LAirtM 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, INC. 
Scabiosa 
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride) 
Well-established garden favorites. They grow 
about 2 feet high and flower through the summer 
until frost. The flowers are borne on long stems 
and last a long time when cut. Fine for beds or 
borders. Sow seed outdoors in spring when 
danger from frost is past. 
77590. Cnucasica (Blue Bonnet). This hardy perennial 
should be in every garden. The flowers are large and semi- 
double, of pale lavender color, growing on long stems • 
splendid for cutting Pkt. 10c. 
77591. Caucasica alba. Delicate white flower Pkt. 10c. 
HARDY ANNUALS 
77600. Candidissima fl.-pl. (Snowball). Double; white. 
Pkt. 10c. 
77610. Minor aurea fl.-pl. Double; golden yellow.. Pkt. 10c. 
77620. Tall Black-Purple Pkt. 10c. 
77630. Tall Flesh -Color Pkt. 10c. 
77635. Tall Lavender Pkt. 10c. 
77640. Tall Scarlet Pkt. 10c. 
77650. Atropurpurea maxima. Very double ; mixed. 
Pkt. 15c. 
77660. Mixed, Tall. Large flowers of bright colors. 
Pkt. 5c. 
77670. Mixed, Dwarf Pkt. 5c. 
77675. Dwarf Japonica Pkt. 5c. 
77676. Carters Fairy Queen. Tall, large-flowered double. 
The flowers are of a most delicate lavender blue shade, 
profusely borne on long stems. Most useful for cutting. 
Ht. 2% ft Pkt. 16c. 
SANVITALIA 
77490. Procumbens fl.-pl. Beautiful dwarf-growing, hardy 
annual for beds or borders ; bright yellow, double flowers ; 
blooms all summer. 6 in Pkt. 10c. 
SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
Showy and useful little plants for carpet bed- 
ding, edgings, rockwork, stonewalls, etc. Will do 
well in any soil and dry situations. 
77900. Acre. Yellow Pkt. 10c. 
77910. Caeruleum. Blue. 4 in Pkt. 10c. 
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SAPONARIA 
Pretty, dwarf bedding plants, especially adapted 
for edgings and borders; long and profuse bloom- 
ers. 1 ft. 
77510. Calabrica. Red Pkt. 5c. 
77520. Calabrica alba. White Pkt. 5c. 
77530. Calabrica, Scarlet Queen. Very brilliant. ... Pkt. 6c. 
77535. Calabrica Mixed Pkt. 6c. 
77540. Ocymoides. Rose-colored flowerers ; trailing ; blooms 
early; fine for rockwork. 6 in Pkt. 10c. 
SALVIA (Flowering Sage) 
The Salvia splendens is a standard bedding 
plant that keeps the garden bright with color 
until late in autumn. For pot culture, for cutting 
and for borders, etc., it is very valuable. In this 
climate sow seed in window-boxes or frames in 
March or April, and set the plants outdoors the 
latter part of May, or sow outdoors not before 
June 1, and protect from heavy rains and strong 
winds. The plants grow and bloom profusely in 
any light, rich soil. Both the tender and hardy 
perennial sorts bloom the first year, and all are 
treated as annuals. 
77300. Argentea. Silver-leaved ; flowers white ; blooms in 
spring. Hardy perennial. 3 ft Pkt. 5c. 
77320. Farinacea. Light blue flowers in great abundance ; 
good for cutting; forms a neat bush. 3 ft Pkt. 10c. 
77330. Patens. A handsome, tender, perennial, with erect 
spikes of rich, blue flowers ; fine for borders or the 
greenhouse. 2 ft Pkt. 25c. 
77360. Splendens, grandiflora, Scarlet. A rich-flowered bed- 
der ; long spikes. 3 ft oz. $3. Pkt. 10c. 
77390. Ball of Fire. Very dwarf and compact, ball-shaped 
variety, especially suitable for pot culture. The plants 
are about 2 feet high to the top of the flower-spikes, and 
about the same in diameter. Color dull red ; large spikes. 
Similar to No. 77410 Pkt. 25c. 
77400. Bonfire. Our well-known, compact Salvia — the 
freest blooming of all, seemingly on fire all the time, 
with dense, flaming scarlet spikes. 2 Yj ft. 
oz. $6.00, Pkt. 15c. 
77410. Early Dwarf Zurich. Grows only 12 to 15 inches 
high, with many fine, erect, slender spikes to each plant, 
borne well above its handsome foliage. Color brilliant 
scarlet ; splendid bedding variety, earliest of all. Pkt. 25c. 
77420. Lord Fauntleroy. Only 18 inches high ; very com- 
pact, with the brilliant scarlet flower-spikes standing 
clear above the foliage. Fine for bedding in masses or 
for borders around beds of taller sorts ; also fine for 
pots. Very early flowering Pkt. 26c. 
77430. Scarlet Dragon. A superb bedding plant for sum- 
mer and autumn ; flowers are nearly twice the size of 
the old Scarlet Sage ; when full grown the plants form 
bushes about 3 feet in height, and the same in diameter, 
and are a mass of bloom Pkt. 25c. 
77440. Silverspot. Rich, green leaves elegantly spotted 
with yellow. The intense, bright scarlet flowers are large 
and lavishly borne; neat and compact. 2 V* ft. Pkt. 25c. 
solan™ 
The Solanums are very ornamental, fruit- 
bearing plants, and thrive best in light, rich soil. 
Fine for winter decoration in the house or con- 
servatory, and especially desirable for the Christ- 
mas season. If used in summer garden, give 
very warm situation. 1 to 3 ft. 
78480. Capsicastrum (Jerusalem Cherry). Scarlet, globular 
berries; fine for pots. 1 to 1% ft Pkt. 10c. 
78490. Giganteum. Small, round, red berries ; large, hand- 
some variety Pkt. 10c. 
78510. Seaforthianum. Beautiful climber; egg-shaped, yel- 
lowish red fruit. Very attractive and showy. 8 ft. 
Pkt. 10c. 
78520. Warscewiczii. Pale yellow fruit; smooth and shining ; 
handsome sort Pkt. 10c. 
SMILAX 
78050. A well-known greenhouse climber, with small dark 
green foliage ; of great value in floral work. 8 ft. Pkt. 10c. 
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