The Lawns and Flower Beds were entirely 
decorated by Carters. 
Royal Horticultural Society, Holland House, 1908. 
Silver Cup For Sweet Peas and Culinary Peas. 
FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION (White City), 1908. 
HOW CARTERS TESTED SEEDS ARE TESTED. ONE OF CARTERS (4) MINIATURE TRIAL GROUNDS AT THE WHITE CITY. 
At the White City last summer we made our first demonstration before the public of one of the systems of 
i now CARTERS TESTED SEEDS are tested. 
It is, we think, well known that we test our Seeds before distributing them. Afterwards the Seeds are grown 
at one of our Trial Grounds, at the same time as our Customers grow them, to full maturity, so that we may 
assure ourselves of the quality and triteness of each variety. By examining our trials from time to time we know 
j exactly how the produce of our Seeds should appear in the gardens of our Customers all over the World, making 
i allowances for the various climates, and by the aid of our comparative tests (we try all British and Continental 
! Seeds of repute) we can assure ourselves that our Customers are growing “ the best and only the best.” 
i In the above Miniature Trial Ground we are showing one of our methods, and visitors had the unique 
! opportunity of examining over 200 varieties of Annual Flowers and over 100 different varieties of Grasses and 
j Clovers as used for Lawns, Putting Greens, and Agricultural purposes. 
As a border to each garden we sowed two plots three feet in diameter of every grass that is known, commencing 
! with the very finest bladed varieties w hich are used in mixtures for Putting Greens and other games and Lawns ; we 
then go to the medium-bladed varieties, suitable in their right proportion for Lawns and Permanent Pasture, followed 
by the broader-bladed varieties found in Agricultural Pasturage, until at last we come to the very broad and harsh 
leed-grasses, which arc useful for Golfing Hazards or for binding loose sand, the sides of streams, or cover for birds. 
1 0 enable visitors to determine the value of each grass for its particular use, we cultivated two plots of each 
variety. One we cut and kept short, as a Lawn should be, the other was allowed to grow and form its full herbage 
and eventually to flower, so that those who were interested in Grasses from a sporting or from an agricultural point 
of view might determine the value of each variety when cut, and also the height each species will attain when 
allowed to grow without being cut ; this is a very important point, as an agriculturist expects as large a yield as 
possible of nutritious grasses, while a golfer desires a dwarf compact turf that does not require much cutting, the 
1 nutritious value being of no importance to him. 
CARTERS PAVILION- 
A view oF our Pavilion and Lawns and Coiled ion 
Japanese DwarF Trees at the White City. 
Surrey, British Columbia- 
First Prize £100, 
and Challenge Shield. 
Vegetables Grown From Carters Tested Seeds. 
