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CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS — continued. 
Photographed Jront Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. <5^ Co. 
MUCH REDUCED IN SIZE. 
Photographedftotn Nature and Copyrighted by y. C ■ Co. 
CHOICE BEGONIA. 
Saved at our Nurseries from one of the finest 
groups in Europe, including only the newest and 
best forms, many of which are absolutely novel. 
This Seed cannot be obtained elsewhere. 
Carters’ Choicest Double..™, 
strain contains all the best forms and most brilliant colours in 
cultivation. 
BALSAM, CARTERS’ “CHALLENGER.” 
No. 45 . 12 SUPERB SELECTED COLOURS, separate 
„ 46 . 8 
„ 238 . CARTERS’ “CHALLENGER” Superb mixed 
239 . CAMELLIA-FLOWERED, mixed . 
240 . DOUBLE; excellent mixture for pots or border ... 
s. d. 
per packet 3 6 
2 6 
1 6 
1 0 
,, 0 6 
MATCHLESS IN FORM, SUBSTANCE, SIZE, AND COLOURS. 
Culture —Balsams may be sown from the beginning to the middle of April in pans or on a 
slight hot bed, in a light rich loam and vegetable compost, covering the seed about half 
an inch, keeping the soil moist, but not wet. When the plants have formed the second 
pair of leaves they may be transplanted, four round the edge of a 6-inch pot, and 
gradually hardened off for transplanting out of doors ; or they may be planted in a 
cold pit, 4 inches apart, as near the glass as possible, giving more air as the season 
advances until June, when they may be turned into the open borders, the warmest 
situations being the most suitable. If for pot culture, they must be divided and 
transplanted into single pots, once or twice into larger pots, picking off the flowers in 
the earlier stages of growth to give greater vigour to the plant, and watering freely in 
dry weather. 
These Balsams are as double as Roses and as handsome as 
Camellias, and are not to be surpassed by any others, wherever they 
may be. 
“ I am pleased to tell you that I have always taken first prize at Freshwater Show with 
your Balsams since 1884.”—J, M. 
No. 245. In sealed packets . . 2 / 6 , 3 6, & 5 0 
Carters’ New Fringed Double._ 
This is a production of great novelty and beauty, and is bound to 
create a sensation. 
No. 1286. In sealed packets each 5 0 
Carters’ Crown Jewels Single._ 
These have attained universal celebrity for size and ipiality of 
blossom, combined with brilliance in colours. 
No. 244. In sealed packets . 1/6, 2/6, 3.6, & 5 0 
Carters’ Perpetual Bedding. librulIs 
rooted dark-leaved species ; flower rosy-crimson. 
No. 246. In sealed packets . 1 , 6,2 6, 3 / 6 . & 5 0 
“ From the Single Btgonia seed supplied by Messrs. Carter we had 120 
splendid plants from a is. Oil. packet, all ot which bloomed profusely, and run 
’■ small or puny flower among them, the colours being beai.uii llv 
varied.”—E. A. 
“ From the small packet of seed of Carters’ ‘Crown Jewels’ Begonia I 
have 195 plants, and the greater portion beat those tor size in the coloured 
plate. They measure from 4 to 5 inches across, and of the most bcautiml 
colours, astonishing all who saw them.”- -J. S. 
“Carters’ ‘Crown Jewels’ Begonias have been greatly admired by all 
who have seen them.” — W. L. II. 
CARTERS’, 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN LONDON.—1901. 
