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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 
CINERARIA — Continual. 
No. 
3718 Carters Choicest Mixed Cactus.— An entirely new 
break. The edges of the florets recurve like a single Cactus 
Dahlia. The colours include white, blue, blush, violet, mauve, 
and some have a white zone surrounding the dark disc, the 
florets being tipped with violet, blue, & c. The flowers when 
cut last a long time, and by their lightness and elegance make 
charming table decorations. A grand mixture, including all 
shades of colour. 
8719 Carters Choicest Mixed Stc I lata.— This free-panicled 
variety has obtained general approval, especially for decorative 
arrangements, for which purpose it has proved marvellously 
effective, being a valuable adjunct to the much-admired Carters 
Brilliant Prize. It should be raised and treated in the same 
manner as the other greenhouse varieties. 
250 seeds. 500 seeds. 1 .000 seeds. 
.25 .45 .75 
Price of the above 
Ql ADI(| A This type attains a height of 24 ft. in the open 
w * ground, and bears long graceful sprays of 
double and semi-double blooms which are splendid for decorative 
purposes, lasting for several days in water. The seed should be sown 
in the spring in the open border or sown during the autumn and 
grown on in a cool house, this section make magnificent specimens 
4 to 6 ft. high for the adornment of the greenhouse or winter garden. 
TALL ELEGANS VARIETIES. 
No. 3777 Scarlet Queen and No. 3778 Brilliant Princess. 
3777 Carters Scarlet Queen.— Double. A wonderful glowing 
salmon scarlet ; very brilliant and clear under electric light. 
3778 Brilliant Princess.— Double. Clear warm rose. A very 
telling variety for pots or borders. 
3779 New Blotched.— Semi-double. The petals are clear rose 
pink with a flaking of rosy scarlet. The combination is very 
effective. 
3780 Purple Kins:.— Double. Clear rosy purple. An excellent 
companion to White Prince. 
3781 Salmon Queen.— Double. Salmon pink. The forerunner of 
the present-day improved varieties. 
3782 White Prince.— Double. Pure white. An excellent com- 
panion to any of the above varieties. 
„ . . . . . 1 ,500 seeds. 3,000 seeds. 6,000 seeds. 
Price of the above ... 10 15 25 
CLEMATIS (Virgin's Bower).— Well-known climbing perennials. 
Sow seed in early spring under glass, pot off, and plant outdoors 
in early summer. 
3558 Flam mu la.— Ordinary white, sweet scented. 
3559 Paniculata.— Free flowering, white. 
Price of the above 
150 seeds. 300 seeds. 
.10 .15 
600 seeds. 
.25 
8560 Jackmanni varieties.— Saved from the best colours. 
CLIANTHUS (Glory Pea).— S eed should be sown in well-drained 
pot of light soil early in spring, in strong heat. Maybe flowered 
out of doors in favourable situations. 
No. 
3613 Dampieri (Sturt’s Pea). — Unique, scarlet and black. Ht. 2 ft. 
8614 Puniceus (New Zealand Glory or Lobster Plant ). — Bright 
scarlet flowers. Climber. 
Price of the above 
25 seeds. 50 seeds. 100 seeds. 
.10 .15 .25 
CLINTONIA. 
3617 Pulchclla. — One of the loveliest pot annuals: purple, white, 
and yellow. Ht. 6 in. 
Price 
1,000 seeds. 2,000 seeds. 4,000 seeds. 
.10 .15 .25 
COB/EA.- Handsome half-hardy climber for greenhouse or in warm 
situation out of doors. Easily grown from seed: sow early ia 
heat, and pot off. 
3620 Scandcns. -Purple bell-shaped flowers. 
3621 Scandcns alba.— White. 
15 seeds. 
Price of the above 
.10 
30 seeds. 
.15 
60 seeds. 
.25 
No. 3724 Cocfrscomb. No. 3730 Coleus. 
COCKSCOMB. -Annual. Our strain cannot be surpassed. For 
earliest work sow in January or February, and again in spring 
for general work, using good light sandy loam. 
3724 Carters Empress.— Combs of immense size: we have 
measured these li ft. across. Rich crimson, dark foliage. 
3725 Crimson.— Light foliage. Good ordinary stock. Ht. 1 ft 
3726 Yellow.— Very effective. Good golden colour. 
3727 Dwarf mixed.— A splendid strain of this showy annual 
Includes crimson, blood red. purple, rose, and yellow shades. 
Ht. 1 ft. 
Price of the above 
750 seeds. 1,500 seeds. 3,000 seeds 
.10 .15 .25 
COLEUS.— Grand ornamental foliaged plants, superbly vanegated ; 
for stove, greenhouse, or sub-tropical garden in summer. Sow 
in heat in early spring, and pot off. The variegation does not 
always show plainly until the plants have reached some size. 
3730 Carters Choicest Mixed.— Saved from the best varieties. 
250 seeds. 500 seeds. 1,000 seeds. 
Pnce - .10 .15 .25 
COLLECTIONS OF FLOWERS. — See pa«e 88. 
COLLINSIA.— Pretty annual. Ve*y useful for pot work as well as 
for border cultivation. Low in autumn in pots for spring flower- 
ing in greenhouse, and in spring for summer flowering in 
borders. 
8733 Bicolor.— Purple and white. Ht. 1 ft. 
1.000 seeds. 2,000 seeds. 
Price ... 10 .15 
4,000 seeds. 
.25 
COLUMBINE.— See also Aquilegia. 
1736 Mixed.— Ordinary garden variety. 
500 seeds. 1,000 seeds. 
2,000 seeds. 
.25 
COM MELINA.— Half-hardy tuberous perennial plant. Sow in heat 
in early spring, and plant out in May or June. 
3739 Csolestis.— Blue. Ht. li ft. 
250 seeds. 500 seeds. 1,000 seeds. 
Price ... >10 .15 .25 
_ . 20 seeds. 40 seeds. 80 seeds. 
Pnce .25 .45 .75 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS , Inc., 102- 
CONE FLOWER. — See Rudbeckia. 
106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTON, MASS . 
