BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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A FEW FINE NOVELTIES & SPECIALITIES 
IN BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
each— s. d. 
ALBUCA Nelsoni, a most beautiful Cape bulb, producing in June handsome spikes of 
almond-scented flowers, pure white with slight brown stripe (under glass pure white'). For 
pot-culture or south wall, ht. 3 ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
ALLIUM Schuberti, a very curious and beautiful new species, having star-like 
flowers of a pretty rose-lilac colour, radiating from the top of the stem. The bulb is large 
and of a bright golden colour, hardy, if lightly covered during severe weather in winter, 
per doz. 10/6 1 o 
ANEMONE fulgens, Leichtlini, very large handsome flowers, fiery scarlet with 
white centre ; plant under a south wall or in any other warm situation 2 6 
„ Giant Single “ Glory of the South,” this is a grand Anemone ; the 
flowers are single and very large with broad rich brilliant scarlet petals and rich blue-black 
central boss ; a flower of great beauty and fine substance per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
„ New Double “Victoria Giant,” a double strain of this grand Anemone, 
colours most brilliant and varied, and flowers very large per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, „ „ “ La Dame Blanche,” beautiful large white flowers, very 
faintly tinged rose per 100, 15/ ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
,, ,, ,, “Snowball,” very beautiful snowy white flowers, resembling 
in form a white incurved Chrysanthemum per 100, 35/ ; per doz. 5/06 
,, ,, ,, “ Vesuvius,” flowers of perfect form and fully double, rich 
brilliant scarlet, a most striking flower per 100, 24/ ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, “ St. Brigid,” a very lovely strain of Poppy Anemones. The flowers are 
very large, mostly semi-double, and of the most brilliant and varied shades of colour. All 
have a handsome blue-black central boss. Plants graceful in habit, and remarkably 
free-flowering per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 ... 
,, stellata, “ Jewel,” a beautiful Starry Windflower, with graceful foliage and 
beautiful dainty flowers, ruby-violet with silvery white centre per 100, s/6 ; per doz. 10 d. 
BRODI-ZEA californica, the largest-flowered of all the Brodiasas, bearing handsome 
heads of very large rose-purple flowers on thick stems ; a valuable acquisition to our Spring 
flowers, ht. ij ft per doz. 7/6 o 8 
,, Howellii lilacina, bearing in Spring clusters of elegant tubular flowers, 
which are of a pale lavender with white mouth, ht. 1 ft per doz. ro/6 1 o 
,, Purdyi, a remarkably handsome new species, having the pretty dwarf habit of 
B. grandiflora ,but bearing heads of large waxy flowers of a rich red-purple colour 
per doz. 7/6 o 8 
CALOCHORTUS, New Eldorado Strain of Butterfly Tulips, or Mariposa 
Lilies, a most lovely new strain of these exquisite flowers, of distinct form, 
and varying through shades of lilac, deep velvety purple, reddish purple to rich red, pink and 
salmon, and sometimes cream and light yellow. The four latter shades occur more rarely 
than the others. They grow freely in light sandy soil and well-drained sunny situations. 
Very charming in the rock garden and as clumps in the flower border. (For Illustration 
of Calochorti, see page 31.) 1 st Class Certificate R.H.S per 100, 35/ ; per doz. 5/06 
,, clavatus, a new and remarkable species of great beauty. The very large 
golden cup-shaped flowers are lined with yellow hairs, each hair being tipped with an icicle- 
like point ; the flower stems run from 2 feet to 3(5 feet high while the long bluish-green foliage 
lies flat on the ground P er d° z . 18/ 1 8 
„ Howelli, a fine rare species growing about iA feet high, with drooping 
cup-shaped straw-coloured flowers, very hardy doz. *8/ 1 8 
,, Nuttallii, a lovely species with large rich cream-coloured flowers, p. doz. 10/6 1 o 
,, ,, cseruleus, bearing handsome blue flowers, with or without a deep 
indigo blotch, new and distinct P er doz- 15/ 1 6 
(For other beautiful CALOCHORTI, seepage 13.) 
CHIONODOXA gigantea, Lucilise and sardensis, the most lovely of blue early 
Spring flowers, see page 14, 
Luciliae rosea (new), flowers of beautiful soft shades of rose and rose-lilac 
with white centre home-grown bulbs 1 6 
„ „ alba (new), white flowers of chaste beauty „ „ „ 16 
CROCUS, beautiful and rare species, gems for rockwork and select borders, 
see page 16, and Special Crocus List sent on application . 
Barr's “Popular Collections” of Daffodils for Amateurs, see Daffodil Catalogue. 
