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BALSAM, 
CARTERS CHALLENGER. 
Matchless in form, substance, size, and 
colours. 
No. 288. Carters Challenger. 
Superb Mixture. 
is. and is. 6d. per packet. 
No. 289. Carters Rose Queen.— 
This beautiful variety produces enor- 
mous spikes of large double flowers 
of a delicate rose colour ; excellent 
habit ; very striking. 
is. and is. 6d. per packet. 
Per packet — s. d. 
No. 45. 12 superb selected colours. Separate 3 6 
>’ 46 - 8 ,, ,, ,, „ 2 6 
„ 290. Balsam, Camellia-flowered 1 0 
„ 291. Balsam, Double mixed. For pots or borders 6d. & I o 
Hints on 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 compost, covering the seed about half 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. 
Seedsmen by Appointment to His Mojesty the King — High Hoiborn , London. 
