CARTER’S CHALLENGER BALSAM 
Per pkt» 
No. 288. A Superb Mixture. Matchless in form, substance, size, and colours .26 
289. Carter’s Rose Queen. This beautiful variety produces enormous spikes of large double flowers 
of a delicate rose colour; excellent habit; very striking .... or 
45. 12 Superb Selected Colours. Separate qn 
“ 46. 8 “ “ “ “ 
290. Balsam, Camellia-flowered '25 
291. Balsam, Double Mixed. For pots or borders .10 and 26 
Hints on Culture. Balsams may be sown from the beginning to the middle of April in pans or on a slight hotbed, in 
f lght i ?u ch ° am 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 six-inch pot, and gradually hardened 
oil tor 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 and allowing 2 feet each way between the plants. If for pot culture, they must be divided and trans- 
vigour ln ^° Sing C P°^ s ’ once or twice into larger pots, picking o(T the flowers in the earlier stages of growth to give greater 
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