CARTERS TESTED SEEDS—BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 
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CARTERS STELLATA (Star Primula). 
This is both delightful and graceful when in flower, 
and it makes a useful decorative plant on the conservatory 
stage in spring. Free flowering. Treatment for Primula 
8tnensis will suit this species well. 
5046 I j Fairy Queen ( Duchess 
| Type). — We consider this a 
_ great advance in the Stellata 
section. The plants are particularly robust, bearing 
large graceful sprays of bloom in the greatest pro¬ 
fusion. A batch is a splendid sight. The individual 
blooms are creamy white and have a pale rose 
centre, which gives a very light and pleasing effect 
when seen in a mass. 
75 seeds. 150 seeds. 300 seeds. 
.50 .85 1.50 
Price 
5047 Carters Blue. 5050 Carters Pink. 
5048 Carters Lilac. 5051 Carters Salmon. 
5049 Carters Crimson. 5052 Carters White. 
5056 Carters Superb Mixed.— All shades 
100 seeds. 200 seeds. 400 seeds. 
.50 .85 1.50 
Price of the above ... 
For use in green- 
Ht. 1 ft. 
A great improve- 
PRIMULA OBCONICA. 
Should be sown in heat, potted off, and grown in warm 
frames for conservatory decoration and cut flowers. 
5058 Obconica gigantea. —Crimson, 
5059 Obconica grigrantea.— Rose. 
5063 Obconica. —Mixed, Perennial, 
house, &c. Continuous bloomer. 
5064 Obconica gigantea> —Mixed, 
ment on the original. 
HARDY VARIETIES. 
Perennials. Sow in pans in cool frames, and prick off 
into boxes, then transplant. 
5060 Cortusoides. —For pots or rockeries. Ht. 6 in. 
5061 Japonica. —A valuable subject for damp situa¬ 
tions. With tiers of blooth. Ht. 1 ft. 
5062 Japonica Hybrids.--This unique strain contains 
numerous new shades. 
250 seeds. 500 seeds. 1.000 seeds. 
.25 .45 .75 
Price of the above 
5046 Carters Sie 1 lafa Fairy Queen. 
P RIM U LA— Continued, 
5045 Primula Malacoides " King Albert." 
No. 
PRIMULA Malacoidcs “King: 
Albert.” —Much larger and more free- 
flowered than th.e type. The beautiful clean 
soft rose blooms have an almost circular outline, which greatly 
adds to the value of this variety as a decorative plant. This 
beautiful Primula is not by any means a difficult subject to culti¬ 
vate. The seed should be sown in succession, making, say, three 
sowings during July and August, in finely sifted soil, and kept 
moist until thoroughly germinated. A cool shady frame kept 
close is the best place in which to raise the seedlings, gradually 
giving more air as the seedlings grow. They should be pricked 
out into boxes as soon as they are large enough to handle, and 
still kept in frames. As growth is very rapid, they should be 
potted into 60’s pots as soon as possible, repeating this operation 
as soon as the pots are full of roots, into 48’s. The soil for this 
potting should be two parts loam, one part sifted leaf mould, and 
a good addition of sand, while a little crushed brick or old mortar 
rubble is very helpful. A cool pit or frame is the very best place 
until November, when the plants may be placed on a shelf in a 
cold house, and not kept too moist, as damping is very liable 
during the dull months. As soon as the buds are seen pushing 
upwards, a very slight feeding of manure may be given and also 
a warmer atmosphere. Keep all dead 
leaves picked off, and at all seasons 
watering must be done with the 
greatest care. 
Award of Merit. 
R.H.S., 1916. 
5045 
NOVELTY. 
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