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x MONTBRETIA— grand new hybrids, all fine border plants and prized for cutting. 
I, Anneau d’Or, bearing grand broad- petal led flowers measuring over 2 inches each 
across, brilliant orange-yellow with velvety purple base and light yellow centre, s - d 
buds rich dark red per doz. 8/6 o 9 
,, Congo, very rich dark orange-red, remarkably handsome, per 100, 25/-; ,, 3/6 o 4 
,, Croesus, large handsome flowers of a rich orange-yellow ; vigorous grower, 
bt. 2 ft per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
,, Fire King (new), a remarkably showy variety with flowers of the form of 
Crocosnueflora, but of the most vivid scarlet, lit. 2 ft., per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, George Davison, a fine variety with very large handsome rich golden- 
yellow flowers, produced on long branching spikes, ht. 3J ft. Award of Merit 
R.H.S., August 19th, 1902 per doz, 8/6 o 9 
,, Germania, a fine hybrid growing nearly 4 ft. high, producing a profusion of 
graceful spikes, clothed with large expanded flowers, of a glowing orange-red 
with blood-red centre. Award of Merit R. II. S.... per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. 1/9 o 2 
„ Hereward (new), resembling somewhat George Davison, but blooming a 
month later, with large bright golden-yellow flowers on slender stems, ht. 3 ft. 
Certificate of Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 10/6 1 o 
,, King Edmund (new), a robust grower with branching spikes of large open 
flowers, rich golden with carmine-blotched centre, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Certificate 
of Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 25/- 2 3 
,, Koh-i-noor, a very beautiful hybrid of fine erect habit, and very large flowers 
of a brilliant golden-orange, ht. 2% ft per doz. 8/6 o 9 
„ Lord Nelson (new), a fine handsome variety with dark stems, flowers of great 
substance shaded rich vermilion on outside and inside rich deep orange, a very 
sturdy grower, ht. 3 ft ■, g 
,, Lothario, very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red, bright and attractive 
per doz. 8/- o 9 
,, Norvic (new), a very showy variety with rich golden-orange flowers set off by 
maroon-coloured bracts and red stems, a free bloomer, ht. 28 in per doz. 15/- 1 6 
,, Orifiamme (new), flowers brilliant scarlet with golden centre, a fine hand- 
some variety, ht. 2 ft per doz. y/6 o 8 
,. Prometheus, one of the finest hybrids yet raised, with immense open spread- 
ing flowers of a brilliant fiery orange with blood-red markings in centre ; a very 
vigorous grower, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S. and First-Ci.ass 
Certificates at York, Edinburgh and Shrewsbury per doz. 27/6 2 6 
„ St. Botolph (new), a grand variety and the largest flowered of the Yellow 
Montbretias, stems branched, erect and sturdy with large open yellow flowers, 
with orange shading outside, ht. 4 ft per doz. 10/6 I o 
,, T ragedie, perhaps the darkest coloured of all Montbretias and remarkably 
effective, flowers broad petalled, rich deep orange, the lower half maroon-purple, 
buds almost black shaded orange at apex, ht. 2j to 3 ft per doz. 15/- 1 6 
MORPHIXIA pa.nicula.ta (syn. Ixia longiflora and paniculata). 
Lovely little bulbous plants with the same graceful habit as the Ixia, but dwarfer, the flowers 
being long and tubular ; they come into bloom later than the Ixias, and continue in flower a long 
time. These little gems should be given choice sunny spots on rockwork or front border. 
Mixed colours, buff and brick rose, lemon shaded buff, rose and white, per 100, 14/6 ; per doz. 2/- 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, Musk, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring Flowers require no special culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork 
and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as edgings and massed in the flower border they 
are most charming, and continue a long time in bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. We can strongly recom- 
mend them all for naturalisation. 
“ Heavenly Blue,” this lovely variety was sent us some years ago from Trebizond ; 
the colour is of the brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue imaginable, and large 
masses produce a wonderful effect in the garden from the end of March to May; 
the flowers have a delightful fragrance, and are very valuable for culling, having long 
stalks, and remaining fresh in water a long time. Awarded a Certificate of Merit by 
the Royal Botanic Society per 1000, 60/- ; per 100, 6/6 
Azureum (syn. Hyacinthus azureus), bearing lovely little heads of Cambridge blue, 
early in February per 100, 5/6 
robustum, a strong-growing variety of the beautiful Azureum, with 
larger flower-heads of a lovely Cambridge blue per 100, 7/6 
Botryoides cseruleum (Italian Grape Hyacinth), bearing from the end of 
March to early April pretty little spikes of dark blue flowers ; an old 
garden favourite used largely for small beds, edgings, and for natur- 
alising per 1000, 17/6; per 100, 1/10 
„ album (Pearls of Spain), pure white ,, 32/-; ,, 3/6 
,, candidum, white, tinged rose, beautiful 
,, pallidum, beautiful pale azure-blue 
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