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BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES IN BULBS &c. 
A Few Fine Novelties and Specialities 
IN BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS - 
ALBUCA Nelsoni, a most beautiful Cape bulb, producing in June handsome spikes of 
almond-scented flowers, pure white with slight brown stripe (under glass pure white'). For 
pot-culture or south wall, lit. 3 ft per doz. 7/6 
ALLIUM Schuberti, a very curious and beautiful new species, having star-like flowers of a 
pretty rose-lilac colour, radiating from the top of the stem, lit. 1 J to 2 ft. It is hardy, if 
lightly covered during severe weather in winter per doz. 10/6 
ANEMONE fulgens Leichtlini, very large handsome flowers, fiery scarlet with white 
centre ; plant under a south wall or in any other warm situation 
Giant Single ‘ Glory of the South,’ this is a grand Anemone ; the flowers arc single 
and very large, with broad rich brilliant scarlet petals and rich blue-black central boss ; a 
flower of great beauty and fine substance per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
New Double ‘Victoria Giant,’ a double strain of this grand Anemone, colours most 
brilliant and varied, and flowers very large ....per doz. 3/6 
„ ,, ‘ La Dame Blanche,’ large white flowers, very faintly tinged rose ; of 
great beauty. 1 st Class Certificate per IOO, 2I/y; per doz. 3/- 
„ ,, ‘ Snowball,’ very beautiful snowy white curled flowers, resembling in form 
a white incurved Chrysanthemum. 1 st Class Certificate 
per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- 
,, ,, ‘ Vesuvius,’ flowers of perfect form and fully double, rich brilliant scarlet, 
a most striking flower per 100, 24/-; per doz. 3/6 
• St. Brigid,’ a very lovely strain of Poppy Anemones, flowers very large, mostly semi-double, 
and of the most brilliant and varied shades of colour, all having a handsome blue-black central 
boss. Plants graceful in habit, and remarkably free flowering ...per IOO, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
BRODIiEA calif or nica, the largest- flowered of all the Brodkeas ; the individual blooms 
resembling in shape a large Jxiolirion, of a delicate heliotrope shade of colour, are borne in 
graceful umbels, ht. 15 in P er doz. 6/6 
Howelli lilacina, bearing in early summer clusters of elegant tubular flowers, pale 
lavender tipped white, very beautiful, ht. I ft. 1 st Class Certificate R.H.S. ...per doz. 7/6 
ixioides splendens, a very handsome and beautiful variety bearing large umbels of light 
yellow flowers P er doz. 6/6 
Purdyi, a remarkably handsome new species, having the pretty dwarf habit of B. grandiflora , 
flowers soft lilac with a handsome violet bar running down centre of each petal, borne in 
graceful umbels, very free P er doz. 7/6 
CALOCHORTUS— ELDORADO STRAIN, a new race of the lovely Butterfly Tulips 
(see also page 12), of tall sturdy growth, from ij- to 2 ft. in ht. , and flowers distinct in 
form and colouring. They vary greatly in shade — from white and cream to lilac, deep 
velvety purple and rosy purple, red, pink, and salmon. All have a showy centre of brown 
and yellow prettily speckled, while others have a beautiful golden blotch on each petal. 
As cut flowers they are invaluable, the buds opening well in water, and for beauty they can- 
not be excelled ; they continue in bloom often for two months, and delight in a warm sunny 
situation and light sandy soil. (Boy fail Cultural Notes see page 12.) I he Royal Horti- 
cultural Society granted this strain an Award Of Merit, 1896 . ( For Illustration of 
Butterfly Tulips see page 13.) 
Beautiful varieties mixed per 100, iS per doz. 2/6 
White (Pictus), flowers large white with red blotch on a golden ground, centre reddish 
brown, very lovely 6° 2 - 3/6 
Purple, flowers a rich deep velvety purple >> 7*6 
Pink to Blood-red, colours remarkably varied and rich ,, 7/6 
CHIONODOXA Luciliae rosea (new), flowers of beautiful soft shades of rose and rose-lilac 
With white centre home-grown bulbs 
Luciliae alba (new), white flowers of delicate beauty ,, ,, „ 
DODECATHEON, American Cowslips or Shooting Stars, beautiful new varieties, 
great improvements on the present known species and varieties, and all very strong growers. 
Hardy and of easy culture, but delighting in shade and moisture. 
James Cooke, delicate rose-lilac with scarlet-maroon eye, bordered yellow and surrounded 
by a white halo 
Longfellow, delicate blush, with golden eye, encircled with velvety maroon, and a halo of 
white margined carmine 
Rosy Gem, delicate pale rose, with yellow eye encircled with brown, and a halo of white 
bordered carmine 
Snowflake, pure white, with yellow eye encircled with velvety maroon 
Victor Hugo, white tinged blush, with conspicuous velvety maroon eye, bordered golden- 
yellow 
EREMURUS himalaicus, a most lovely species from the Himalayas, and one of the hardiest. 
It attains a height of 5 to 8 feet, bearing dense heads nearly 2 feet long, of large snowy white 
flowers, with golden anthers, from May to June. It requires a well-drained soil with a north 
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