BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 41 
each — a. 
5 s - 
4 .L 6(/. 
2s. 6 d. 
BARR’S HARDY LILIES —continued. 
Thunbergianum sanguineum, crimson, shaded tawnyyellow, flowers large and early, ijft.p.doz. 5 s. d. 
Van Houttei, flowers rich blood-crimson, blotched with gold and spotted black, large and 
remarkably handsome, R e L d “- 
Wallacel, flowers lich glowing apricot-orange, with black spots, very effective and distinct, late- 
flowering, 24 ft. First-Clans Certificate R. //. S per doz. St- bd. 
,, Willie Barr, fine la-ge flowers of a bright orange-yellow, spotted crimson, i£ ft, „ 
fine mixed varieties, for grouping in beds and borders per ioo, 155., ,, 
Umbellatum, see Davuricum. 
Wallichianum superbum, see Sulpbureum. 
Washingtonianum, large handsome flowers, white, shading to lilac, fragrant, ht. 3 ft. , plant 6 inches 
deep in fibrous loam in partial shade P er oz ‘ 2IV * 2 0 
*LILY OF THE VALLEY, 
For Forcing, and making Plantations out-of-doors. 
The clumps of Lily of the Valley quoted, have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to give 
abundance of flowers, in potting the crowns should be a little below the rim of pot, and 
covered with moss or cocoa fibre, Mich should be removed when the crowns show though „ itgh 
totting is of great importance, and care should be taken, in th e first watering, that the mature pene- 
nf rlumt. The Berlin Crowns are extensively used for forcing by the 
Lor Lily of 
trates to the centre of the clump. The Berlin Crowns are extensively 
growers for Covent Garden Market ; of these, 15 to 20 may be planted in a s-inch pot . 
the Valley beds, also for massing in north borders, and to naturalize in woods, copses, &c., the Dutcn 
Cr0 'cuLTUR t E. e — T'moist atmosphere, with a temperature of 80 to 85 degrees, and diu"dance of water 
is necessary to success in forcing Lily of the Valley ; to encourage simultaneous y the development 
of flower and foliage, place the pots in a shady damp part of the house, or invert a flower-pot 
over the crowns, tiU the flower and the foliage have made some progress when remove to a les. 
shady situation. If they are grown in a dry atmosphere, or get an insufficient supply of water 
the roots, the crowns, technically speaking, go “ hlmH ’ 
each — s. 
Extra strong selected clumps, for pot- 
culture per doz. 12/ 1 
Barr's Finest Selected Berlin Crowns, for 
general early forcing per 1000 60/ ; 
per 100, 0/6 ... 
blind.” 
each — 6. d. 
Barr’s Giant-flowered English strain 
■■ Alexandra,” see Novelty I.ist, page 5. 
Dutch Crowns, for out door planting, in 
beds, etc. , and naturalizing in woodlands, 
per 1000, 42/; per ioo, 5/ ... 
Ij \urea|a greenhouse bulb of great beauty, from China, bearing in October lovely drooping golden 
radlata \lyn. Nerine japonlca) , a fine greenhouse bulb with rich crimson flowers 
M Guiles\l S (Modl!)U), figured in The Garden. 28th January, 1882. This charming hardy rock-plant^ 
profusely covered with crimson-purple flowers all the summer * * 5 ' 
METIIOXICA superba. See Glorlosa. 
. 1 IILLA (Triteleia) is a family of varied character ; Uniflora, which produces masses of beautiful 
dwarf flowers in Spring, is very effective on rockwork, either :Uo "'; 1 , or h ' f f * 
Anemone apennlua, etc., also as a permanent edging, and in small beds it s very 
beautiful ; it is a first-class bulb to naturalize in grass ; M. laxa produces in Summer 
large umbels of lovely purple flowers. M. biflora is a gem. 
’ biflora, pure white, large flowers of great substance, should be grown in pots under glass, or kept 
dry, and planted out in March in a well-drained and sunny situation per aoz. 5/0 
laxa, very handsome, large rich Tyrian purple flowers, hardy, 1 fc "" ” * 
uniflora, white shaded blue, hardy, £ ft P er I00 ’ 2 ' ’ ” ^ 
,, violacea, porcelain-blue, striped violet, hardy, i ft •< 2 ’ 
MODIOLA geranoides. See Malvastrum Gilliesii. 
*MOXTBRETIA. ( See Illustration, page 30.) 
They have 
ra.ll VC liaiuy !'• — — < , 
an elegant growth and“produce freely in early August graceful spikes of ..roll will, nil 
The Monbretias rank amongst our most decorative hardy bulbous plants in suflamer. 
Pottsii, graceful branched spikes of medium-sized brilliant vermilion-scarlet flowers, 
showy, 2 ft. Figured in The Garden ; . ...per zooo. 35/- 1 4/- . 
superba, brilliant glowing vermilion, inside a rich golden, ih fi. pei , / , 
flow^hi^e of 'the gr’ea~t«t value for cutting, listing long h 1 water t ^ all 
kinds of foliage. They grow freely out-doors in a sandy loam, preferring tu ^ °. lrkab]y 
per doz. 8d. 
,, 2/3 
oupci ua, Luiuituu giwmug <vi *»»»»*«•*, w » - , . , , 
crocosmseflora, elegant branched spikes of large handsome showy flowery b ^ a * lt o ° ra ”S c re doz* 9?/. 
golden, a grand flower for cutting. 2 § ft. ...per iood, 45/ . P er ICO ’ 5/ ■ P er uo * , 
aurea, large golden yellow flowers, beautitul, 2 ft <• 4/ » " .<■ 
Bouquet Parfatt, deep yellow, shaded vermihon, very showy, 2 ft. >• 3, 
" de d '°d r e f 
of an intense,' deep' glowing vermilion, shaded orange-scarlet x | /6 f 
„ Pl^e°d^orf e ia^e^rSi'"apriooV-oran^7'staded”'goideii-yellow, and 
valuable to bed with crocoswu'/loni, 2 3 ft ” 
Seeds for Summer and Autumn Sowing, send for Barrs Seed Guide. 
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