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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1897. 
BARR’S 
Selected Bulbs & Roots for Early Forcing. 
CULTURE FOR EARLY BULB FORCING. 
Pot the bulbs 3 to 6, or more according to size, in a 4 or 5 inch pot, barely covering the Bulbs with 
soil. This should be done during August, September, and October, the pots being placed out-of-doors on 
a bed of ashes, and covered over with a few inches of cocoa-nut fibre or ashes. There let them remain till 
the bulbs are well rooted , and have made a little top growth, when a few pots at a time should be removed 
to a cold frame and be kept partially shaded for a day or two, after which they should be removed to 
a moderately warm and moist temperature, a plentiful supply of water being then given to the roots. A 
successional supply of flowers can thus be maintained from November to bebruary. 
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ALLIUM neapolitanum 
ARUM Lily. See Richardia 45 
CIIIONODO.YA, The Glory of the 
Snow J 4 
CHINESE Sacred Lily, “Good luck 
Lily” of China and Japan, “Flower of 
t he Gods,” and “ Water Fairy Lily ” 43 
CHRISTMAS Roses. See Hellehorus. ... 24 
DAFFODILS for Early Forcing’. See 
page 4 of Daffodil Catalogue. 
DEUT/ilA gracilis '9 
DICENTRA (syn. Dielytra), Lyre 
Flower *9 
EUCHARIS, The Amazonian Lily 20 
FREESIAS, Sweet scented 20 
GALANTHUS Elwesii, Elwes’ Giant 
Snowdrop 21 
Ikari’.e, a lovely new Snowdrop... 21 
HELLEHORUS niger maxiinus, The 
Giant Christmas Rose 2 4 
HYACINTHS, Exhibition Varieties ... 25 
,. Early Dwarf Roman, white, 
Blue, Blush and Straw- 
Coloured 
IRIS perslca 
reticulata, The Violet-Scented 
Iris . 
JONQUIL, Single Yellow, ) deliciously 
„ Double Yellow, ) scented ••• 
LILIUM longiflorum Harrisii, the 
Bermuda Easter Lily 
2S 
35 
35 
36 
39 
LILIUM longiflorum robustuni, 
succeeding Harrisii in time of flowering ... 39 
LILY of tlie Valley, Barr’s Extra 
Selected Berlin Crowns 41 
„ „ Barr’s “ Alexandra ” 
English Crowns 5 
,, ,, Barr's Extra Strong 
established Clumps 4' 
MI LI. A Ulli flora, for associating with 
Hyacinths, Tulips, etc 4 1 
,, violacea 4> 
N A RCISSUS Polyanthus Paper White 43 
„ „ Double Roman 43 
,, Grand Soleil d'Or 43 
„ “Scilly Isles,” White 43 
„ “ Chinese Sacred ” 43 
NARCISSUS (Daffodils) for Early 
Forcing. See our Daffodil Catalogue. 
POLYGONATUM, Solomon’s Seal 44 
RICHARDIA Africana, The Lily of 
the Nile 45 
„ „ Little Gem 45 
SCI CCA sibil’ica, to associate with Giant 
Snowdrops and Chionodoxas 46 
„ „ var. taurica, a fortnight 
earlier than above 46 
SNOWDROPS. See Galanthus 21 
SPIR/EA Japonica , The Japanese 
Meadow Sweet 47 
„ palmata, Rosy Crimson 47 
„ astilboides 47 
TULIPS, Due Van Tliol, and other 
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Earliest Forcing Varieties 
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cor For Barr’s Special Mixture of Cocoa Fibre and Charcoal, also Jadoo 
Fibre, for growing Bulbs in, see page 6o. 
Visitors invited to see Barr's “Gold Medal" Daffodils to Bloom MarCh and April. 
