i8 LILY OF THE VALLEY, DIELYTRA, SPIRAEAS, AND ENGLISH IRISES. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
For Forcing, and making Plantations out-of-doors. 
The clumps of Lily of the Valley quoted, have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to give abundance 
of flowers. In potting, the crowns should be covered and the soil one inch below the rim of the pot ; ti<rht 
potting is of great importance, and care should be taken, in the first watering, that the moisture penetrates 
to the centre of the clump. The Berlin Crowns are now the most extensively used for forcing by the growers 
for Covent Garden Market, who put 20 to 30 in a s-inch pot. The prepared clumps, however, we think will be 
the most useful for private growers. The supply of Extra Selected Clumps being always limited, orders 
should be booked early, for dispatch in November. For Lily of the Valley beds, clumps in north borders or to 
naturalize, the Dutch Crowns are the best. 
Culture. — A moist atmosphere and abundance of water is indispensable to success in forcing Lily of the 
Valley ; therefore, to encourage simultaneously the development of flower and foliage, most growers place the 
pots in a shady damp part of the house, or invert a flower-pot over the crowns, till the flower and the foliage 
have made some progress, then they are removed to a less shady situation. If they are grown in a dry atmos- 
phere, or get an insufficient supply of -water at the roots, the crowns, technically speaking, " go blind." 
each— s, 
886 Extra strong selected clumps, p. doz. 12/ 1 
887 Strong Berlin Crowns, for early-forcing, 
per 100, 6s. ; per bundle of 25, os. 
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3 888 Dutch Crowns, for out door planting, in 
beds, etc. , and naturalizing in woodlands, 
per 100, 53'. 6 d . ; per 1000, 42 s. 
DIELYTRA (lyre flower). 
For Forcing or Planting out. 
The most graceful of forced plants for conservatory and room decoration, also to cut for furnishing vases 
The elegant pendant branches are loaded with beautiful rosy crimson heart-shaped flowers and furnished with 
the most delicate rich green foliage. In shrubberies or herbaceous borders, where it succeeds no plant 
in summer attracts so much attention as the Lyre Flower. 
each— 8 . d. each— <» d 
889 Spectabilis, clumps per doz. 5/6 o 6 | 890 Spectabllls alba, -white, 2 ft 1 6 
SPIRAEA (THE MEADOW SWEET). 
For Forcing or Planting out. 
The large graceful, feathery, pure white, fragrant flowers of Spiraea japonica and the new variety com- 
pacta multiflora are unique flowers to cut for furnishing vases, while the plants are amongst the most 
decorative for the conservatory and room. In forcing, a moist atmosphere and abundance of water at the roots 
is necessary Spiraea palmata has feathery clusters of lovely rosy crimson blossoms, which when cut are 
greatly prized for vases and bouquets. Splrtea japonica fol. aureo-reticulatis is attractive and ornamental, 
and forces as easily as S. japonica. In sheltered moist borders out of doors , the Spiraeas enumerated are all 
very decorative plants. 
891 Japonica 
892 
893 
894 Palmata, 
each — s. 
strong clumps, p. doz. 5/6 o 
fol. aureo-reticulatis, goldcn- 
blotched foliage , clumps 
per doz. 7/6 o 
compacta multiflora, dwarf 
and compact, with large dense 
flower spikes, clumps 
per doz. 5/6 o 
lovely rosy crimson flowers, 
good clumps, per doz. 5/6 
896 
896 P alm ata alba, large spreading plumes of 
snow-white flowers, beautiful, doz. 7/6 
elegans, beautiful pale pink, 
clumps, per doz. 5/6 
897 Astilboldes, a lovely species, bearing dense 
drooping plumes of graceful snowy 
white flmvcrs, clumps, per doz. 7/6 
898 ,, floribunda (nao), lovely panicles 
of feathery white fltnvers in great profu- 
sion clumps, p. doz. 15/. 
For other beautiful Species of Spiraeas, see Plant Catalogue, 
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IRISES. 
Irises are the •* Orchids ” of the flower garden. Their blossoms are the most rich and varied in colour of 
hardy plants ; their time of flowering ranges from Christmas to August They should be extensively planted 
in flower and shrubbery borders, and naturalized. As cut-flowers Irises are most valuable, competing in rich- 
ness and variety of colour with the choicest and the most beautiful Orchids. For Beautiful Bearded and 
Beardless Flag Irises, dwarf and tall growing, also Japanese Flag Irises, see our Hardy Plant Catalogue 
BARR’S ENGLISH IRIS, June-flowering. 
(THE LARGE FLOWERED BULBOUS IRIS OF THE PYRENEES.) 
.,,rrZ^a Se .n!I a i^iK Cen !i! nSeS a thr Ii Ve best ,! n a well-drained light or medium soil; when the soil is very heavy 
sun-ound the bulbs with sand and see well to drainage. When convenient plant as soon after the beginning of 
fu, 5f r aS P° sslK le \ We have planted as late as December, but the earlier the planting is done, the greater 
as heincf the fin' 13 m S h , aVe bee " . s P ec ' al| y selected from several of the largest and best collections, 
dlstmc ': and m11 be found as strikingly beautiful and varied in colour as the most 
sumptuous orchids of the ho -house They flower in June, thus succeeding the Bearded Flag Irises. 
tar Our Annual Exhibits of cut flowers of these grand Irises, at the London Summer Shows, attract much 
attention and elicit great admiration During their flowering season, a constant exhibition of bulbous Iris 
flowers is maintained at King Street, Covent Garden. 
899 
900 
901 
Barr and Son’s Selections of Beautiful English Irises. 
3 each of 20 magnificent varieties ... io 6 
1 each of 20 ,, ......". 4 6 
3 each of 12 ,, g 5 
902 Fine mixed p. 1000, 45/; p. 100,5/6; p. doz 
903 Choice mixed „ 7/6 „ 
904 Named vars., mixed ,, 10/6 ,, 
(Barr and Son, 12 and 13 King Street, Covent Garden, 1895.) 
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