BARR AND SON, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 
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HARDY ANNUALS FOR AUTUMN SOWING. 
In England hardy Annuals should be universally sown in autumn for their rich, varied, and beautiful flowers 
in April and May. A period is thus occupied between the spring and summer flowers, and the beds and borders 
made gay with a race of plants as characteristic for variety of colour, profusion of bloom, and elegant habit of 
growth as can be met with in the whole range of Flora’s domain, but due attention must be given to thinning 
out the plants, and this should be done so thoroughly, that each individual has space for development. So 
treated, these annuals form little bushes, densely covered with blossoms, altogether unlike the weedy plants of 
Annuals usually met with in flower borders, where fifty occupy a space sufficient only for one. We remember 
some thirty years ago seeing in a nursery border a plant of Virginia Stock, which had escaped the ruthless hoe 
in April ; it was about a foot high, and a perfect conic shape. We took particular notice of this stray plant, 
and, considering the general opinion of the ephemeral flowering period of the Virginia Stock, we were surprised 
to find that it continued decorative for six weeks. The following seeds we recommend for immediate sowing, to 
flower in April and May. The seed may be sown in a prepared bed , and transplanted in October : — 
per pkt.— 8 . 
Bartonia aurea, golden-yellow, ft. ...3 d. and o 
Calandrinia speclosa, rose-purple , £ ft. 3d. and o 
,, ,, alba, white , £ ft. 3 d. and o 
Calliopsls, tall, mixed, 2 ft 3 d. and o 
,, dwarf, mixed, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
Candytuft Dunnetti, rich crimson, 1 ft. 3^. and o 
,, rocket-flowered, white, ift. 3d. and o 
Clarkla pulchella, mixed, iA ft 3*/. and o 
,, Tom Thumb mixed, 1 ft. 3d. and o 
Collinsta bicolor, purple and white, 1 ft. 3^ and o 
,, ,, alba, white, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
Erysimum Peroffskianum, orange, i£ ft. 3d. and o 
Eschsclioltzla, mixed, 1 ft ....3 d. and o 
Eutoca vlscida, rich blue, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
Gilla tricolor rosea, rose and white, £ ft. 3d. and o 
Godetia tenella, mauve, £ ft 3 d . and o 
Hymenoxis California, yellow, \ ft. .. 3 d. and o 
Ionopsidium acaule, pale blue , $ ft o 
Lastlienia California, yellow , £ ft ...3 d. and o 
Leptoslpbon densiflorus, lilac, 1 ft. ...3 d. and o 
per pkt — s. 
Leptoslpbon densiflorus albus,«/A/ 7 <r, ift. 3<*.and o 
,, ,, roseus, $ ft.. ..3^. and o 
Limnantbes gTandiflora, yellow, \ ft. ...3d. and o 
Llnarla bipartita, mixed, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
Lobel’s Catchfly, pink, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
Nemopbila insignia, blue , ^ ft 3 d. and o 
, , , , alba, white , $ ft. .3 d. and o 
Oxyura chrysanthemoides, i ft. 3 d. and o 
Plat ystemon Californium, ift.3r/. and o 
Saponaria calabrica, pink, £ ft 3 d. and o 
,, ,, alba, white , h ft. 3 d. and o 
SUene pendula, fink, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
,, ,, alba, white , 1 ft 3 d. and o 
,, ,, compacta, pink, 1 ft. ..3^. and o 
,, ,, ,, alba, white, £ ft. 3 d. and o 
Sweet Alyssum, white, £ ft. 3 d. and o 
Venus’ Looking-glass, blue, £ ft 3 d. and o 
,, ,, white , ^ ft 3 d. and o 
Viscaria cardinalts, magenta, “1 It 3 d. and o 
Wbltlavia, mixed, 1 ft 3 d. and o 
HARDY ANNUALS, WHICH ARE BEST SOWN IN AUTUMN FOR SUMMER FLOWERING. 
