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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1899 
LILIES — continued. each—*, d 
Speciosum punctatum album, a rare and beautiful Lily, earlier than Kractzeri, (lowers 
snowy white, with yellow anthers, broad light green foliage, 3 ft., per doz. 18/- 1 9 
,, purpureum, a very fine variety, with abundance of dark purple-rose flowers, 
heavily spotted deep crimson-purple, a fine strong grower, 3 to 5 ft. , per doz. 7/6 o 8 
,, rubrum, suffused and heavily spotted crimson, on white ground, 3 ft. 
per 100, 40/- ; per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Sulphureum (syn. Wallichianum superbum). The flowers 9 inches long, of great 
substance, • and deliciously fragrant; on first opening sulphur-coloured, then changing to 
white, tinged rose ; a charming pot Lily, requiring greenhouse culture, 4 to 6 ft 3/6 & 5 6 
Superbum, flowers orange to crimson, spotted rich brown, and elegantly recurved, stately in 
growth, late Summcrfiotvering , bog-loving Lily, 4 to 7 ft. (Coloured Plate, 6 d.), per doz. 7/6 o S 
Testaceum (syn. excelsum), very beautiful, large handsome flowers of a lovely apricot 
colour with showy scarlet anthers, delightfully fragrant ; a hardy vigorous grower, 4 ft. 
per doz. 1 0/6 1 o 
Tigrinum (Tiger Lily), a remarkably handsome section, with abundance of large showy 
brilliantly coloured flowers, lighting up the garden in August and September. 
All very hardy vigorous glowers. 
,, Fortunei, producing bold branching heads of rich orange -scarlet flowers, spotted 
crimson, stem very woolly, 4 ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, ,, flore-pleno, double orange-scarlet flowers, lasting long in bloom, 4 ft. 
per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, splendens, very handsome, with large pyramidal heads of bright fiery orange- 
scarlet (lowers, covered with large crimson-black spots, 6 ft per 100, 17/6; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
Thunbergianum (syn. elegans), a very beautiful group of showy Japanese Lilies, June- 
and July- flowering , greatly valued for flower border and pot-culture. 
,, ‘Alice Wilson,’ large lemon-coloured flowers, a rare and beautiful Lily, 2 ft. 36 
,, alutaceum Prince of Orange, flowers rich clear apricot-orange, spotted 
black, a valuable dwarf showy Lily for filling flower beds and grouping in 
front borders, 1 ft .'.....per 100, 25/-; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, armeniacum, soft rich glowing orange-red, late-flowering, a grand showy 
Lily, ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
,, ,, macranthum, a remarkably handsome large-flowered variety 
of the above per doz. 10/6 1 o 
., Beauty (new), large brilliant orange flowers, shaded red, handsome, 2 ft. 
Awarded 1st Class Certificate, Amsterdam per doz. 15/- 1 6 
,, bicolor, large beautiful apricot-orange, flamed scarlet, ij ft ,, 7/6 o 8 
,, flore-pleno, large double or semi-double blood-crimson flowers, i§ ft. ,, 15/- 1 6 
>, fulgens atrosanguineum, rich blood-red thinly spotted black, 1 1 ft. 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
,, G. F. Wilson, a very beautiful variety, and latest of this section to bloom, 
flowers large and erect, apricot, spotted purple, with central yellow streak, very 
free-flowering, 2 ft per doz. 15 /- 1 6 
„ Othello, new garden variety, large handsome blood-red flowers tinged orange, a 
fine bold handsome showy Lily per doz. 12/- t 3 
,, robustum, a very handsome vigorous growing variety, with bold heads of large 
handsome orange-yellow flowers, freely spotted dark crimson, 2| ft. Awarded 
1 st Class Certificate by the R.H.S. (...per doz. 5/6 o f> 
,, sanguineum, crimson, shaded tawny yellow, flowers large and early, 1 J ft. 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
,, Sunset (new), flowers very large and of a beautiful glowing golden-chamois 
colour, remarkably handsome and free- flowering per doz. 15 /- 1 6 
,, Van Houttei, flowers rich blood-crimson, blotched with gold and spotted 
black, large and remarkably handsome, i§ ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, Wallace!, flowers rich glowing apricot-orange, with black spots, very effective 
and distinct, late-flowering, 2^ ft. 1st Class Certificate R. H. S. ...per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, Willie Barr, fine large flowers of a bright orange-yellow, spotted crimson, 
ij ft., very showy and beautiful per doz. 4/6 o 5 
,, fine mixed varieties, for grouping in bedsand borders, p. 100, 12/6 ,, 2/- ... 
Umbel latum. Sec Davuricum. 
Wallichianum superbum. See Sulphureum. 
Washingtonianum, large handsome flowers, white, shading to lilac, fragrant, ht. 3 ft.; 
plant 6 inches deep in fibrous loam in partial shade 2 o 
'LILY OF THE VALLEY, for Forcing, and making Plantations out-of-doors. 
The clumps of Lily of the Valley quoted have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to 
give abundance of flowers. In potting, the crowns should be a little below the rim of the pot, 
and covered with cocoa fibre, which should be removed when the crowns show through ; tight 
potting is of great importance, and care should be taken, in the first watering, that the moisture 
penetrates to the centre 0/ the clump. The Berlin Crowns are extensively used for forcing by 
