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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1912. 
ANEMONES, VARIOUS SPECIES FOR AUTUMN PLANTING — each— j 
apenninafl. pi., a remarkably pretty variety, with full-double pale blue flowers, lastinc; 
a long time, ht. J ft per too, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- o 
purpurea, producing very beautiful mauve-coloured flowers, ht. ft. 
per 1000, 40/- ; per too, 4/O ; per doz. 8if. 
blanda, true (The Grecian Blue Windflower), brilliant deep blue, ht. 3 in. (See 
iUustratiou, page 19) Cultivated Roots, per too, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- o 
„ alba, flowers white with slight shading of pale blue on back of petals, pretty, 
ht. 3 in per doz. 4/6 o 
,, grand iflora, flowers light blue, large and very beautiful ; a charming flower for 
massing on rockwork and in front of borders ; ht. 3 in. per 100, 1 5/* j per doz. 2/3 o 
„ scythinica, flowers white, shaded blue, a gem, ht. 3 in. ,, 17/6; >• ^1^ ° 
,, var. taurica, flowers ranging from pale blue to almost white, with a few 
deeper-coloured blues, ht. 3 in per lOO, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 o 
Hepatica. See Hepatica, pa,qe 94. 
intermedia, an interesting hybrid of A. nemorosa x A. raitunciiloides, bearing pale 
yellow flowers per doz. 10/6 I 
nemorosa bracteata fl. pi. (“Jack in the Green” Anemone), having pretty white 
double flowers resting on green leafy bracts, ht. J ft. ...per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 
„ alba, the little .single white Anemone of our English woods, ht. j h- 
per too, 6/6 ; per doz. i/- 
,, ,, fl. pi., double, pure white flowers, beautiful, ht. J ft. ,, 9/6; ,, 1/4 o 
,, ,, major, a lovely large-flowered single white variety, ht. J ft. 
per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- o 
,, “Blue Bonnet,” the largest flowered blue Wood Anemone, later to bloom 
than the other Wood Anemones, very pretty, ht. J ft per doz. 8/6 o 
,, rosea fl. pi., a very lovely variety with semi-double pink flowers, ht. J ft. 
per doz. 8/6 o 
„ Robinsoniana, large .single flowers, pale lavender, one of the most be.autiful of 
Ihe Wood Anemones, which should be freely naturalised in woodlands, on shady 
banks, rockwork, etc , ht. ^ ft per too, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- o 
,, Vestal, flowers large, pure white, very lovely, ht. J ft 7/6 o 
palmata, pretty heart-shaped foliage and glossy golden-yellow flowers, ht. J ft. ,, 3/6 o 
„ alba, flowers pure white, with golden-yellow stamens, beautiful, ht. J ft. 
per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 
ranunculoides (The Yellow Wood Anemone), a very pretty little dwarf species, bearing 
golden-yellow flowers in March and April, ht. ^ ft. ...p. too, 5/6; p. doz. iod. 
,, pallida, flowers delicate primrose, very pretty ,, 21/- ; ,, 3/- o 
>, ,, fl- Pl-i flowers a pretty soft yellow,, semi-double ,, 21/-; ,, 3/- o 
xANOMATHECA. 
Cruenta, a charming Cape bulb, with small bright scarlet crimson-blotched flowers in July 
and August ; pretty in pots (6 to 12 bulbs), or out-doors in sunny situations as an edging 
or on rockwork, ht. J ft. Plant in early spring by preference per too, 3/6 ; per doz. 6d. — 
cruenta alba, a rare and charming variety with white flowers, ht. | ft ,, 15/- I 
grandiflora, a fine species from East South Africa, having large handsome flowers, 
bright scarlet blotched crimson, ht. J ft per doz. 10/6 I 
X ANTHOLYZA, handsome showy bulbous plants from the Cape, which may be grown in pots 
or out of doors under a south wall. 
sethiopica, bearing in summer elegant spikes of red and yellow tubular flowers, ht. 3 ft. 
per doz. 3/6 o 
crocosmioides, a fine h>brid of A. pam'eulota x Ccururaw, bearing in Sept, elegant spikes 
of brilliant reddish orange flowers, very robust grower, ht. 3 ft. ...per 100, 6/6 ; per doz. l/- 
paniculata major, a handsome plant bearing spikes of deep crimson flowers. 
per too. 21/- ; per doz. 3/- O 
X APIOS tuberosa, a rapid-growing elegant hardy deciduous climber, for arbours, trellises, 
etc., delighting in a sunny situation and a light s.andy soil ; the flowers are brownish purple 
striped black and deliciously scented, the foliage light and graceful ; grow in pots or plant 
out from March to April per doz. 2/6 o 
ARUM, curious and interesting plants, more or less handsome. They should be given choice 
spots in the border or on rockwork. As pot-plants they are very ornamental, 
cornutum (syn. Sauromatum guttatum). The Monarch of the East. See our Spring 
Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers Large tubers, pet doz. 7/6 o 
,, ,, ,, Monster tubers, ,, 10/6 i 
dracunculus (Dragon Arum), large purple-red and black-blue flowers, mtirbled stem, 
very handsome targe bulbs, per doz. 3/6 O 
italicum, leaves spotted and flowers greenish white, followed by h.andsome spikes of 
scarlet berries in autumn per too, 5/6 ; per doz. lOci. 
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