one of the very best, handsome fern leaf 
Clear bright rose, bright and effective ; noble flower and well fringed 
Unique colour, ruby with a bright eye, fine truss of bloom, fern leaf 
Bright salmon-rose, with orange flush ; free blooming and effective 
The most brilliant-coloured Primula ever seen, fine truss, excellent habit, indispensable.. 
Beautifully striped carmine and white ; an attractive variety in a collection 
Beautiful flower of vivid blood colour, fine truss of handsomely-formed flowers 
An entirely novel colour, being a delicate buff-salmon ; quite distinct 
Unusually brilliant colour among Double Primulas ; well formed and free flowering 
Excellent sort of a novel and beautiful shade of dark lilac; really handsome 
The early rose Double Primula ; good truss ; free bloomer 
An interesting variety, white, with carmine stripes and spots ; effective contrast 
The earliest and best white Double Primula, fine heads of blossom; great favourite 
An excellent mixture of double varieties of all shades of colour 
Handsome foliage varieties, with dark stems and mid ribs, mixed reds and whites 
Hardy Amarahth, purple-shaded foliage, spikes crimson, for mixed borders 
- 6 Pomegranate, hall-hardy Perennial Shrub; for Conservatory and decorative Use 
- 6 Golden Feather. The well-known golden-leaved plant sd niuch Used ill bedding 
& 2/6 Bright, neat, and cempact, excellent colour, with crisp curled foliage; decided novelty 
1 0 This variety is a great improvement in eolour, the foliage is more cut and fringed 
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