BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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Hardy Spring Carpeting and 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 buibs the foilowing piants wiii be found most usefui. By their use 
as a groundwork or edging the most beautiful harmonies of colour may be obtained. Few sights in Spring 
are more beautiful tlian masses of tile gold, wliite. and blue of the Alyssutn, Arabia, and Aubrletla associated with 
breadths of Daffodils, Scillas, Muscaris, etc., or Forget-me-Nots (Myosolis) and Golden Polyanthuses mingling 
with Daffodils or with gorgeous and stately Darwin Tulips, etc. The Acsenas, Arenarla balearlca. Mossy 
Saxifrages and Thymes make beautiful carpets of foliage for the smaller and daintier spring bulbous flowers, like 
Narcissi Cyclamlneus, Minimus and Triandrus, also Chlonodoxas, Small Crocus Species, etc. 
AC^NA (New Zealand Bur), producing dense close carpets ol evergreen foliage, rapid growers. each— s. d 
Buchanani, foliage beautiful soft pea-green, ht. J ft doz. 5/6 o 6 
InGrmIs, producing a close cushion of bronzy grey-green foliage ; an effective rapid carpeting plant 
, - , , _ , per doz, c/6 o 6 
pulcnelia, foliage bronzy grey, ht. i ft ^ g 
SangU Isorbse, a rapid-growing species producing close cushions of deep green foliage. . ,, 5/6 o 6 
sarmentosa, foliage a pretty fresh green, ht J ft 5/5 o $ 
AJUGA reptans atro- purpurea* foliage rich purple-bronze of dwarf spreading habit, ht. 6 m. 
per doz. 5/- o 6 
^^^SSUIVI saxatlle compactum (Gold Dust)* covered during May with sheets of golden-yellow 
flowers, ht. J ft per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
» „ CltrlnuiYI, covered during May with charming soft lemon-coloured flowers, ht. J ft. „ 5/6 o 6 
ANTENNARIA tomentosa (Snow In Summer), having a persistent close grey foliage, valuable 
bedder, ht. I in per doz. 3/6 o 4 
ARABIS alPida compacta (White Rock Cress)* covered during April and May with sheets of 
white flowers, ht. J ft per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
M „ fl. Pl., covered with sprays of double pure white sweet-scented flowers, ht. | ft. ; a 
lovely subject for associating with Tulips per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
AREN ARIA Palearica (Creeping Sand Wort), producing a perfectly close green carpet studded with 
numerous white starry flowers, ht. J in. ; a valuable plant for rapidly covering bare rock per doz. 5/6 o 6 
larlclfolla, forming a close fresh green carpet smothered during June and July with dainty pure 
white flowers, 4 in ^ ^ 
tetraquetra* a Pyrenean species bearing dainty white flowers, July-Aug., J ft o 6 
AUBRIETIA (Rock Cress), most decorative plants, and valuable for associating with the golden Alyssum 
and white Arabia* ht. 3 to 4 in. 
Bridesmaid* a lovely new variety, raised at our Nurseries, with soft blush-coloured flowers 
per doz. s/6 o 6 
Dr. IVIules* deep violet-purple ^ ^ 
Fire KIngr* rich crimson ^ g 
LelChtItnl* deep rose ’’ ^ g 
Moerheimi* rose-coloured 5^5 Q ^ 
olympica. Selected, soft lilac per 100, 30/- ; 4/6 o 6 
Peter Barr, rich glowing purple 5/6 o 6 
Rose Queen , flowers bright showy rose, very fine 5/6 © 6 
Royal Purple, rich purple, good ^/^ q 
tauriCOla, soft lilac, very dwarf and compact ,, 4/6 © 6 
>, alba* soft lilac-grey passing to white, very eflective per 100, 42/- ; ,, 5/6 o 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. lieautiful eflccts can be obtained by associating 
them with Cottage and Darwin Tulips, especially with such 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 ii 
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/- 2 o 
Fine Named Varieties & 3 ^ 
CERASTIUM tomentosum (Snow in Summer), foliage silvery grey, flowers white, produced at the 
cndol'Moy.ht. ift per cloz. 4/6 o 6 
DIANTHUS (Alpine or Rock Pinks), charming summer-flowering border or rock-plaiits, more or less 
fragrant; they all make delightful subjects for planting in crevices of rockwork, old wails, etc., where 
they are soon quite at home. Plant in sunny situations and add lime or mortar rubble with soil at time 
of planting. 
C88SluS (Cheddar Pink), bright rosy pink, fragrant, 4 in per doz. 5/6 0 6 
deltOldeS roseus (Maiden Pink), rose, a gem for the rock garden, J ft ,, 5/6 o 6 
•» al bus, white, very pretty, 4 (t ,, o 5 
