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Explanatory Notes on the meaning of our well-known Trade Mark 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS. 
HE founder of our 
firm, James Carter, 
is, we believe, the first 
guarantee the germin- 
ion of his Garden Seeds ; 
:arly a hundred years 
;o. The practice, as 
own in the following 
ustrations, is still fol- 
wed, with the advantage 
more scientific and up- 
-date methods. The 
rn, Carters Tested Seeds, 
en in the above photo- 
aph of our buildings is 
a significant position, 
it is placed immediately 
er our Laboratories at 
aynes Park, wherein the 
ientific skill of our 
btanists and Analyst, aided by the finest 
paratus in the world (always open to 
spection), should assure for this title 
e very best recommendation. We were 
/arded the Large Silver Medal for our 
own invented apparatus 
for Seed Testing at the 
recent Royal International 
Horticultural Exhibition 
in London. All our seeds, 
after passing through our 
Laboratory Tests, are 
grown in our Grounds at 
the same time as our cus- 
tomers grow them, to full 
maturity, so that we may 
assure ourselves of the 
quality and trueness of each 
variety. By examining our 
trials from time to time we 
know exactly how the pro- 
duce of our Seeds should 
appear in the gardens of 
our Customers all over the 
World, making allowances 
for the various climates, and by the aid of 
our comparative tests (we try all British 
and Continental Seeds of repute) we assure 
ourselves that our Customers are growing 
“the best and only the best” and “Tested.” 
A No. 1 Germinator in Carters 
Laboratory. 
Note the pull-out trays containing many small 
white pads, altogether containing thousands of 
counted Vegetable and Flower Seeds in their 
first growth. 
Address for all 
Correspondence . 
R AYNES PARK \ 
L OND ON , S. W, — iqr 3 . 
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