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Carters* “ Cockade ” Ranunculus Bulbs. 
[See Illustration.) 
A splendid variety of colours and shades, immense double flowers, fitting' in 
all respects to be cultivated by the side of the “ Empress ” Anemone, and equally 
superior with that variety to any other class of Ranunculus. The flowers are 
as double as the most perfect Rose, of immense size, and combine every pos- 
sible shade of colour peculiar to this interesting and easily-cultivated flower. It 
is impossible to over-estimate their value to all lovers of the Ranunculus family. 
E. MASON, Esq., Birmingham, writes: “Carters’ ‘Cockade’ Ranunculus have been simply 
splendid, and the admiration of all my friends.’’ 
Price, per 1000, 55s. ; per 100, 6s. ; per doz., Is. 
EXTRA EARLY DOUBLE SWEET-SCENTED 
TUBEROSES. 
We have again secured our stock from some large cultivators of the above exquisitely 
fragrant and favourite Bulb for bouquets, button-holes, etc. The Roots are unusually 
fine, and we would call particular attention to the Great Reduction in price, which 
places this charming flower within the reach of all. 
The Sweet-scented Double Tuberoses have seldom been offered on similarly favourable 
terms. The Tuberose will be found invaluable for bouquets, ladies’ dress, or as a coat flower. 
The perfume is exquisite, and the general appearance of the pure white double flower is 
most charming. They should be cultivated largely, in the manner indicated below. 
Extra large Bulbs per 100, 25s.; per doz., 4s. Od. 
NEW AMERICAN DWARF PEARL— 
Fine Flowering Bulbs ... per 100, 30s. ; per doz., 4s. 6d. 
The Cultiuation of the Tuberose. — The double-flowered Tuberose may be had in succession by 
potting the tubers, and plunging them in a cold frame, covering them four inches deep with cocoanut-fibre 
refuse ; but they start a little more quickly and with greater certainty in a gentle bottom-heat. Loam and 
well-decayed manure, in about equal parts, with a little coarse river-sand, is the most suitable compost in 
which to grow them. The pots may be taken out of the frame as soon as the flower-stems appear above the 
leaves, removed to the greenhouse, and taken into the forcing-pit as required. Tuberoses are often placed 
in too much heat, and become a prey to red spiders. If kept perfectly dry and protected from frost, the Bulbs 
; may be stored several months without in any way losing their flowering properties. 
Planted at intervals, a constant succession of bloom maybe assured from the beginning 
of the year until the arrival of the next season’s crop. 
$3 
Carters’ 
“Empress” Single Poppy Anemone Bulbs. 
> (See Illustration .) 
The flowers are of immense size (measuring 4 inches in diameter) and 
great substance, invaluable for cutting and decorative purposes generally ; and 
the very moderate price at which they are offered admits of their being ex- 
tensively used for the decoration of the shrubbery border, where a constant 
and brilliant display can be produced. The following opinions will be read 
with interest. 
“Empress Anemones. — I have now, in the experimental garden at Wisley, a good instance of 
the advisability of trying plants in different situations. In October last year I bought a hundred of 
the large Empress Anemones from Messrs. James Carter & Co., and planted four beds in very 
different situations. In three of them the plants have been more or less checked and injured by the 
frost and snow, but in the fourth they are perfectly untouched, and the grand flowers are now in 
great beauty. This bed is in the warmest and most sheltered situation." — GEORGE F. WILSON, 
Heatherbank, Weybridge, April 4th, in “ Gardening World," April nth, 1885. 
“ 1 Empress ' Anemones. — We have received from Messrs. James Carter & Co. a bouquet of what 
they term their ‘ Empress ’ Anemone. They are truly gigantic forms and brilliant varieties of 
Anemone coronaria, and are strikingly beautiful. Several of the flowers are 4 inches in diameter, 
borne on stalks nearlv a foot long and almost as thick as our penholder. The colours are varied and 
rich, ranging from white through the different shades of lavender to deep purpie, and from pale red to 
glowing scarlet and velvety crimson. They are the finest Single Anemones we have ever seen, and 
such flowers as these before us would be an acquisition even to the garden of an Empress."— 
“ Journal of Horticulture." 
J. ALBRIGHTON, Esq., Tamworth, writes: “It gives me great pleasure to speak of the 
value of Carters' 1 Cockade ’ Ranunculus and * Empress * Poppy Anemone — they are really splendid.” 
Price, per 1000, 45s. ; per 100, 5s. ; per doz., 9d. 
WERE AWARDED TEN HIGHEST PRIZE MEDALS, CEYLON, 1885. 
