BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1899. 
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each — s. d. 
•BESSERA elegans, a beautiful Mexican bulbous plant with graceful umbels of drooping bell- 
shaped, bright scarlet flowers ; grow in pots for indoors, or plant on rockwork in Spring, 
, per doz. 5/6 0 6 
BLOOMEH1A aurea, beautiful umbels of golden-yellow flowers, striped brown, hardy, 1 ft. 
per 100, 18/-; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
BOBARTIA aurantiaca, a beautiful Summer-flowering bulb. See Homeria. 
BOM ARE A, magnificent greenhouse plants ; they grow best in a compost of equal parts rough 
sand, turfy loam, and peat. While in growth, manure water should occasionally be given, 
salsilla (syn. oculata), a beautiful climbing species, purple spotted, red flowers in clusters, 
for greenhouse or warm positions outdoors P el ' doz- 3 1 6 0 4 
♦BOUSINGAULTIA baselloides, an elegant climber, valuable for hanging baskets, window 
boxes, rustic tubs, &c., leaves pale green and fleshy, flowers white and hawthorn scented, 
hardy on dry rockwork, or in well-drained sunny situations per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/- o 3 
•BRAYOA geminiflora, a handsome hardy plant, long racemes of beautiful orange-scarlet 
drooping flowers ; charming in pots and flower borders, I h ft P er doz. 4/6 o 5 
BRODI/E A, a very beautiful family of hardy bulbs, well deserving a place in every choice border, 
or for select nooks on rockwork. June-July flowering. When planting surround the bulbs 
with sharp sand. 
Bridgesii, a fine distinct species, bearing umbels of pretty purplish-rose nowers witn light 
centre, ft P er doz. 5/6 o 6 
californica, the largest-flowered of all the Brodiaeas : the individual blooms resembling in 
shape a large Ixiolinon y of a delicate heliotrope shade of colour, are borne in graceful 
umbels, ht. 15 inches per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Candida. See Novelties, page 4. 
oapitata alba, bearing on tall stems umbels of lovely pure wnite flowers, 2 ft., per doz. 4/6 o 5 
coccinea (Fire-Cracker of California), a remarkably handsome plant bearing graceful 
umbels of long tubular blood-red flowers, tipped green, I ft. ...per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- o 4 
congesta, lilac, flowers in rosettes, valuable as a cut flower, 2 ft ,, >/- 
grandiflora, charming bright blue flowers, quite hardy, a most valuable dwarf Spring 
flower for edgings, masses, & c., ^ ft per 100, 5/6; per doz. 10 d. 
Hendersoni, handsome umbels of chrome-yellow flowers, striped violet ,, 10/6 1 o 
Howellii, umbels of beautiful large white flowers, striped blue, lh ft 7/d 0 8 
,, lilacina, bearing in early Summer clusters of elegant tubular flowers, pale 
lavender tipped white, very beautiful, ht. 1 ft. 1st Class Certificate R.H.S. 
per doz. 7/6 o 8 
,, splendens, a very handsome and beautiful variety bearing large umbels of light 
yellow flowers .T......' per doz. 5/6 o 6 
laxa, large rich Tyrian purple flowers, very handsome, I ft ,, 3/6 o 4 
Murrayana, large deep violet-blue flowers per 100, 25/- ; ,, 3/d 0 4 
peduncularis, a handsome species, bearing magnificent umbels of large china-white flowers 
per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Purdyi, a handsome new species, of pretty dwarf habit, flowers borne in graceful umbels, 
soft lilac with a handsome violet bar running down centre of each petal per doz. 6/6 o 8 
volubilis, a lovely twining species, which if supported will attain a height of four or five feet, 
bearing a terminal cluster of pretty delicate rose-coloured flowers ; a light covering during 
Winter is advisable. This plant would be charming in hanging baskets, &c per doz. 5/6 o 6 
See also Novelty List, page 4. 
BULBOCODIUM vernum, producing early in Spring a mass of bright rose-purple flowers close 
to the ground ; valuable for edgings, rockwork, and naturalising in grass, i ft.... per doz. 2/6 o 3 
•CALADIUM, perhaps the most beautiful and picturesque of foliage stove plants. 
12 in 12 beautiful named varieties 15/-, 24/-, and 42/- 
6 in 6 „ „ „ 7/6, 12/-, „ 21/- 
esculentum, a handsome foliage plant for sub-tropical gardening, or for pots. If the 
tubers are started in heat in March they will produce nice plants ready for putting out in 
June ; in Autumn, at the approach of cold weather, cut down all the leaves except the centre 
one to within an inch or two from the crown, and a few days after take the tubers up and 
store in sand in a dry cool place away from frost until Spring I 6 
CALLA, or Arum Lily. See Richardia. 
CALOCHORTUS, or more popularly known as the Butterfly or Mariposa Tulips, Globe 
Tulips, and Star Tulips. (See Illustration , page 13.) These lovely Californian bulbs, although 
belonging to the same Natural Order as the Tulips of our gardens, bear little resemblance to them. 
They flower through June and July, and for delicacy of texture and brilliancy of colour are un- 
surpassed ; they deserve a place in every Hardy Flower border, and for select places in the Rock 
Garden they are charming. 
As cut flowers the Calochorti are of great value, the flowers lasting well and the buds opening 
readily in water ; the varieties in the Mariposa or Butterfly section are especially suitable to cut, 
having long stems and being profuse continuous bloomers. 
They all make charming pot-plants (several bulbs in a pot) for the cool greenhouse or cape pit. 
