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CARTERS’ /ESTHETIC or DECORATIVE FLOWERS 
FOR CTJT BLOOMS. 
Culture _ Hardy Annuals.—Sow in frames from March to April, and transplant when the plants are strong enough, but if earliness of bloom be not a desideratum, 
it is perhaps preferable to sow in the open borders, where they are intended to bloom, during April and May, in a top-dressed soil of loam sand, and 
leaf mould, taking care to sow thinly and weed carefully in the earlier stages of growth. 
Half-Hardy Annuals.— Sow in gentle hot bed in March and April, and keep in warmth until the middle of May, or in favourable seasons they may be 
sown out of doors during the month of May. Sow thinly, and water freely if necessary. 
Perennials. —Sow in Spring on gentle heat, and prick off the seedlings until end of June; or sow in the open air on prepared beds of light soil from March 
to May, transplanting as occasion requires. Sow also from July to September for early Summer blooming the following year in prepared beds, covering 
with dry leaves or straw during the Winter. 
Esthetics.— All flowers are beautiful to lovers of Nature ; the term /Esthetic is here employed to indicate simplicity and elegance of form, with chasteness 
in colouring, and the undermentioned combine these qualities in an eminent degree. They are specially selected for their suitability for bouquets or 
vase decoration. As cut flowers are now indispensable to the perfect decoration of house interiors, it is essential to have a continuous supply, for 
which purpose we strongly recommend the utilisation of the kitchen garden and store beds, whence reserves can be drawn for the mixed borders, 
or cut from as occasion may require. A graceful effect is produced by the commingling of sprays of ornamental grasses with the cut flowers, for 
complete list of which see page 85. 
Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. Co. 
No. Per packet.—t d. 
91 BLOOD MARGUERITE ( Annual ). — Fine, free- 
blooming plant, after the character of the favourite 
Single Dahlia, but slenderer in the petals and longer 
in the stalk; it is equally suitable as a cut flower 
for the mixed border. Can be recommended as a 
plant of'great general utility. l£ feet ... -/6 & 10 
92 ORANGE MARGUERITE {Annual').—A composite 
flower of excellent habit as a pot plant; colour 
bright orange, an effective contrast to all the others ; 
good flower for cutting or conservatory. 1 foot 
-/6 & 10 
93 BLUE CORNFLOWER (Annual). — This is an 
undeniable favourite as a cut flower; a profuse 
bloomer. There are other colours of this excellent 
annual. See page 84. if feet .-/6 & 10 
94 GOLDEN SUNSET (Perennial, flowering the first 
season). —This is a flower of surpassing merit, far and 
away the best of the Coreopsis tribe, blossoms of 
large size and in the greatest profusion; colour rich 
golden yellow, deepening in hue towards the centre ; 
excellent cut flower. 2 feet. 10 
95 CRIMSON SPRAY (Perennial).— A flower belonging 
to the tribe of Saxifrages and of rare merit, creating 
quite a fterore on the continent of Europe. It 
possesses the usual neat habit of its class, with more 
than the usual amount of blossom; colour bright 
crimson scarlet, the spray of bloom somewhat 
resembles that of a red Lily of the Valley. 1 foot 
1/0 & 2 6 
96 ALPINE POPPY (Perennial). — Neat flowers of 
dwarf habit, good equally for pots or bouquets; 
mixed colours, white to orange. 1 foot ... ... 1 0 
No. Per packet.— s. d. 
94 GOLDEN SUNSET . 1/0 & 2 6 
Culture.— Sow in Spring and plant out as soon as the seedlings are strong enough, or sow 
in the place where they are intended to flower, and thin out as may be necessary. If the seed 
pods are picked off as soon as they show, the plants will continue in bloom much longer. Sow 
also in September. 
97 CAUCASIAN BEAUTY (Perennial).—Suitable alike 
for the rockery or mixed border, and when well 
established is a free bloomer. It is a flower of peculiar 
form, colour delicate lavender blue ; a cut flower 
of great merit. 1^ feet ... .: 
/ESTHETIC FLOWERS. 
No. Per packet.— s. d. 
88 BLUE MARGUERITE (Perennial). —A hardy flower, producing blossoms on 
long stalks; admirable for cutting. An excellent companion to the class of 
flowers known as Marguerites. i£ feet . .-/6 & 10 
89 WHITE MARGUERITE ( Perennial ). —This species is of an excellent dwarf 
habit, producing blossom in abundance. 1^ feet ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 
90 YELLOW MARGUERITE ( Perennial ). —A strong compact growing species; rich 
colour, continuous bloomer. l£ feet.. ... .. . 10 
98 PENNANT PINK ( Perennial , flowering the first 
season ).—An importation from Japan, in its true 
form producing long petals deeply laciniated ; colours 
rich and beautifully varied ; long and continuous 
bloomer. Excellent in groups, beds, or small clumps, 
and a first-class flower for cutting. 1 foot ... -/6 & 
99 SILVER THISTLE ( Perennial ).—This plant as a 
unique ornament to the mixed border is unsurpassed ; 
a fine single specimen for a hall vase; bright metallic 
lustre. feet.- 
1 0 
1 0 
1 • 
No. 100. COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ABOVE 12 (Nos. 88 to 99 ) /ESTHETIC FLOWERS, 6s. 
CARTERS’. 237, 238, & 87, HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON.—1900. 
