14 BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1897. 
OALOCHORTU S — continued. 
each— s. 
Lyoni, white flushed lilac, with reddish brown centre, very distinct and beautiful i 
Plummerae (new), bearing a branching spike of numerous very large soft lavender flowers, the 
inside of each petal is covered with golden hairs per doz. 12/ 1 
pulchellus (Cyclobothra), charming pendant flowers resembling little golden-yellow globes, dwarf 
per doz. 3/6 o 
splendens, large pale purple-lilac flowers, inside petals covered with long cobweb-like hairs, very 
beautiful .....per doz. 4/6 o 
,, ruber (new), large deep red-purple flowers, with dark spot in centre 5/6 o 
VENUSTUS VARIETIES, flowers all large and of beautiful form. 
,, citrinus, delicate lemon, with dark crimson blotch, very beautiful ,, 3/6 o 
,, plctus, a very lovely variety, flowers large pure white, with red blotch on a lemon ground. 
Award of Merit R.H.S per doz. 4/6 o 
,, purpura8cens. beautiful large purplish lilac, and creamy white with purple centre. Award 
Of Merit R.H.S per doz. 3/6 o 
,, roseus, large rose, inside rosy white, blotched deep rose, early. Award of Merit R.H.S. 
per doz. 4/6 o 
,, Vesta, a great beauty, one of the best and the freest grower, flowers very large, white 
to blush-white, with centre beautifully marked maroon-crimson and yellow. . .per doz. 5/6 o 
crozy’s large-flowered dwarf cannas. 
NEW ELDORADO STRAIN in mixture, 
flowers of exquisite grace and beauty, 
specially recommended, see Novelty 
List, page 3. 
For new and rare species CL AVATUS, 
HOWELLH and NUTTALLII, see 
Novelty List , page 3. 
CAMASSIA, very handsome hardy 
bulbous plants for flower borders and 
to naturalize. 
Cusickii, a handsome new species, 
forming a rosette of broad glaucous 
foliage from which rise tall spikes of 
large pale blue flowers with yellow 
anthers, ft 1 
esculenta, pretty star-shaped blue 
flowers, in long graceful racemes, 
lift ...per 100, 4/6; per doz. 8 d. 
esculenta Leichtlini, large creamy white 
flowers, 2 ft., rare per doz. 24/ 2 
Fraseri, a distinct species from Cali- 
fornia, with pretty delicate pale blue 
flowers, 1 ft per doz. 4/6 o 
-CAMAS 
Crozy’s New Large-flowered Dwarf 
hybrids mixed, their handsome 
foliage, gorgeously coloured flowers, 
and fine dwarf habit, render these 
Cannas of great value for filling beds 
and grouping in borders ; treatment 
same as for Dahlias per doz. 7/6 o 
Crozy’s New Large-flowered Named 
varieties per doz. 10/6 & 15/ 
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CHIONODOXA LUCII.Mi. 
CHINESE SACKED LILY. see page 43. 
CIIIONODO.YA (Glory of the Snow). 
Chionodoxa Luciliae (The Glory of the Snow), the 
most beautiful of all dwarf blue spring-flowers, 
and unsurpassed for edgings and masses in flower 
borders and on rockwork ; colour deep Nemophila- 
blue, with clear snow-white centre. Mr. George 
Maw, in describing the circumstances under which 
he found the Chionodoxa Luciliae, says. “ At the 
lower level it was out of Jlonucr, but near the summit 
of the mountain a mass was met with in full 
splendour, forming one of the most sumptuous dis- 
plays of floral beauty 1 ever beheld.” We were 
awarded a First-Class Certificate for this lovely 
flower by the R. H. S. 
Home-grown Bulbs per 1000, 30*.; 
per 100, 3 s. 6 d . ; per doz. 6d. 
,, ,, extra selected, per 1000, 40*. ; 
per ioo, 4 a. 6 d. ; per doz. 8 d. 
„ ,, very large, for forcing. 
per 100, 5-v. 6d. \ per doz, ic d. 
Sow Hardy Annuals in September, Barr’s Seed Guide free on application. 
