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Explanatory Notes on the meaning of our well-known Trade Mark 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS. 
'T'HE Founder of 
* our firm, James 
Carter, was, we 
believe, the first to 
guarantee the germi¬ 
nation of his Garden 
Seeds, nearly ioo 
years ago. The prac¬ 
tice, as shown in the 
following illustra¬ 
tions, is still followed, 
with the advantage 
of more scientific and 
up-to-date methods. 
The sign, Carters 
Tested Seeds, seen in 
the above photograph 
of our buildings is in 
a significant position, 
as it is placed imme¬ 
diately over our La¬ 
boratories at Raynes 
Park, wherein the 
scientific skill of our 
Botanists and Ana¬ 
lyst, aided by the 
finest apparatus in the 
world (always open 
to inspection), should 
assure for this title 
the very best recom¬ 
mendation. We were 
awarded the Large 
Silver Medal for our 
own invented appa¬ 
ratus for Seed Testing 
A No. 1 Gcrminator in Carters 
Laboratory. 
Note the pull-out trays containing many 
small white pads, altogether containing 
thousands of counted Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds in their first growth. 
at the recent Royal 
International Hor¬ 
ticultural Exhibition 
in London. All our 
seeds, after passing 
through our Labo¬ 
ratory Tests, are 
grown in our 
Grounds at the same 
time as our customers 
grow them, to full 
maturity, so that we 
may assure ourselves 
of the quality and 
trueness of each va¬ 
riety. By examining 
om trials from time 
to time we know 
exactly how the pro¬ 
duce of our Seeds 
should appear in the 
gardens of our Cus¬ 
tomers all over the 
world, making allow¬ 
ances for the various 
climates, and by the 
aid of our compara¬ 
tive tests (we try all 
British and Conti¬ 
nental Seeds of re¬ 
pute) we assure our¬ 
selves that our Cus¬ 
tomers are growing 
“ the best and only 
the best” and 
“ Tested.” 
ct^Sonde^L HAYNES PARK, LONDON, S.W.- 1913. 
