BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1910. 
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DESCRIPTIVE LIST ©F 
The Best Bulbs. Tubers, etc. 
FOR ALL SEASONS AND CLIMATES. 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED FOR EASY REFERENCE. 
In the following pages we give descriptions, as far as space permits, of the variovis Bulbs, etc., 
with general notes as to their cultural requirements. The illustrations are mostly reproductions, on a 
greatly reduced scale, of photographs taken at our Surbiton Bulb Nurseries. 
Great care is taken in the selecting of our Bulbs, these being drawn from the best bulb farms 
only. High-class Daffodils and Tulips, etc., also many little rare and beautiful bulbous plants, we 
are ourselves large growers of. 
Those bulbs and tubers marked thus x ripen late and are sent out from the middle 
of October to March. All other bulbs, etc., are ready for despatch in September. Orders 
which embrace earlier and later ripening bulbs, etc., will be executed therefore in two parts. 
each— s. d 
X ABOBRA viridiflora., an elegant scarlet-fruited half-hardy perennial climber ; plant 
outdoors in Spring and lift the tubers in Autumn, storing them in dry sand in a cool place 
away from frost per doz. 5/6 o 6 
« ACHIMENES, a charming family of plants with brilliantly coloured elegant flowers making 
a very pleasing decoration in the greenhouse from early Summer onwards ; in colour they 
range from vermilion and scarlet to rose, lavender-blue, and white, etc. Pot in rich light 
soil in Spring (5 roots to a 5-inch pot) and plunge in a gentle bottom heat ; when in bloom 
they may be removed to any ordinary greenhouse or conservatory. 
S each of 10 distinct varieties, 10/6 ; 5 each of 5 distinct varieties, S/6 
Beautiful Hybrids, mixed, containing a great variety of charming colours 
per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 — 
tubiflora. (syn. Dolichodcira), a valuable but little known pot-plant for greenhouse, 
bearing trusses of long tubular white flowers which have a delicious fragrance ...per doz. 5/6 o 6 
ACONITE— Winter. See Winter Aconite. 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily). See Spring Bulb List. 
. ALBUCA Nelsoni, a lovely bulbous plant from the Cape, producing in July and August 
handsome spikes of almond-scented pure white flowers, with brown stripe down petal (under 
glass pure white'), ht. 3 ft. ; plant out of doors under a south wall in Spring, and lift the 
bulbs in Autumn. It may also be potted up in Autumn for greenhouse culture. ..per doz. 7/6 o 8 
ALLIUM, a decorative and showy family of hardy Spring- and Summer-flowering bulbs, valuable 
alike for borders or rockwork and for naturalising in woods, etc. They are Spring-flowering 
except where otherwise stated. 
acuminatum, with beautiful soft rose-lilac-coloured flowers in umbels, ht. I ft., per doz. 1/6 o 2 
„ Murrayanum, bearing umbels of bright rosy violet flowers, ht. 1 ft. ,, 2/603 
albo-pilosum, a striking species with large heads of lilac flowers and downy white foliage 1 o 
azurcum, handsome intense blue flowers in July, quite hardy, ht. 2 ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
dcscendans, producing in July heads of dark red-purple flowers, ht. 2 ft ,, 3/6 o 4 
gigantcum {syn. nobile), a handsome rare species with heads of greyish lilac flowers, 
ht. 3 ft 3 6 
karataviense, a remarkably handsome plant, with very large broad glaucous-green 
foliage spreading close to the ground, and bearing large globular heads of reddish lilac flowers, 
ht. ^ ft per doz. 2/3 o 3 
Moly (Golden Garlic), showy bright yellow flowers in large handsome umbels, valuable 
for flower borders and naturalisation, ht. I ft per 1000, 21/- ; per 100, 2/3 ; per doz. 4 d. — 
neapolitanum, an elegant bouquet flower largely grown for the market, producing 
numerous heads of graceful white flowers ; it is a charming plant to naturalise in shady 
woods, associated with the blue Wood Hyacinth, ht. 15 inches per 100, 3/6 ; per doz. 6 d. — 
Ostrowskianum (syn. oreophyllum), a charming species from Asia Minor, with 
large heads of beautiful rose-coloured flowers, valuable for the rock garden and flower border, 
ht. J ft per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. id. — 
pedemontanum (syn. narcissiflorum), rose-purple, drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
clusters, beautiful and very distinct, ht. i ft. Award of Merit R.II.S. 1901 ...per doz. 5/6 o 6 
pulchellum, graceful heads of bright rosy purple flowers, in July, ht. j ft ,, 5/6 o 6 
,, flavum, small canary-yellow flowers in graceful drooping umbels, very 
charming, July-flowering, ht. $ ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Rosenbachianum, producing large round heads of purple-rose flowers, a very showy 
variety, ht. 2.4 ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
roseum, bearing umbels of bright rose-coloured flowers, ht. I ft.,... per too, 4/6 ; „ id. — 
