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BARR'S SPRING CATALOGUE of Bulbs and Tubers. 
NEW HYBRID BUTTERFLY GLADIOLI - continued. 
p. doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
Masque de Fer (2), bronzy red, lower 
petals dark velvety maroon with 
striking yellow central spot, of fine 
form, dwarf. 4 6...0 6 
Professor Le Monnier (3), very large 
flowers with long petals, glowing 
scarlet , with distinct black blotch 
surrounded with gold 10 6...1 o 
Eev. W. Wilks (2), enormous orange - 
red flowers — ...2 o 
p.doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
Senateur Volland (2), very large purple- 
blue flowers, with violet-black and 
yellow blotch, handsome and striking 21 0...2 o 
Sophie Buchner (1), straw-yellow , with 
violet blotch 7 6...0 8 
Venus de Milo (3), pure white , with 
bright maroon-coloured blotches 5 6...0 6 
Splendid Unnamed Seedlings, mixed, 
all flowering bulbs ; these are sure to 
please, giving the greatest variety of 
colours with most beautiful markings 
per 100, 10 s. 6 d.\ per doz. 1 6... — 
GLADIOLUS NANCEIANUS. 
NEW GIANT-FLOWEEED. 
Lemoine’s Hybrids of G. Saundersii and the best varieties of G. Gandavensis, 
Lemoine’s newest race of magnificent Gladioli, surpassing all others in the enormous size of their large 
open flowers, which arc freely produced on erect branching sturdy spikes. In outline the flowers are elegant, 
while their colours are very brilliant, with beautiful spottings and markings ; they are hardy vigorous growers, 
and remarkably floriferous. 
The varieties offered below are a few of the best. 
I®" The numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) following the name indicate the relative time of flowering; thus 
those marked (1) bloom first, while those marked (4) are the latest to open their flowers. 
p. doz. each 
j. d. s. d. 
A, de la Devansaye (1), very large flowers, brilliant salmon , with large blotches of a coppery orange 
and straw-colour 10 6...1 o 
A, E. Smith (3), enormous flowers, very brilliant fiery orange-carmine, lower petals blotched purple 
on a lemon ground 18 0...1 8 
Canrobert (2), enormous erect flowers, very open and rounded, brilliant madder-red with deeper 
flaming, lower petals veined and reticulated white, tall — ...2 o 
Casimir Maistre (2), flowers with very large petals, and measuring 6 inches across, claret-co\o\sx , 
lower petals with velvety black blotch and veinings on a white ground, very striking 18 0...1 8 
Dr. H. F. Walcott (2), bright madder-red, with tnaroon and sulphur markings 5 6...0 6 
General de Boisdeffre (3), enormous flowers, slate-rose, with large deep blood-red blotches, broadly 
margined and speckled straw-yellow, very handsome — ...2 o 
General Duchesne (3), flowers very large and of beautiful form, deep velvety purple-rose, with 
enormous yellow blotches, pointed purple 18 0...1 8 
George Paul (3), large flowers, velvety crimson-maroon, with large yellow blotches, throat spotted 
purple 18 o...I 8 
Jean Dybowski (4), flowers of great size, borne on short erect branching spikes, colour intense liery 
red, lower petals marked dery red on a lemon ground 10 6...1 o 
Jules Finger (i), flowers very large and of perfect form, red, lower petals marbled fiery red on 
rose-coloured ground 7 6...0 8 
Massdna (2), large open flowers on erect spikes, salmon-rose with cream - coloured blotch, dwarf. 18 0...1 8 
Pacha (r), flowers orange-scarlet, centre sulphur spotted red 7 6...0 8 
President Carnot (2), enormous flowers, rich satiny cherry-red, slightly streaked carmine, lower 
petals blotched dery scarlet with gold 10 6...I o 
President Chandon (1), flowers very large and erect, vermilion with maroon-coloured blotch 
bordered lemon 10 6...1 o 
Theodore Mommsen (2), enormous flowers, cherry-rose, with deep carmine and czvawr-coloured 
blotch .... f. _ ... 2 o 
W. Watson (2), flowers soft rose with Maratw-coloured markings on a straw-co\ouied ground 15 0...1 4 
One Bulb each of the foregoing 16 Grand Gladioli, 21s. 
GLADIOLUS CHILDSII. 
NEW GIANT FLOWEEED. 
Max Leichtlin’s Hybrids of Saundersii and the best varieties of G. Gandavensis. 
This grand race of Gladioli was produced by Herr Max Leichtlin, of Baden-Baden, and differs from 
G. Nanceianus in having a more robust habit and growing taller. 
Splendid Unnamed Seedlings, all flowering bulbs . We can strongly recommend these for filling beds and 
grouping in borders ; the magnificent flowers with their brilliant colours and markings are sure to 
pl ease per 100, 43 s . ; per doz. 5*. 6 d. 
GLADIOLUS SAUNDERSII. 
A beautiful showy species with large flowers bright salmon-scarlet, lower petals blotched white, height 
¥ feet per doz. js. 6 d. ; each, id. 
