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BARR’S CHOICE NAMED LARGE-FLOWERED CROCUSES. 
Large Bulbs for Pot-Culture and Flower Beds, etc. 
The following large-flowered named Crocuses are the best in cultivation, ami we can confidently 
recommend them for planting in groups, edgings, select beds, and in designs. To obtain the finest effect 
the bulbs should be planted an inch apart. When grown in pots, plant thickly, and plunge the pots in 
ashes up to the rims only. When removed from under the ashes, place in an airy situation, and give water 
very freely at the roots. A charming effect is obtained by growing Crocuses in shallow saucers, 
using Barr’s Fertilised Fibre and Shell Mixture, or Pebbles and water (the bulbs touching one 
another). The saucers should be kept in an airy room without a fire, where gas is seldom burnt and where 
they can get plenty of light. When the bulbs are coming into bloom they may be brought into the 
sitting-room. 
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Barr’s Golden-Yellow, Giant Bulbs ; producing an abundance of flowers, remarkably showy 
per 1000, 50/- 
Black Knight {new), long dark glossy purple flowers, with black lustre ; the most handsome 
of all purples per 1000, 45/- 
Bleu Celeste, the most beautiful of all the large-flowered Crocuses, flowers soft pale azure 
with silvery shading inside, and striking orange stigmata 
David Rizzio, lavender-purple per 1000, 37/6 
Harlequin [new), outer petals white feathered and shaded lilac, inner petals bright purple, 
stem glossy violet, very showy and a good contrast to other varieties per 1000, 50/- 
Kathleen (new'), one of the finest of the new white Crocuses, flowers very large and lasting, 
of the purest white with showy golden anthers 
King of Whites, a grand Crocus, producing very handsome long snowy white flowers of 
great size per 1000, 37/6 
Madame Mina, white striped and shaded lilac, violet base, large flower ,, 42/- 
Margot, a most lovely variety, flowers large, outer petals shaded while, inner petals soft 
lavender, strongly recommended per 1000, 42/- 
Mont Blanc, pure white ‘ „ 37/6 
Pallas [new), flowers of great size, white delicately pencilled lilac, with showy orange anthers 
President Lincoln, fine bold globular flowers, dark glossy purple per 1000, 42/- 
Pride of Albion, while, slightly striped violet, dark violet base, fine and showy ,, 37/6 
Purpureus grandiflorus, long handsome rich deep purple flowers 45/- 
Scipio [new), very fine large flowers, white striped pale mauve with purple base, and having 
showy orange anthers ; a great improvement on Sir Walter Scott 
White Lady, flowers of great size and substance, snowy white throughout, with showy orange 
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CROCUSES. 
BARR’S AUTUMN-, WINTER- AND SPRING-FLOWERING SPECIES. 
No hardy garden is complete without these floral gems, which carry on a continual display of bloom 
from August to March, and light up the garden with their bright colours in winter when few other plants 
are flowering. On rockwork and in grass they form a charming picture, while in pots they make a very 
pretty effect. In nomenclature we have followed Mr. Georof, Maw's Monoorapii on the Croci. 
The delightful effect produced by masses of C. speciosus, C. longiflorus, C. sativus, C. Tommasinianus, 
etc., when naturalised, can only be realised by those who have w'itnessed it. 
Cultural Directions. — Any ordinary garden soil suits these Crocuses. Plant the bulbs as early 
as possible, and very shallow, barely covering them with soil. 
Selections of Autumn-Floweringr Species. 
3 each of 20 species 12/6 1 3 each of 12 species 6/6 
3 r, M 20 „ choicer sorts 18/- | 3 „ „ 12 „ choicer sorts 10/6 
Selections of Winter-flowering Species. 
3 each of 20 species 12/6 I 3 each of 12 species 6/6 
3 „ „ 20 „ choicer sorts 18/- | 3 „ „ 12 ,, choicer sorts 10/6 
Barr's Fertilised Fibre, Shell and Charcoal Mixture, for growing bulbs in Vases, lio .vis, Jardincts, 
etc., 31. (>d. per bushel ; is. per peck. 
Tull Cultural Directions and Illustrated List of Bowls and Vases on application. 
