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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1898. 
BARR’S 
ALPHABETICAL DESCRIPTIVE LIST 
OF 
Bulbs, Tubers, and Plants, 
FOR ALL SEASONS AND CLIMATES. 
In the following pages we give descriptions, as far as space permits, of the various Bulbs, See., with 
general notes as to their cultural requirements. The illustrations are mostly reproductions, on a greatly 
reduced scale, of sketches and photographs taken at our Long* Ditton Bulb Nurseries. Great care 
is taken in the selecting of our Bulbs, these being drawn from the best bulb farms Only. High-class 
Daffodils and Tulips, &c., also many little rare and beautiful bulbous plants, we are ourselves large growers 
of y and are in a position therefore to select for our customers an extra fine quality. 
Those marked thus * ripen late and are sent out from the middle of October 
to March. All other bulbs, &c., are ready for despatch in September. Orders which 
embrace earlier and later ripening bulbs, &c., will be executed therefore in two parts. 
each —s. d. 
'ABOBRA VIRIDIPLiOE A, an elegant half-hardy perennial scarlet -fruited climber ; plant 
outdoors in Spring and lift the tubers in Autumn, storing them in dry sand in a cool place 
away from frost per dor. 5/6 10 & 
'ACHIMBNES, these make charming pot-plants for the greenhouse, and are very decorative 
with their brilliantly coloured elegant flowers ; pot in rich light soil in Spring and start in 
bottom heat. 12 varieties, 1 root each, 3/6 : 3 roots each, 12 varieties, 8/6. 
ACONITE -WINTER. ^Winter Aconite. 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily), valuable pot-plants for the greenhouse, and when grown 
in tubs on terrace walks and lawns few plants give a more noble effect ; very effective planted 
out by streams, lakes, and ponds. During severe winters they should be covered, or in very 
cold climates be taken indoors until Spring, water being given only sparingly. This plant is 
a gross feeder, and likes a rich soil and plenty of moisture while in growth. 
umbollatus, handsome umbels of rich blue flowers per doz. 7/6 o 9 
,, maximus, same colour as umbr.Uatus, but with larger flowers I 3 
,, albus, handsome umbels of white flowers 1 6 
,, Mooreanus, small blue flowers in graceful umbels per doz. 7/6 o 9 
,, flore-pleno, a very handsome variety, with fine double blue flowers 2 o 
’ALBUCA canaliculata, a decorative greenhouse Cape bulb, which may also be planted out 
under a south wall ; it produces handsome trusses of very fragrant golden flowers, I) ft. ... 2 6 
ALLIUM, a decorative and showy family of hardy Spring- and Summer-flowering'bitlbs, valuable 
alike for borders or rockwork and for naturalising in woods, &c. A. neapolitanum is easily 
forced, and the cut blooms are extensively used for vases and table bouquets, 
acuminatum, with beautiful soft rose-lilac-coloured flowers in umbels, 1 ft. ...per doz. 1/6 o 2 
azureum, handsome intense blue flowers, quite hardy, 2 ft ,, 2/6 o 3 
cyaneum, pretty deep blue flowers in clusters, /, ft established tufts 1 6 
karataviense, a remarkably handsome plant, with very large broad glaucous-green foliage 
spreading close to the ground, i ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Moly, bright yellow flowers in umbels, very showy, 1 ft per 100, 3/6; ,, 6it. ... 
neapolitanum, an elegant bouquet flower largely grown for the market ; it produces 
numerous heads of graceful white flowers, ht. 15 inches per 100, 3/6 ; per doz. 6d. 
Ostrowskianum (ry«. oreophyllum), a charming species from Asia Minor, with large 
heads of beautiful rose-coloured flowers, 2 ft per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
pedemontanum ( syn . narcissiflorum), rose-purple, drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
clusters, beautiful and very distinct, J ft I 6 
pulchellum, graceful heads of charming bright rosy purple flowers, in July, f ft., per doz. 4/6 o 5 
,, flavum, small canary- vellow flowers in graceful drooping umbels, very charming, 
July-flowering, f ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Rosenbachianum, large purple-rose flowers, ft ,, 5/6 0 6 
triquetrum, white, striped green, graceful drooping umbels, pretty, I ft. 
per 100, 7/6; per doz. 1/3 ... 
*ALSTROMERIA. These beautiful ‘Peruvian Lilies’ are very easy to cultivate, and 
produce in Summer abundance of charming cut flowers, which last long in water. Their 
showy and attractive flowers render them most valuable border plants. Plant so that the 
top is four inches below the surface, selecting by preference a situation close to a wall or hedge, 
and protecting, the first Winter, with leaves or litter. A. pelegTina 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, 
aurantiaca, flowers rich orange, spotted carmine, very showy and valuable for cutting; this 
plant should be grouped in every herbaceous border as it is quite hardy, 3 ft. 
per 100, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 o 2 
