BARR AND SON, 12, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 
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SPRING, 1886. 
BULBS & PLANTS FOR PRESENT PLANTING. 
LILIUM AURATUM (the Golden Banded and Crimson-Spotted 
White Lily of Japan). 
This is the largest flowering and most stately of Lilies. It is perfectly hardy, and equally adapted for the 
flower garden and the conservatory. 
When grown in pots this Lily should have a compost of fibry loam and good peat, with plenty of sand, or 
sweet leaf soil and loam with sand, the bulb potted firmly, and the top covered at least two inches ; this done, 
plunge the pots in ashes out of doors on the north side of a wall or hedge , and there let them remain till they spear 
through the ashes, or, still better, till the flower buds are colouring ; at this stage remove to the conservatory, 
corridor, or sitting-room. When grown out of doors, the borders of Rhododendron and Azalea beds are 
suitable, the shelter from the surrounding branches protect the plants in spring, and afford a partial shelter 
from the sun's rays in summer ; also amongst dwarf shrubs or herbaceous plants, and in the proximity of trees, 
care being taken that there is sufficient exposure so that the plants do not make a feeble growth. In the pre- 
paration of ground, loosen the soil to a depth of several feet, and add fresh loam, coarse sand, good peat, or 
sweet decomposed leaf soil, care being taken that the soils arc free as possible from insect life, and the compost 
sufficiently friable not to cling to the bulb. Plant the bulbs 6 inches deep. 
Flowering roots, according to size 9 / 12/, 18 /, & 21/ per doz. 
Fine roots, for large plantings per roo, 84/ & 105/ 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS (the Snow-white Summer-flowering Giant 
Hyacinth). 
A noble Summer-flowering bulbous plant, 3 to 4, and sometimes 5 feet in height, gracefully surmounted 
with from 20 to 50 pendant, bell-shaped, snow-white, elegant flowers, equally valuable for indoor or 
out of door decoration ; it is perfectly hardy, planted 9 inches deep ; successional plantings will 
give flowers from July to September per 100, 15/ ; per doz. 2 6 
TIGRIDIA (the Tiger-Spotted Flower). 
No flower is more gorgeously coloured than the Tigridia. The petals are self-coloured, while the petaloid 
stigma and the cup of the flower are superbly tiger-spotted, producing a remarkable contrast between the lower 
and the upper part of the flower. From August to November, in our Experimental Grounds, we had beds of 
T. grandiiiora flowering from roots planted during May and June. The individual flower of a Tigridia lasts 
one day, but from the same scape comes a series of blossoms continually replacing each other, and thus 
maintaining a succession for a long time. Plant March, April, May, or June. each— s d 
Tigridia conchiflora, petals yellow, cup yellow, spotted scarlet, 1 ft per 100, 21 / ; per doz., 3/6 o 4 
,, grandlflora, petals rich scarlet, cup spotted crimson on a yellow ground, flowers very large, 1 ft. 
per 100, 21/; per doz., 3/6 o 4 
,, ,, alba, so beautiful is this new Tigridia that we can but liken its colour to the beautiful 
Calochortus venustus ; white, cup spotted ruby ...per 100, 25/ ; per doz., 3/6 o 4 
,, speclosa, dark scarlet, cup orange, spotted crimson per doz., 3/6 o 4 
AMARYLLIS. 
Choice Unnamed Seedlings. Purchasers cannot fail to have amongst these flowers of great beauty ; 
for greenhouse culture *. per doz., 25/ 2 6 
DOUBLE TUBEROSE. “THE PEARL.” 
Among Tuberoses this variety is greatly prized, being more dwarf than the older sorts ; flowers pure 
white, large, and perfectly double per doz., 7/6 ; each o 9 
Cultural Treatment for Forced Flowers. — Pot one root in a 5 or 6-inch pot, and plunge in moist 
bottom heat, withholding water till the foliage appears, then giving it freely, growing on in a house with a high 
temperature, and a moist atmosphere, till the flower buds develope ; at this stage, if the plants are for the 
conservatory or sitting-room, they may be removed to a greenhouse temperature. 
Cultural Treatment for Autumn Flowers. — Anyone can grow the Tuberose and flower it success- 
fully, and so enjoy the fragrance and beauty of this much-prized plant. In March or April pot singly in 5 or 
6-inch pots, and under the stage of a greenhouse or in a frame, plunge in ashes or cocoa fibre, and cover with 6 
inches of the same material. As the plants spear through the covering, remove, and plunge the pots out of 
doors under a south wall, at first giving a little protection at night, and always plenty of water ; when the 
flower buds are formed, remove to the greenhouse, sitting-room window, or hall. In June, a portion of the 
plants which were potted in March or April may be planted in the flower borders. From the middle of April 
to the middle of May dry roots should be planted in the open ground in a warm, sheltered part of the garden, 
and potted up as the flower bud appears. In October, those which have not flowered, lift, pot. and they will 
flower indoors during winter. 
