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BARR’S NOVELTIES & SPECIALITIES for 1897. 
DAFFODILS, new and beautiful varieties for 1897 , see Daffodil Catalogued 
DAHLIA, Cactus, New Rose, “ Mrs. Renshaw,” flowers large and brilliant 
rose shading 10 orange-scarlet, centre lighted up by a lemon-yellow shade, the most 
beautiful of all Cactus Dahlias pot-grown roots, per dor. 15/ 1 
DODECATHEON, American Cowslips or Shooting Stars, Beautiful New 
Varieties, great improvements on the present known species and varieties. 
Hardy and of easy culture. 
„ James Cooke, delicate rose-lilac with scarlet-maroon eye, bordered yellow 
and surrounded by a white halo 1 
„ Longfellow, delicate blush, with golden eye, encircled with velvety-maroon, 
and a halo of white margined carmine 2 
„ Rosy Gem, delicate pale rose, with yellow eye encircled with brown, and a 
halo of white bordered carmine 2 
„ Snowflake, pure white, with yellow eye encircled with velvety-maroon 2 
,, Victor Hugo, white tinged blush, with conspicuous velvety-maroon eye, 
bordered golden-yellow 3 
EREMURUS himalaicus, a most lovely plant from the Himalayas, and one of the 
hardiest of Eremuri. It attains a height of 5 to 8 feet, bearing dense heads nearly 2 feet 
long, of large snowy white flowers, with golden anthers, from May to June. It requires 
a well-drained soil with a north or north-west aspect, protected from cutting winds in 
spring.. 
, roots of flowering size 7 6 
(For other beautiful Eremuri, seepage 19.) 
ERYTHRONIUM Howellii, true , a rare and beautiful species, flowers pale yellow 
with orange centre, dying off a pink shade, leaves mottled per dor. 10/6 1 o 
,, Johnsoni, one of the most beautiful of the Dog’s Tooth Violets, colour a beau- 
tiful bright rose with yellow centre, and golden anthers. Award of Merit R.H. S., 1897 
per doz. 10/6 1 o 
FRITILLARIA alpina, a rare little gem, with small plum-coloured bells heavily 
tipped bright yellow, ht. 4 in 2 6 
,, latifolia nobilis (new), the most handsome of Fri til larias , flowers very large, 
of a rich deep blood-red colour, beautifully tesselated inside, ht. 6 inches, flowered at our 
Nurseries for ike first time in England per doz. 15/ 1 6- 
,, Whittallii (new), a beautiful species, flowers beautifully tesselated inside and 
out with reddish brown on a yellowish ground. lat Class Certificate R.H S. , May 1896 
per doz. 4/6 o 5 
,, Bhrharti, a handsome rare species, outside plum-purple tipped yellow, inside 
olive-green, ht. 1 ft 4 6 
GALANTHUS (Snowdrop) caucasicus grandis, a handsome Snowdrop, very 
tall, with large flowers, petals very long, tube white, blotched green at mouth t 6 
„ cilicicus, a grand new species much resembling G. Fosleri, but flowering 
earlier. It is a tall grower with long handsome flowers per 100, 24/ ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
., Ikariae, a beautiful new distinct Snowdrop, with broad glossy light green 
re flexing foliage, flowers snowy white, inner segments heavily tipped bright green 
per ico, 21/ ; per doz. 3/04 
„ robustus, a beautiful Snowdrop, with shapely flowers of great substance 
per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 
GLADIOLUS, Childsii and Nanceianus, the largest flowered and grandest of all 
Gladioli, sec page 23. 
„ Gandavensis, the finest hybrids, see page 22. 
IRIS persica Vogeliana, a beautiful new Iris, flowers larger than f. ficrsica, having 
standards silvery grey with dark veins, and falls deep silvery grey with large claret-coloured 
blotch 1 o 
„ Spanish, “ Princess Ida,” one of the most lovely of all. It is a tall stately 
growing variety bearing freely large flowers, standards white, falls broad and of a delicate 
primrose colour with a brilliant orange blotch ; as a cut flower it surpasses many an orchid in 
its delicate colouring. This grand Iris should be freely used for filling flower beds and 
grouping in borders per i.oco, 30/ ; per ico, 4/6 ; per doz. 8d. ... 
„ “ Thunderbolt,” a noble flower with broad Standards of a rich bronze-purple, 
and Falls chestnut-brown with striking orange blotch, large and handsome, ht. 2 to 24 It. 
per loa, 12/6 ; per doz. i/q o 2 
Barr’s Few Daffodils for 1897 , see page 8 of Daffodil Catalogue. 
