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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1910. 
Hardy Spring- Flowering Bedding Plants 
For Autumn Planting. 
To associate with Spring-Flowering Bulbs in beds and borders or the wild garden. 
For Spring decoration in association with bulbs the following plants will be found most useful. By their use 
as a groundwork or edging the most beautiful harmonies of colour may be obtained. Few sights in Spring 
are more beautiful than masses of the gold, white, and blue of the Alyssum, Arabls. and Aubrietia associated with 
breadths of Daffodils, Scillas, Muscaris, etc., or Forgot me-Nots ( Myosolis ) and Golden Polyanthuses mingling 
with Daffodils or with gorgeous and stately Darwin Tulips. etc. The Acsenas, Arenaria balearlca, and Mossy 
Saxifragas make beautiful carpets of foliage for the smaller and daintier spring bulbous flowers, like Narcissi 
Cyclamlneus, Minimus and Triandrus, also Chionodoxas, Small Crocus Species, etc. 
AC>*EN A (New Zealand Bur), producing dense close carpets of evergreen foliage, rapid growers. each— s. d 
Buchanan i , foliage beautiful soft pea-green, ht. £ ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
pulchella, foliage bronzy grey, ht. i ft „ 5/6 o 6 
sarmentosa, foliage a pretty fresh green, ht J ft „ 5/6 o 6 
AJUCA reptans atro- purpurea, foliage rich purple-bronze of dwarf spreading habit, ht. 6 in. 
per doz. 5/- o 6 
ALYSSUIVI saxatile compactum (Gold Dust), covered during May with sheets of golden-yellow 
flowers, ht. £ ft per 100, 21 /. ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
„ „ citrinum, covered during May with charming soft lemon-coloured flowers, ht. i ft. „ 7/6 o 9 
ANTENNARIA tomentosa (Snow in Summer), having a persistent close grey foliage, valuable 
bedder, ht. 1 in per doz. 3/6 o 4 
ARABIS albida compacta (White Rock Cress), covered during April and May with sheets of 
white flowers, ht. £ ft per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
„ „ fl. pi., covered with sprays of double pure white sweet-scented flowers, ht. J ft. u a lovely 
subject for associating with Tulips per 100, 21/- ; p*- doz. 3/6 o 4 
ARENARIA balearica (Creeping Sand Wort), producing a perfectly close green carpet studded with 
numerous white starry flowers, ht. £ in. ; a valuable plant lor rapidly covering bare rock p®* doz. 5/0 o 6 
AUBRIETIA (Rock Cress), most decorative plants, and valuable for associating with the golden 'Alyssum 
and white Arabls, ht. 3 to 4 in. ' 
Dr. lYlules, deep violet-purple Per doz. 5/6 
Fire King, rich crimson >» 5/6 
LeiChtl ini, deep rose \ >> 4/6 
IVIoerheimi, rose-coloured » 5/6 
olympica. Selected, soft lilac per *00, 30/- ; „ 4/6 
Peter Barr, rich glowing purple » 5/6 
tauriCOla, soft lilac, very dwarf and compact 4/6 
,, alba, soft lilac-grey passing to white, very effective. per 100, 42/- ; ,, 5/6 
AZALEA Mollis -Hardy Deciduous Azaleas. These decorative Azaleas open their flowers in May, and 
range in colour from soft yellow to fiery orange-red. Beautiful effects can be obtained by associating 
them with Cottage and Darwin Tulips, especially with §uch colours as soft lilac, lavender, purple and 
blackish maroon. They should be planted where they do not get the morning sun until after 10 or 11 
o'clock in order to avoid the flower buds being damaged by frosts. 
Mixed Hybrids, strong plants well set with flower buds per doz. 21/- 
Fine Named Varieties per doz. 27/6 & 36/-; 2/6 & 
CERASTIUM tomentosum (Snow in Summer), foliage silvery grey, flowers white, produced at the 
end of May, ht. £ ft per doz. 4/6 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not), Barr’s Alpine Blue >, 7/6 
dlssltlflora, large blue flowers ,, 3 /- 
„ alba, flowers snow-white with golden eye „ 4/6 
Barr’s Blue King „ 3 1 - 
PHLOX subulata (American Moss Pink), covering the ground with a green moss-like carpet, and pro- 
ducing dainty bright-coloured flowers during May. 
an nu lata, flowers bluish white per doz. 5/6 
atro -purpurea, rosy crimson „ 5/6 
grandiflora, soft delicate rose pink „ 5/6 
C. F. Wilson, lovely soft heliotrope-blue „ 5/6 
POLYANTHUS, Barr’S Highly coloured large-flowered strain, valuable for bedding 
per 100, iS /- ; per doz. 2/6 
Barr’S large-f lowered Yellow Strain, a charming associate lor Blue Forget-me-nots 
and Tulips per 100, 18/-; per doz. 2/6 
Barr’s large-f lowered White strain , very beautiful „ 18/-; „ 2/6 
PRIMROSE, Single English Yellow „ 7/6; „ 1/6 
Barr’s Single Blue Shades ,, 7/6 
Barr’s Highly coloured per k», *5/- ; „ 3/6 
SAXIFRAGAS, Mossy Varieties, forming fresh green mossy carpets covered during May with 
dainty flower spikes. 
decipiens grandiflora, producing sprays of beautiful white flowers per doz. 5/6 
Guildford Seedling, flowers crimson-red „ 5/6 
muscoides Rhel superba, deep rose ,, 5/6 
trifurcata, flowers white, rapid grower „ 5/6 
TIARELLA cordifolia (Foam Flower;, producing little plumes of feathery white flowers from April 
to June, ht. 6 to 8 in per doz. 5/6 
VALERIANA Phu-au rea, foliage during April and May a beautiful clear golden-yellow. .. . „ 5/6 
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BARR’S VELVETY GRASS PATHS. 
A charming feature in well-laid-out Spring gardens are close velvety grass walks. They are soft to walk 
upon, restful to the eye, and provide a delightful contrast to the colours in the flower border. 
OUR SPECIAL GRASS SEED FOR PATHS has been found a great success per lb. 2/6 
