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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1910. 
R AN U N C ULUS — continued. 
ground. In April a slight mulching of well-decayed manure will be found beneficial, and during 
dry weather the plants should be given abundance of water. If grown as pot-plants put three tubers 
in a 4-inch pot, and plunge out of doors for a time. 
RANUNCULUS, Double Turban or Turkish for Bedding. 
The flowers of the Turban Ranunculus are large, rose-like, and self-coloured. In beds, 
ribbons, and masses in the borders, the rich ye/loiu, bright orange , brilliant scarlet , beautiful rose- 
carmine, and pure white flowers are very effective in spring. 
50 each 8 distinct colours ... 15 /- 
30 
8 
Bright Yellow 
Crimson 
Crimson-black 
Rich Golden-yellow 
Orange 
Soft Rose-carmine.. 
Scarlet 
9/6 
per 100 per doz. 
d 
8 
8 
5 
20 each 8 distinct colours 
10 „ 8 
d. 
6...0 
6...0 
0...0 
6...0 
6.. .0 
6.. . 1 
0...0 
Spotted, mottled red and yellow ... 
White 
Viridiflorus, a remarkably attrac- 
tive flower, large brilliant orange- 
scarlet, with bright green centre, 
much prized for cutting, per 1000, 35/- 
Extra fine mixed „ 30/- 
.... 6/6 
.... 3/6 
per 100 per doz. 
s. d. s. d 
. s 6...0 10 
. 6 6. ..i o 
0...0 7 
6 ... — 
For massing in flower jreds 
and borders 
RANUNCULUS, Barr’s Giant Turco-Persian or French for Bedding. 
These Ranunculi are remarkable for their vigorous growth and profuse flowering. The blooms 
are large and very handsome, in great diversity of colour, and produce a glorious effect in beds and 
borders during May and June. 
Barr’s Large Orange Scarlet 'j [■■■ per 100 
Glowing Blood-Crimson 
Brilliant Rose-Carmine 
Bright Rose 
White 
Golden-Yellow ; 
Barr’s Rainbow Mixture, for massing in flower beds and borders, made up of 
bright showy colours per 1000, 45/- ; per too 
Fine Mixed Varieties, containing a very good assortment of colours „ 21/-; „ 
RANUNCULUS asiaticus superbus— Sicilian Strain, a remarkably pretty and 
distinct strain of large-flowered Ranunculi with double, seini-double, and single flowers of 
the most brilliant and varied colours ; the petals of many are prettily flanged and cut, growth 
tall and vigorous, valuable as cut flowers for vases, per 1000, 42/; per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. 8 /1. 
RANUNCULUS, Double Persian, for Beds, Borders, and Masses, very attractive 
on account of their finely formed very double flowers, and their rich varied brilliant colours. 
Extra fine mixed, a magnificent variety of colours, for beds, borders, and masses 
per 1000, 21/-; per too, 2/3 
RANUNCULUS— Single Scarlet from Palestine, a beautiful variety found wild 
in Palestine; flowers single, brilliant vermilion to orange-scarlet, with prettily crinkled petals 
and a black central boss ; a very showy plant for flower beds and borders. Plant out of 
doors in February or March, or the roots may be potted up earlier and gently forced 
per too, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
x RICHARDiA (Calia or Arum Lily), a charming family of greenhouse plants. R. 
africana ffEthiopica) is much prized lor its beautiful large white flowers ; tiiis and its 
varieties should be grown out of doors during Summer and be brought into the greenhouse at 
the approach of Winter. The other species should be kept dry, away from frost during 
Winter, and be started in a gentle bottom heat in February or March. They may then be 
grown on in pots for greenhouse decoration or planted out of doors in a sheltered position 
in May. In the latter case the natural soil should be taken out to a depth of 9 inches, and 1 
be replaced by a very rich compost, as these plants are gross feeders. Abundance of water 
should be given as growth proceeds. Albo-maculata, hastata and Mrs. Roosevelt may 
also be planted out of doors in a dry state in April for Summer-flowering, 
africana (s yn. sethiopica), The Lily of the Nile, large white trumpet-shaped flowers each— j. 
established plants in tots, per doz. 18/-, 25/- & 30/- ; 1/9, 2/6 & 3 
„ Little Gem, a very beautiful miniature variety in pots, per doz. 5/6 o 
„ Pearl of Stuttgart, a valuable new dwarf compact-growing variety 
bearing profusely and for a long period, large flowers of the purest white 
and of great substance; a charming pot-plant in pots, per doz. 7/6 o 
albo-maculata, flowers white, foliage dark green beautifully spotted white, extremely 
effective in pots, beds, and borders P er l°°» 12 /6 ; per doz. 1/9 o 
Elliottiana, the Large Golden Arum Lily, with Spotted Foliage, a noble plant with 
handsome golden flowers and prettily spotted foliage per doz. 30/- 2 
