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LILY OF THE VALLEY, DIELYTRA, SPIRJEA, AND ENGLISH IRIS. 
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 top of the crowns should be one inch below the rim of the pot ; tight potting is of 
great importance, and care should be taken, in the first watering, that the moisture penetrates to the centre 
of the chimp. Prepared crowns are now extensively used by the growers for Covent Garden Market, who put 
20 to 30 in a 5-inch pot. The Berlin crowns are best for very early work ; the Devonshire crowns like being 
forced slowly. The prepared clumps we think will be found by private growers preferable to crowns. The 
supply of Extra Selected clumps being limited, orders should be booked early for dispatch in November. 
Culture. A moist atmosphere and abundance of water is indispensable to success in forcing Lily of the 
Valley ; therefore, to encourage simultaneously the development of flower and foliage, most growers place the 
pots in a shady damp part of the house, or invert a flower-pot over the crowns, till the flower and the foliage 
have made some progress, then they are removed to a less shady situation. If they are grown in a dry atmos- 
phere, or get an insufficient supply of moisture , the crowns, technically speaking, " go blind." 
each— i, d. each — 8. d . 
630 Fine strong clumps per doz. 10 s. 6d. 1 o 633 Strong Devonshire Crowns, “Victoria," 
631 Extra large selected clumps ,, 15*. 1 6 for slow forcing, an extra fine variety with 
632 Strong Berlin Crowns, specially selected fine spikes and large flowers, 
for early- forcing, per 100, 6s. 6d. ; per per 100, 8 j. 6 d. ; per bundle of 25, 2 s. 6 d. 
bundle of 25, 2 s. 634 Dutch Crowns, for out door planting, and 
naturalizing in woods, etc., 
per 100, 5 s. 6d. ; per 1000, 42 s. 
DIELYTRA (LYRE FLOWERS). For forcing or planting out. 
^ e T P 0 ^ elegant of all forced plants for conservatory and room decoration, also to cut for furnishing 
vases. The graceful pendant branches are loaded with beautiful red heart-shaped flowers, and furnished with 
the most delicate nch green foliage. In shrubberies or herbaceous borders, few plants in summer are so 
attractive as the Lyre Flower. each— s d 
635 Spectabilis, clumps, p.doz., 5/6 & 7/6; 6d. & o 9 | 636 Spectabilis alba, white, 2 ft ”... 2 6 
SPIR/EA (THE MEADOW SWEET). For forcing , or planting out. 
The large graceful, feathery, pure white, fragrant flowers of Spiraea japonica surpass all else in this way 
to cut lor furnishing vases, and the plant is one of the most decorative for the conservatory and room. In forcing, 
a moist at/nospherc and abundance of water is necessary. Spiraea palmata has feathery clusters of lovely rosy 
crimson blossoms, which for vases are greatly prized. Spiraea japonica fol. aureo-reticulatis is a most 
handsome and ornamental plant, forces as easily as S. japonica. In sheltered moist borders out of doors, 
these plants are very decorative. 
637 Japonica, strong clumps, specially pre- 639 Palmata, graceful feathery plumes ofltndy *' ^ 
o 6 ; rosy crimson flowers, 
clumps for forcing, per doz. 7/6 o 9 
640 ,, alba (new), elegant light-green foliage 
with large spreading plumes of 
snow-white flowers, beautiful 2 6 
638 
pared for forcing... p. doz., 5/6 
fob aureo-reticulatis, rich 
screen foliage, streaked and 
blotched golden , very handsome 
prepared clumps, p. doz. 10/6 
For other Srecics of Spiraeas, see Plant Catalogue. 
IRISES. 
. I he 1 Orchid of the flower garden ; its blossoms are the most rich and varied in colour of 
1 ^ Plants. It should be extensively planted in flower and shrubbery borders, and naturalized in wild gardens, 
s a cut-flower the Iris is invaluable, competing in richness and variety of colour with the choicest and the most 
eau 1 ul Orchids. A judicious selection of Iris should include not only the rich colours and the aesthetic combin- 
tions of colours but such varieties that will ensure a succession from Christmas to August, and this is achieved 
a a 0 . °, a y not ex ceeding the cost of one specimen Orchid. A selection can be made from the various bulbous 
and tuberous-rooted species on page 18, which will give a succession of bloom from early winter to early Spring, 
'f n Gn 1 ^ 7^ Ce [ U > ^ owers I r i\ Pumila, and other Dwarf Flag Irises, begin to open. Close after these 
o ows the Barbata group of Flag Irises, with an almost endless variation in colour, from white and the richest 
goiden-yellow, to rose, intense purple, pale blue and beautiful bronzes. The Beardless Flag Iris Species con- 
inue e succession in Sibinca, Orientalis, Graminea, Versicolor, Virginica, etc. ; and are succeeded in July 
, L h e c cmatis-flowered Japanese Iris Keempferi. The Spanish bulbous Iris flowers in June, and is followed 
.' f J . bulbous Iris . thus the succession, in conjunction with /. Keempferi , is carried to August, the 
• the lr, s season. Amongst the various species offered on page 18, and the various Beardless Flag Irises, 
r _ 1 • m our . , nl Catalogues, are many of great beauty flowering at intermediate seasons, and thus forming 
links in an unbroken chain. & 
/■ T°, c ! l J for filing vases and for table bouquets, all the Iris arc admirably adapted, and when necessary to 
f™ ard flo l v r er /. t0 a d if(”'ce. gather the buds just before expanding, and , like the Gladioli, they will open in 
cr. ie effect is greatly enhanced when the individual blossoms are arranged in wet sand or moss. 
ENGLISH IRIS (the large flowered bulbous iris of the Pyrenees). 
Bulbs supplied September to December. 
IriS6S thr ' Ve best in a well - dra >ned light soil ; when planted in heavy soil, surround the 
S When convenient plant as soon after the beginning of September as possible, although we 
v^Teties h D , ecember ' and even in January; but the earlier the planting is dine the better. ° The 
dhufnit anri Jhev h ,™ be fV- peC ,' aI ‘ y se,ected some of the largest and ben collections, as being most 
distinct, and they are as strikingly beautiful and varied in colour as the most sumptuous orchids of the hot-house. 
admhedby ah 111131 eXWblt of cut flowers of this grand Iris at the London Summer Shows, are always greatly 
BAKR AND SON’S SELECTIONS OF BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH IRISES. 
641 3 each of 24 magnificent varieties . ic 
642 1 each of 24 P 
643 3 each of 12 ” 8 
644 Fine mixed per ioo, s/6 ; per doz. o 
645 Choice mixed ,, 7/6 ,, 1 
646 Named vars., mixed ,, 12/6 ,, 2 
[Barr and Son, 