Corn flower (Cyanus), blue, 3 ft 3 d. and o 6 
„ ,, mixed, 3 ft 3 d. and o 6 
Dlantbus Heddewegli, mixed, 1 ft 3 d. and o 6 
Larkspur, Stock-flowered, dwarf, r ft. 3 d. and o 6 
,, ,, ,, tall, 2 ft. ...3d. and o 6 
Papaver umbrosum, intense .crimson, 1 ft o 6 
Poppy, French, mixed, 1 ft 3 d. and o 6 
Poppy, Pseony, mixed, 2 ft 3d. and 
Sweet Peas, scarlet, 6 ft 3d. and 
„ ,, white , 6 ft 3d. and 
,, ,, mixed, 6 ft 3d. and 
Sweet Sultan, yellow, 2 ft 3d. and 
„ ,, mixed, 2 ft. ... 3d. and 
Xerantbemum, mixed, 2 ft 3d, and 
SUNDRY FLOWER SEEDS WHICH MAY BE SOWN IN AUTUMN. 
Primrose-Polyanthus. The characteristic feature of this new valuable hardy plant is that early in Spring 
it has the solitary flowers of the primrose, and later on has large umbels or bunches of flowers 
like the Polyanthus ; colours range from purest white to richest yelloiu , and from pink to darkest 
crimson. Mixed, all shades, per packet, w. and 2 s. 6 d. ; whites, mixed, is. and 2 s. 6d. per packet ; 
yellows, mixed, is. and 2 s. 6 d. per packet ; dark shades, mixed per packet, is. and 
Primula rosea, the most beautiful of the hardy Indian Primulas per packet, u. and 
The Munstead Iceland Popples. In these beautiful Summer flowers we have a remarkable instance of 
what may be accomplished in improving a race of plants, with a little care and attention. At Mun- 
stead it was noticed that these beautiful single hardy perennial Poppies were variable, and for some 
years past seeds were saved from the largest flowers of the most diverse t hades, and m time every 
hue was secured, from pale lemon to orange and orange scarlet, many having great saucer- shaped 
flowers. 4 to 5 inches in diameter per packet, is. and 
Meconopsls Nepalense is, perhaps, the most ornamental of all hardy Poppies in flower and foliage ; indeed, 
it may be questioned if there is amongst our hardy plants one having leaves so beautiful in winter, 
and with a flower spike so noble in summer. 'I he radical leaves, which almost rest on the ground, are 
abundant, and have a remarkable golden, hairy surface, not unlike the Fire Thorn ( Solatium pyracan - 
thum) ; from amidst this rosette of leaves in summer there rises a pyramidal stout flower stem, 4 to 5 feet 
high, clothed with brownish green leaves, and covered with handsome sulphur coloured flowers. “ Jack 
Towel's” gossipingarticle in The Gardeners Chronicle , June 10th, page 76 7, on this remarkable plant, 
is deserving of a careful perusal, it is full of thought, and yet reads like a romance, per packet, is. and 
Meconopsls Wallichi ( The Blue Eastern Poppy). To describe this grand plant would be to repeat the de- 
scription of iV/. Nepalense, and again to call attention to “Jack Towel’s ” enthusiastic observations 
and reflections on a plant with novel characteristics and apparent eccentricities, surrounded with so much 
that is ornamental in the foliage and beautiful in the flowers, as to hold Jack entranced, while the 
plant for many months was undergoing an apparent inward conflict, whether it was right to disclose 
its Indian beauty to the eye of this Western connoisseur. Figured in The Garden is. and 
Prince’s Wonder of the West, Cineraria. A new distinct strain, remarkable for gigantic heads of bloom, 
individual flowers of large size, petals of good substance, and the richest possible texture... per packet 
Kel way’s Model Cineraria,” remarkable for a dwarf, compact growth, large flower heads per packet 
Barr's Covent Garden Primula, red, flowers large, of great substance per packet, 2 s. 6 d. and 
Barr s Covent Garden Primula, white, flowers large, of great substance per packet, 2 s. 6 d. and 
Auricula, from finest named varieties per packet 
Myosotis dissttiflora {Forget-me-not). Clear bright-blue, the earliest and most beautiful Forget-me-not, 
in flower from February. Established plants lifted in November, potted and placed under glass, 
can be had in flower from Christmas per packet, is. and 
Gentlana acaulis, the most intense and beautiful of blue flowers per packet 
Pansy, saved from the finest-named varieties per packet 
Viola, Lady in White. This is a charming variety, of fine, compact growth, and densely covered with 
pure pearly-white flowers, and almost always in flower per packet, is. and 
Viola, Queen of Bedders. A fine variety, with creamy-white flowers and violet-blue eye, per packet, is. and 
Viola, mixed from choice Scotch varieties, .J ft IS - an d 
King Street, Covent Garden, 1882.] 
