BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 13 
eacli— s. cl. 
*BESSERA 
elsgans, a beautiful Mexican bulbous plant with graceful umbels of drooping bell-shaped, bright 
scarlet flowers ; grow in pots for indoors, or plant on rockwork in Spring, i ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
HLOOMEIt IV 
aurea, beautiful umbels of golden-yellow flowers, striped brown, bardy, i ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
BORA SH I V aurantiaca, a beautiful summer-flowering bulb. See Homeria. 
ISOMAKLA, magnificent greenhouse plants ; they grow best in a compost of equal parts rough 
.■■and, turfy loam, and peat. While in growth, manure water should occasionally 
be given. 
salBUla [syn. oculata), a beautiful climbing species, purple-spotted, red flowers in clusters, for green- 
house or warm positions outdoors per doz. 3/6 o 4 
BOUSIXGALLTIA 
baselloldes, an elegant climber and a valuable plant for hanging baskets, window boxes, rustic tubs, 
etc., leaves pale green and fleshy, flowers white and hawthorn-scented, hardy on dry rockwork, 
or in well-drained sunny situations per ioo, 15/ ; per doz. 2/03 
BILL VGA 
geminiflora, a handsome hardy plant, long racemes of beautiful orange-scarlet drooping flowers ; 
charming in pots and valuable for the flower border, ij ft per doz. 4/6 o 5 
BRODIEA, a very beautiful family of hardy bulbs, well deserving a place in every choice border or 
for select nooks on rockwork. 
coccinea (Fire-Cracker of California), handsome crimson flowers, tipped green, i£ ft... per doz. 3/6 o 4 
congesta, lilac, flowers in rosettes, valuable as a cut flower, 2 ft 1/ ... 
grandiflora, charming bright blue flowers, quite hardy, a most valuable dwarf spring flower for 
edgings, masses, &c., $ ft per 100, 5/6; per doz. ic d. ... 
HeDdersonl, handsome umbels of chrome-yellow flowers, striped violet o 9 
Howellii, umbels of beautiful large white flowers, striped blue, 1^ ft o 9 
volubilis, a lovely twining species, which if supported will attain a height of 4 or 5 feet, bearing a 
terminal cluster of pretty rose-coloured flowers ; a light covering during winter is advisable p.doz. 6/07 
For Brodiseas — California, Howellii lilacina, and Purdyi, new and rare species, see Novelty List , 
page 3. 
BULBO (ODIUM 
vernum. early in Spring this fine bulb produces a mass of bright rose-purple flowers close to the 
ground ; valuable for edgings, rockwork, and naturalizing in grass, hardy, J ft. 
per too, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 ... 
*CALADIUM, perhaps the most beautiful and picturesque of foliage stove plants. 
12 in 12 beautiful named varieties 15/, 24/, & 42/ 
6 in 6 „ „ ,, 7/6, 12/, & 21/ 
esculentum, a handsome foliage plant for sub-tropical gardening, or for pots. If the tubers are 
started in heat in March they will produce nice plants ready for putting out in June ; in Autumn, 
at the approach of cold weather, cut down all the leaves except the centre one to within an inch 
or two from the crown, and a few days after take the tubers up and store in sand in a dry cool 
place away from frost until Spring 1 6 
CALL A, or Arum Lily. See Richardia. 
CALOIIIORTUS, the Butterfly Tulips or Mariposa Lilies of California, possessing such delicacy 
and brilliancy of colour that the most unobservant 
are struck with their characteristic beauty. They 
bloom from June to July, and are easily grown in 
any good light sandy well-drained soil in a sunny 
situation, such as the foot of a south wall or the 
sunny part of a rockery. C. amcenus and pulchellus 
prefer a little shade and do best in a loose porous 
soil, made up chiefly of leaf-mould. Plant from Sep- 
tember to November, and during Winter a light 
covering of straw, fern-bracken or similar material 
might with advantage be used to keep off heavy rains. 
As pot-plants (several bulbs in a pot) they are 
charming. We offer only strong cultivated bulbs. 
Selestlon of 1 each of 12 beautiful 
distinct sorts, 7 / 6 . 
amoenus (Cyclobothra), resembling in form and each 
habit C. pulchellus , but of a charming rose s - 
colour, dwarf per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Gunnisoni, a fine Colorado species ; large pure 
white flowers with yellowish green centre 
per doz. 4/6 o 5 
Kennedy!, brick-scarlet, with black central blotches, very distinct and beautiful 1 3 
longibarbatus, beautiful rose-lilac, with red-purple inner ring, very distinct per doz. 10/6 1 o 
luteus, golden yellow with reddish-brown blotches at base .. 3/6 0 4 
Barr s Daffodils were awarded the only Gold Medal at the Daffodil Conference, 1890 . 
