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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1910. 
GALANTHUS Elwesii, Extra Early Strain for Forcing, a fine early-flowering strain which 
may be brought into bloom by ChristmaB. A great acquisition. 
s. d. s. d. s. a 
Extra Strong Bulbs per 1000 60 o...per ioo 6 6...perdoz. I o 
Strong Selected Bulbs „ 50 o... ,, 5 6... „ o 10 
A Few Monster Bulbs „ 7 6 ... „ 13 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL SPECIES OF SNOWDROPS. 
These are all beautiful, and clumps planted on the border or on rockwork will afford much 
pleasure to lovers of hardy flowers. 
Ikarise, perhaps the most beautiful of all Snowdrops, having broad glossy light green s. d 
foliage, gracefully recurving, and elegant globular snowy white flowers, their inner segments 
marked half way up from mouth with bright green ...per 1000, 42/- ; per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. o 8 
Extra large bulbs ,, 55 /-; ,, 6/-; ,, o 10 
Fosteri, a fine tall distinct species, with handsome broad bright glossy green foliage, 
flowers snowy white, large, and fairly long, the inner segments being coloured rich green 
except just above the mouth per too, 7/6 ; per doz. 1 3 
Imperati, the Italian form of Galanthus nivalis, and when established a fine tall 
grower ; plant in the shelter of shrubs and leave undisturbed 
per 1000, 60/- ; per 100, 6/6 ; per doz. I o 
latifolius (Redoutel), a distinct species from the Caucasus, with broad light green foliage 
per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3 O 
plicatus (The Giant Crimean Single Snowdrop), a tall-growing species having distinct 
broad plicate foliage ; flowers large, the inner segments having a broad dark green blotch at lips 
large bulbs, per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3 o 
robustus, a very beautiful robust-growing species ; an early bloomer with large well- 
formed flowers per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. 1 9 
Whittalli, a grand Snowdrop with large handsome flowers, having longer petals than 
Elwesii , the foliage is broad and handsome, of a rich glaucous-green, per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1 3 
„ ,, ,, ,, extra large bulbs ,, 1 2/6 ; „ 1 9 
x GALTONIA candicans (Hyacinthus candicans), the Great Snow-White 
Summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 6 ft. high, according to soil and situation, 
and bearing a spike of 20 to 50 pure white bell-shaped flowers ; a handsome decorative 
plant for grouping in the flower border or on lawns, also a fine pot-plant for the conservatory. 
Very effective when grouped with the scarlet Gladiolus Brenchlcyemis. Plant from October 
to March, covering the Autumn plantings with a little litter for the first winter. 
Strong Bulbs, per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. -/io. Extra large Bulbs, per 100, 7/6; per doz. I 3 
GASTRONEMA. See Cyrtanthus. 
GELASINE azurea. See our Spring List of Bulbs and Tubers, 
GERANIUM tuberosum (Tuberous-rooted Crane's-bill), an elegant creeping plant 
bearing several violet-rose flowers in Summer ; hardy in sunny spots on rockwork 
per IOO, 5/6 ; per doz. o 10 
GESNERAS. See our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers. 
x GLADIOLUS. 
BARR’S SUMMER-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
For Autumn and Winter Planting. 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli should be largely planted for supplying cut bloom from 
May to July ; and for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden. G. Colvillei The Bride is 
extensively grown in pots and boxes for cutting during April, May, and June. All may be grown 
in pots for indoor decoration. 
Culture Outdoors. — Select a situation protected from cutting winds and shaded from the mid- 
day sun. Deeply dig the ground, working in plenty of rotten manure in the underspit, and see that 
the soil is made light and friable. Plant the bulbs from October to November by preference, although 
they may be put in as late as January. They should be put in at a depth of five to six inches, 
and in the case of the later plantings the bulbs should be soaked in water a few hours previously. 
Before severe frost comes on cover with a little long straw litter or other light material, which 
remove in March. If the Summer is dry and the weather hot, give an occasional good soaking of 
water or weak liquid manure. A mulching of well-decayed manure in early summer will considerably 
benefit the plants. 
Culture for Conservatory Decoration. — Plant three to five bulbs, according to size, in a 
5- or 6-inch pot, and plunge in ashes up to the rim of the pot in a cold frame or pit, withholding 
water till the bulbs have started into growth; or, the pots may be buried up to the rim in ashes out 
of doors under a south wall, a light covering of such material as dried heather being given as a 
protection against severe frost. When the plants are well advanced in growth they may be removed 
to the conservatory or greenhouse. 
