BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1912. 
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A Few Fine Novelties and Specialities 
In Bulbs and Tubers for 1912. 
Those bulbs and tubers marked thus x ripen late in the year and are sent out from 
November 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. 
ANEMONE « 
“St. Brigid,” an extra fine strain of these lovely Poppy Anemones, flowers very large, 
mostly semi-double, with finely divided petals, and of the most brilliant and varied shades 
of colour, all having a handsome blue-black central boss ; very graceful in habit, ht. i ft. 
( We send out healthy young flowering roots, which give a much better result than older and 
larger ones) per too, lo/6 ; per doz. i/6 — 
“Cornflower,” a very beautiful new variety with elegant fully double flowers of a dark 
amethyst-bluc per too, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- o 6 
Perle Angevine, a very beautiful new Chrysanthemum-flowered Anemone with large 
pure white double and semi-double flowers, ht. i ft per 100, 18/6 ; per doz. 2/8 o 3 
St. Bavo, a beautiful new race of Anemones, originating from the large-flowered Anemone 
fulgens aidborohensis ; the flowers, which are produced from early March to end of April, 
are large and graceful and range in colour from rose, salmon, and brick-red to dark carmine 
and sometimes while, ht. i ft per doz. 12/6 — 
BRODI/EA (Californian Hyacinth), a hardy bulb thriving in light soil in flower border 
or rock work. 
COCCinea violacea, a remarkably striking variety bearing on stems 2 ft. high umbels 
of long tubular flowers of a brilliant rose-claret tipped white 2 6 
,, alba, of similar habit to the above, but the flowers are a pale primrose lipped 
green, ht. 2 ft 3 6 
xCRINUM acaule, a rare and distinct species producing singly on a stem handsome flowers 
wiih white petals 4 inches long and coloured rose at the back 10 6 
CROCUS, Rare and Beautiful Species, autumn, winter, and spring-flowering, gems for the 
rock garden and pots. Special descriptive list on application. 
CROCUS.— A few rare little Species and Hybrids. 
aerius major, producing in early spring deep sky-blue flowers with scarlet stigmata 
per doz. 15/- i 6 
Chrysanthus E. A. Bowles, a beautiful new hybrid, be.aring in winter flowers of 
perfect form, soft canary-yellow shaded bronze at base, stigmata scarlet 2 6 
„ Siskin, a charming new hybrid, flowers sulphur-yellow shaded purple 
tow.irds tip, and with scarlet stigmata 2 6 
,, Yellow Hammer, a new hybrid raised by Mr. E. A. Bowles, flowers 
yellow with outer petals feathered chocolate 3 6 
marathonisius, producing in November charming snowy white flowers per doz. 10/6 i o 
putchellus albus, flowers a beautiful pure white with yellow throat 2 6 
CROCUS Bleu Celeste and Margot, two lovely p.ale blue large-flowered Spring bedding 
crocuses, see page 27. 
EREMURUS Elwesianus albus, a magnificent variety, producing stately spikes 
9 to 10 ft. high, furnished well down the stem with large beautiful while flowers ; a grand 
border and exhibition plant 8 6 
ERYTHRONIUM. — Two Beautiful Giant American Varieties. 
White Beauty, a very beautiful variety of E. californkum, bearing freely large creamy 
white flowers of good substance with yellow-zoned centre ; foliage the most richly mottled of 
all the Giant Dog’s-Tooth Violets. Strongly recommended per too, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- o 5 
Pink Beauty, a most lovely variety of E. resolutum, having large flowers with gracefully 
reflexing peta's, delicate pale pink with central zone of gold. Strongly recommended 
per 100, e\2l - ; per doz. 5/6 o 6 
