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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE. Autumn. 1898. 
CHIONODOXA -continued, 
Chionodoxa sardensis, first introduced into England 
by us, and awarded a First-class Certificate by the R.H.S., 
also by the Royal Botanic Society. It is one of those rare 
flowers of a true gentian-blue, and is so striking that for 
distant effect it cannot be too highly recommended. 
Home-grown Bulbs .........per 1000, 30/-; per 100, 
3/6 ;per doz. 6 d. 
„ ,, extra selected, per 1000, 
40/-; per too, 4/6; per 
doz. 8 d. 
„ very large, for forcing, 
per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. 10 d. 
Chionodoxa gigantea (syn. C. grandiflora), a very 
distinct and beautiful species, with flowers twice the size of 
C. Lucilite, more open, and of a beautiful soft lavender- 
blue; habit dwarf and robust. This is a most valuable 
acquisition to our Spring flowers, and established masses on 
rockwork or in front borders produce a lovely effect, 
while as a pot-plant (several bulbs in a pot) it affords a 
valuable decoration for the greenhouse and sitting-room. Awarded First-Class Certificate 
R.H.S. 
Home-grown Bulbs per 1000, 50/- ; per 100, 6/- ; per doz. 1/- 
,. ,, extra selected ,, 70/- ; ,, 8/6 ; ,, 1/3 
,, ,, very large, for forcing ,, 10/6; ,, 1/6 
Chionodoxa Tmolusii, a valuable species for succession ; it blooms later than C. LuciUa, the 
blue is more intense and the white centre larger per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
COLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron) ; the great CroCUS-like flowers carpet the ground 
in September and October, with colours ranging from pure white to intense crimson. The 
foliage appears in Spring, and is almost as varied as the flowers : in some it is large and 
massive, and in others small and frill-like ; a grand bulb lo naturalise in grass. each— j. 
autumnale, light purplish rose per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/9 ... 
,, album, large pure white flowers ,, IS hi >> 2 /3 0 
,, plenum, pure white, large and very double, very scarce 5 
CHIONODOXA SARDF.NSIS. 
is/-; 
is 
15 /-! 
21/-; 
per 
doz. 
2/3 
2/3 
2/3 
3/- 
5/ 6 
,, plenum, lilac, large and very double per 100, 
,, roseum, a charming rosy lilac colour ,, 
„ „ plenum, large double flowers, very pretty ,, 
,, striatum plenum, verypretty double striped flowers ,, 
Bivonae, large rosy lilac flowers, a fine species 
byzantinum, very beautiful rose-coloured flowers, perfect in form, and produced in great 
profusion per doz. 5/6 o 
Farkinsoni, petals gracefully reflexed, and beautifully chequered rose-lilac and white, a 
remarkably striking flower per 100, 30/-; per doz. 4/6 o 
Sibthorpi [new), the largest of the Colehieums, flowers handsome rosy purple chequered 3 
speciosum rubrum, intense dark ruby-crimson, petals of great substance, very large and 
handsome per doz. 7/6 o 
szovitzianum, small rose-coloured flowers, very pretty per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/9 o 
variegatum (syn. tessellatum and agrippinum), chequered rose-purple and white, a 
very pretty and showy flower per 1000, 75 /-> P er l°°> 8/6; per doz. 1/6 o 
mixed Colehieums, for naturalising in wild gardens, woodlands, &c. ,, 7,6; ,, 1/3 .. 
Pretty small Winter and Early Spring-flowering Species. 
crociflorum, small white flowers, lined purple-violet, February, ht. 3 inches 2 
montanum, a beautiful little species throwing up a profusion of flowers, rose to blush-white, 
ht. 3 inches per doz- 5/ 6 0 
•COMMELINA tuberosa, a fine border plant, covered with flowers of the richest blue, from 
Summer to Autumn ; plant in Spring, ii ft per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 o 
CORYDALIS bulbosa, a very graceful little Spring flower for front border and rockwork, 
flowers rosy-purple, £- ft per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1/- .. 
,, Ledebouriana (C. rutaefolia), a beautiful little creeping plant bearing 
racemes of rosy purple flowers in February and March per doz. 10/6 I 
*CRINUM, handsome warm greenhouse plants, with large umbels of funnel-shaped flowers. 
C. Moorei may be successfully grown and flowered out of doors if planted under the south wall 
of a stove or warm greenhouse, and protected during winter with a little straw, 
augustum, a noble species, bearing immense heads of bloom ; flowers inside white to 
purple; outside, rose-purple, deliciously scented 10/6, i$/-& 21 
campanulatum (aquaticum), a handsome plant with large rosy red flowers; it should 
be stood in water whilst growing, 3 ft. 3 
erubescens, flowers rosy white, outside purple, 2 ft Strong bulbs 7 
fimbriatulum, bearing umbels of very large fragrant flowers, striped white and carmine -.. 4 
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