BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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CALOCHORTOS. — Section I .—continued. rach-j. d. 
Venustus group — all having flowers of exquisite beauty, large and elegantly formed, 
valuable for cutting, lit. 2 ft. ; these are all strong growers. 
,, citrinus, large flowers of a fine golden colour with dark crimson blotch, of 
exquisite beauty ; a gem for cutting per doz. 2/6 o 3 
,, purpurascens, a lovely variety, flowers large and outside purplish, inside 
creamy white, each petal handsomely blotched, very free. Award Of Merit 
R.H.S per doz. 3/- o a 
,, roseus, early and beautiful, flowers large, outside carmine-rose, inside creamy 
white with purple blotch per ddz. 4/6 o 5 
,, sanguineus, a very richly coloured variety of great beauty — 15/— 1 6 
,, Yesta, a most lovely variety and one of the 'freest growers ; flowers very large, 
and borne freely on long stalks, colour outside rose-purple, inside white to 
blush, beautifully marked reddish brown and yellow per doz. 5/6 o 6 
,, Weedii, a grand variety, with large clear orange-yellow flowers, thickly lined 
with silky hairs, and dotted brown per doz. 6/6 o S 
mixed varieties of Butterfly or Mariposa Tulips in great variety. We recom- 
mend everyone to try some of these gems both in the open ground and in pots 
per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 ... 
Section II.— Globe Tulips or Fairy Bells. — These are the perfection of grace, with 
beautiful globular drooping flowers. 
albus, bearing on branching stems, 9 to 12 inches high, several pearly white hairy flowers, 
which hang in pendant globes per doz. 2/6 o 3 
amcenus, a lovely new species, bearing lovely pendant globe-shaped flowers of a beautiful 
rose colour, dwarf. Floral Certificate " — P er doz. 6/6 o d 
pulchellus, bearing a quantity of golden globe-like pendant flowers, margins fringed with 
hair, dwarf and very beautiful P er doz. 2/6 O 3 
Section III. Star Tulips. These produce dainty little open cups on slender dwarf stems, 
and are of exquisite beauty. 
Benthami, bright' yellow with dark blotch at base, and covered with yellow hairs, per doz. 2/6 0 3 
Howelli, a rare and beautiful species, growing about ft. high, with large, pale, straw- 
coloured flowers 1 6 
cceruleus, pale blue, lined with long silky hairs, very beautiful per doz. 6/6 o & 
Mawoanus, flowers white, covered with silky blue hairs, a dainty little species... per doz. 3,6 o 4 
For the New Eldorado Butterfly Tulips, see page 4. 
CAMASSIA, very handsome hardy bulbous plants for flower borders and to naturalise. 
Cusickii, a handsome new species, forming a rosette of broad glaucous foliage, from which 
rise tall spikes of large pale blue flowers with yellow anthers, ij ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
esculenta, pretty star-shaped blue flowers, freely produced on numerous spikes, 1 /ft. 
per 100, 4/6; per doz, Sit. .. 
,, Leichtlini, large creamy-white flowers, rare, 2 ft per doz. 15s. 1 6 
Fraseri, a distinct species from California, with pretty delicate pale blue flowers, I ft., 
per too, 17/6; pqr doz. 2/6 o 3 
*CANN A, Crozy’s Now Large-flowered Dwarf Hybrids mixed: their handsome 
foliage, gorgeously coloured flowers, and fine dwarf habit, render these Gannas of great value 
for filling beds and grouping in borders ; treatment same as for Dahlias per doz. 7,6 o S 
Crozy’s New Large-flowered Named Varieties per doz. 10,6 & 15 - ... 
CHINESE SACRED LILY. See Narcissus, page 43. 
g. fj CHIONODOXA (Glory of the Snow). The 
*1 Chionodoxa is one of our earliest spring flowers, 
and its beauty in very early spring is unsurpassed. 
It should be largely planted in all borders and 
dotted over all bulb beds. They are perfectly 
hardy, and once planted come up year after year 
and never need be disturbed ; when thus left the 
fflSJka flower spikes increase in size and beauty each year. 
-» aC If grown in pots and jardinets they may be had in 
AfF? V jjr bloom early in January, but should be brought on 
V in a cold frame or cool greenhouse close to the 
glass. When associated with Narcissus minimus, 
. Af A* \ W A the effect is charming, as both flower at the same 
f = ~ time. For a fine immediate cjf ct plant the bulbs 
// close t0 S etller ' 
II Chionodoxa Lucilise (The Glory of the 
v Snow), unsurpassed for edgings and masses in 
42- II J_n [Ml 1 1 I 1 ' flower borders and on rockwork : colour deep 
Nemophila-blue, with clear snow-white centre. \V& 
chionodoxa LuciL.zz " were awarded a First-Class Certificate fo. 
tins lovely flower by the K.Ii.b. 
Home-grown Bulbs per 1000, 30/-; per 100, 3/6; per do<r. 6 d. 
Home-grown Bulbs, extra selected ,, 4 °/- > >> 4 / 6 ; >> 
,, ,, very large, for forcing ,, 5/6 > >> I0<< - 
