CARTERS’ GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS — continued. 
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SUNFLOWER ANNUAL, “STELLA.” 
No. iioi. “STELLA,” bright yellow, dark disc, per packet, Is. 
As cut blooms for general decoration, these small blossomed Sunflowers are in 
great demand ; the larger kinds produce a grand effect in mixed borders, see Nos. 
1102 and mi. “Stella” maintains its position as the best “Miniature” 
Sunflower. 
Sunflower (Helianthus). 
Hardy Annual. Perhaps there is no flower so 
universally known as the Sunflower. The giant forms 
are conspicuous in their noble majesty, and the smaller 
varieties have reigned supreme in the aesthetic world 
of cut flowers for many years. 
Per packet — s. d. 
No. iioi. STELLA. The newest miniature. (See Illustration) ... 10 
,, 1102. Henry Wilde. A large-leaved aesthetic. 4 feet ... 0 6 & 1 0 
,, 1103. CARTERS’ MINIATURE. An elegant nosegay Sunflower, 
in most general use ; gold, with dark centre. 3 feet 0/6 & 1 0 
,, 1104. lEsthetie. General free-blooming variety for ordinary cut 
work and general decoration. 4 feet ... ... ... 0/6 & 1 0 
,, 1105. Californian. Majestic double variety; golden. 6 feet ... 0 6 
,, 1106. DOUBLE DWARF. Splendid heads of bloom. 3 feet ... 0 6 
,, 1107. Globosus Fistulosus. Densely quilled florets. 6 feet... 0 6 
„ 110S. LEVIATHAN (CARTERS’ GIANT). The giant king of 
Sunflowers, a model of the sun in noonday splendour ; for 
large gardens, shrubberies, and backgrounds. 8 to 10 feet... 0 6 
,, 1277. Orion. Elegantly formed flower with quilled petals, dark 
centre; a curiosity ... 1 0 
,, 1278. Primrose. A delicate colour . 0,6 & 1 0 
,, 1109. Variegated. Golden variegated foliage. 4 feet ... ... 0 6 
,, 1110. Dwarf. Ordinary single garden variety ... per oz., 0,6 0 3 
,, mi. Tall. Common or garden. 6 feet . „ 0 6 0 3 
Sunflower Perennial (Harpalium). 
No. 1112. MIXED. Best and most distinct varieties . 1/0 & 2 6 
SUNFLOWER, PERENNIAL 
No. 1112. CHOICE PEEENNIAL, in sealed packets, Is. and 2 s. 6d. 
The Perennial Sunflower is stiffer in growth, smaller in foliage, and more delicate 
in stalk than the annual species, and as it comes up year after year, its value as 
a decorative plant in the garden increases. It is also useful as a cut-flower. 
Tacsonia. 
-See Passion Flower, page 109. 
Tagetes (Marigold Tribe) • — Hardy annual. 
The larger kinds will be found among the French and African 
Marigolds , see pages 102 and ioj. The sorts here offered are the 
universally admired miniature varieties, so much used in bedding and 
edging. 
No. 1172. Pumila (Edging Marigold). First-class annual for 
edging to mixed borders; orange yellow. 9 inches ... 0/3 & 
,, 1173. Pumila (Golden Ring). A great improvement in all 
respects ; golden orange bedding plant. 6 inches ... 1,0 & 
0 
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Thunbergia (Black-eyed Susan). 
—Half-hardy Climber. These lovely flowers are now being valued. 
They are of rapid growth and free blooming ; the body of the flower 
petals is either pure white, golden-yellow, or orange, with a central 
throat or blotch of black — altogether handsome and striking; 
especially ornamental in the conservatory or sub-tropical garden. 
Annual. 
No. 1176. Choicest mixed. All colours ; pots or borders. 0 6 
Tobacco. 
—See Nicotian a, page 106 
“ I am pleased to say I have been very successful with your seeds. I have 
won two First Prizes and one Second Prize at our Flower Show this year.” 
G. M., Micheldean. 
“I am pleased to say all my seeds have turned out wonderfully well this 
season.”—G. B., Bedford. 
“ I must say the quality of your seeds is excellent ; net a packet failed ” 
W. W , Bath. 
CARTERS', 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.—1901. 
