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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 
[DEVIL-IN-A-BUSK 
DAHLIA Our strains have been specially hybridised and 
will produce splendid types. Sow the seed in 
early spring in heat, and pot off. Plant out as soon as large 
enough in June. 
No. CARTERS CROSS-FERTILIZED STRAINS. 
3901 Carters Single.— Magnificent flowers, newest and best colours. 
3902 Pigmy Single.— Forms a dwarf bush. 
3903 Carters Cactus.— From the best varieties, mixed. 
3904 Carters Giant.— Producing very large semi-double flowers, 
mixed. 
3905 Show Double.— For perfect form cannot be surpassed. 
3906 Perfection Giant Single.— The variety in this strain is 
very great. 
3907 Bouquet or Pompom.— One of the most useful flowers for 
cutting. 
3908 Collerettc.— Our special strain of Collerette varieties contains 
a great variety of distinct shades and colours, the majority 
being equal in form to named varieties. 
3910 Single coronata.— Sweet scented orange scarlet. 
QAICV Charming spring flowers in borders. Sow in light 
w ■ go jj j n spring, an d prick out. 
3962 Finest Double (Beilis).-?- Pink, 
3963 Finest Double (Beilis). — White. 
3964 Finest Double (Bell is ).— Carters selected strains of all 
colours. 
3965 Paris White (Chrysanthemum). 
3966 Swan River ( Brachycome ). — A bright, free-blooming annual ; 
blue and white 
DATURA (Thorn Apple).— Sow in heat in early spring, and pot 
off, hardening off well before planting out. Snaveolens may be 
placed out of doors in summer, but must be protected from 
frosts. 
3919 Atroviolacea plena.— Trumpet-shaped flowers for con- 
servatory or sub-tropical gardens. Ht. 2 ft. 
3920 Chlorantha, fl. pi.— Fine double golden trumpet, sweet- 
scented ; half-hardy. Ht. 2 ft. 
3921 Suaveolens ( Brugnuinsia ). — Splendid shrub for greenhouse; 
grand white blossoms. 
No. 3958 Annual Delphinium, Carters Blue Butterfly. 
( Described in next column.) 
DU I |\l 1 |U| The Perennial Delphiniums are best 
sown in summer, as they then make 
strong plants to flower the following season. They can also be 
sown early in spring, and are very effective in borders during 
the early summer the following year. 
3942 Carters Choicest Mixed Delphinium. -A wonderful 
improvement on other varieties, saved from special named sorts. 
Ht. 3 to 5 ft. 
3943 Cardinal©.— Scarlet species from California. lit. 2 ft. 
Cash m er ianu m.-Rich blue. Ht. l£ ft. Crop failed. 
3945 Nudicaule.— Dwarf orange-scarlet ; hardy. Ht. 1 ft. 
3946 Sulphureum (Zalil).—h ong spikes of sulphur-yellow flowers. 
Ht. 4 ft. 
3947 Formosum. — Rich deep blue ; magnificent. Ht. 3 ft. 
3948 Formosum caelestinum. -A paler shade of blue; superb. 
Ht. 3 ft 
3949 Delphinium, Bella Donna. — Cliveden blue. lit. 3 ft. 
Fine branching habit. Makes an attractive display in the 
herbaceous border. Splendid for cutting. 
ANNUAL DELPHINIUM. 
Hints on Culture .— The seed should be sown early, in heat, and 
grown on in pots until ready for bedding out. I,ate sowings do not 
make effective plants until too late in the season. 
3958 Carters Annual, Blue Butterfly.— The greatest acquisition 
in blue annual flowers for many years. The Royal Horticultural 
Society, when granting it the Award of Merit, stated in their 
report that it is “a dainty annual of bushy branching habit, 
and very floriferous." Ht. 15 in. (See Photograph.) 
DEVaL-liN-A-BUSH, 
3924 Bright blue; free bloomer, useful for cutting. May also be 
grown as a pot plant for culture under glass. Ht. 1 ft. 
The above are packed in 6d. 1/- and 1/6 packets. 
Seedsmen to H.M. the King, RAYNES PARK, LONDON, S.V/.20. 
