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BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street. Covent Harden, London. 
♦ALSTROMERIA. These beautiful 
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‘ Peruvian Lilies ’ are easy to cultivate, and 
produce in Summer abundance of showy attractive flowers, which last long in water when 
cut. As border plants they may be strongly recommended for the brilliant effect they produce 
in the garden. Plant so that the top is four inches below the surface, selecting by preference a 
situation close to a south wall or hedge, and protecting, the first Winter, with leaves or litter. 
A. pelegrina and A. pulchra are more tender, and delight in hot dry sunny situations, 
such as under a south wall ; they also make fine plants for a cool greenhouse. each— j. 
aurantiaca, flowers rich orange, spotted carmine, very showy and valuable for cutting ; it is 
quite hardy, and should be grouped in every herbaceous border, 3 ft., p. 100,12/6; p.doz.i/9 o 
chilensis hybrida, mixed, beautiful shades of rose, crimson, orange, yellow, outf, and 
blush, with yellow and crimson markings, valuable as cut flowers, per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. 1/9 0 
lutea, bright yellow flowers with carmine spotting, very pretty, 3 ft. ,, 10/6; ,, 1/6 0 
pelegrina alba, white, very chaste and beautiful flowers, 1 grow under a south f ,, 5/6 0 
„ rosea, rose-coloured flowers, beautifully spotted J wall or in frames \ ,, 3/6 0 
psittacina (The Parrot Flower), bright crimson flowers splashed green and mahogany, 
3 ft per 100, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 0 
pulchra (tricolor), white and yellow flowers, striped and blotched crimson, protect in severe 
weather aoz 
♦AMARYLLIS (Hippeastrum), Large-flowered choice Greenhouse Varieties. 
These are magnificent in the conservatory, and valuable to cut for table bouquets and vases ; 
with management, they may be had in bloom for many months. The Unnamed hybrids quoted 
we specially recommend, as they are from the best collection in Europe, and are sure to please, 
both as regards variety, beauty of colour, and size of flowers. 
Culture. — Immediately after potting, place in a moist warm temperature, and plunge the pot 
to the rim in a gentle, steady, moist bottom heat; thus treated, a vigorous leaf-growth is produced, 
and a strong stem with a fine umbel of large flowers secured. In the absence of bottom heat they 
do well in an ordinary greenhouse or sunny sitting-room window. 
Barrs Choice Unnamed Hybrids, purchasers are sure to be satisfied with the flowers, and 
have a good chance of getting new varieties of exceptional beauty per doz. 25/- ; each, 2/6 
Barr’s Choice Named Large-flowered varieties. 
These we can strongly recommend for their large flowers, of excellent form, and rich colours. 
12 magnificent exhibition vars. 327 7 0 I 12 extra fine named varieties £5 5 0 
6 >> ,> ,,4 0 0 j 12 good showy named ,, 30/-&2 2 0 
Particulars of the above collections can be had on aDolication. 
AMARYLLIS. Various Species. sach-s. <t. 
Belladonna (The Belladonna Lily), bearing umbels of beautiful large white flowers 
flushed and tipped soft rose. If planted in light soil (the top 6 inches below the surface ) 
against a south wall it will establish itself and bloom freely every year per doz. 6/6 o 8 
♦formosissima (Jacobea Lily), beautiful large quaintly shaped dark crimson flowers 
per 100, 25/-; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
♦formosissima glauca, differs only from above in the colour being a striking crimson- 
scarlet per 100, 25 /_ ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
KSyThe Jacobea Lilies may be grown in pots and forced, or be planted in the open 
in April for Summer-flowering. 
AMORPHOPHALLUS, curious and ornamental bulbous plants from the tropics, interesting 
as pot-plants and valuable for sub-tropical bedding. The tubers should be kept dry and 
away from frost during Winter, and may be planted outdoors March to April, four inches 
deep, or for indoors potted earlier. 
campanulatus, a very curious species, flowers very large, dark red and black, and produced 
close to the ground 1 6 
Rivieri (Umbrella Arum), a very handsome plant, with large palm-like leaves 2 to 3 ft. 
in diameter, on a white spotted stem ; it makes a charming pot-plant for a room 
Strong Tubers, per doz. 10/6 1 o 
ANEMONE, or WINDFLOWER. (See also Novelty List , page 4.) 
For brilliancy of colour few flowers can compare with fhe Anemone, which in Spring pro- 
duces its masses of bloom in endless variety of shades, scarlets , crimsons , roses , blushes, lilacs, blues, 
purples, and white, all of which for cutting are valuable, lasting long in water. For beds, edgings, 
and masses in the borders it is matchless, and may be had in bloom, weather permitting, from 
November to July, according to situation, locality, and time of planting. 
Culture. — A ny good soil, moderately well drained, suits the Anemone. 'Plant in succession 
A. coronana varieties from October to April, the roots four to six inches apart, at a depth of two to 
three inches, choosing a dry day, and when the ground is in good working condition. The plantings 
for Summer and Autumn-flowering should be itt a situation where the ground is moist, and in shade 
front the sun's rays after 10 or II a. m . , and well sheltered from cutting ground winds. In districts 
which suffer badly from Spring frosts, plant from December to April. 
ANEMONES, FOR BEDS AND MASSES, Barr’s Double Poppy. (A. coronaria 
varieties.) The flowers of the Double Poppy Anemone resemble a semi-double Hollyhock, 
and are extremely handsome. When planted from October to December, they flower in succession 
during the early Spring months, while those planted from January to April flower in succession from 
April to July. 
