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GALANTHUS, VARIOUS SPE.C\ZS—conlinued. s. d 
plicatus (The Giant Crimean Single Snowdrop), a tall-growing beautiful species with 
distinct broad plicate foliage ; tlowers large, the inner segments having a broad dark green 
blotch at tips per too, 25/- ; per doz. 3 6 
robustus, a very beautiful robust-growing species ; an early I)loomer witli large well- 
formed flowers per too, 12/6 : per doz. i 9 
Whittalli, a grand Snowdrop with large handsome flowers, having longer petals than 
Elwesii, the foliage is broad and handsome, of a rich glaucous-green... per too, 8/6 ; per doz. t 3 
,, ,, ,, Exfra large bulbs ,, 12/6 ; 19 
xGALTONIA candicans (Hyacinthus candicans), the Great Snow-White 
Summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 6 ft. high, according to soil and situation, 
and bearing a spike of 20 to 50 pure white bell-shaped flowers ; a handsome decorative 
plant for grouping in the flower border or on lawns, also a fine pot-plant for the conservatory. 
Very eflective when grouped with the scarlet Gladiolus Brenchleyensis. Plant from October 
to March, covering the Autumn plantings with a little litter for the first winter. 
Selected Strong Flowering Bulbs, per too, 7/6 ; per doz. i 3 
GASTRONEMA. See Cyrtanthus. 
X GELASINE azurea. See our Spring List of Bulbs and Tubers per doz. 10/6 ; each i o 
GERANIUM tuberosum (Tuberous-rooted Crane’s-bill), an elegant creeping plant 
bearing several violet-rose flowers in Summer ; hardy in sunny spots on rockwork 
per too, s/6 ; per doz. o 10 
X GLADIOLUS. 
BARR’S SUMMER-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
For Autumn and Winter Planting, 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli should be largely planted for supplying cut bloom from 
May to July ; and for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden. G. Colvillei The Bride is 
extensively grown in pots and boxes for cutting during April, May, and June. All may be grown 
in pots for indoor decoration. 
. Cui-TURE Outdoors. — Select a situation protected from cutting winds and shaded from the mid- 
day sun. Deeply dig the ground, working in plenty of rotten manure in the underspit, and see that 
the soil is made light and friable. Plant the bulbs from October to November by preference, although 
they may be put in as late as January. They should be put in at a depth of five to six inches, 
and in the case of the later plantings the bulbs should be soaked in water a few hours previously. 
Before severe frost comes on cover with a little long straw litter or other light material, which 
remove in March. In May mulch the plants and keep them well watered. If the Summer is dry and 
the weather hot, give an occasional good soaking of water or weak liquid manure. A mulching of well- 
decayed manure in early summer will considerably benefit the plants. 
Culture for Conservatory Decoration. — Plant three to five bulbs, according to size, in a 
5- or 6-inch pot, and plunge in ashes up to the rim of the pot in a cold frame or pit, withholding 
water till the bulbs have started into growth; or, the pots may be buried up to the rim in ashes out 
of doors under a south wall, a light covering of such material as dried heather being given as a 
protection against severe frost. When the plants are well advanced in growth they may be removed 
to the greenhouse, and should be carefully attended to with water. 
X EARLY SUMMER-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI. 
These commence to bloom out of doors the beginning of June or by gentle forcing may be had in flower 
in April and May. per 100 p=r doz 
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Byzantinus, showy brilliant rosy claret, useful for borders, naturalising, or cutting, 
ht. 2 ft per 1000, 42/- 4 6...0 8 
Colvillei, crimson-purple, flaked white, very showy, valuable for naturalisation, 
ht. 2-’- ft per 1000, 32/6 36.06 
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roseus, flowers soft rose with deep salmon-rose stripe down petals, very 
beautiful and decorative, ht. 2 ft. This variety blends charmingly with the 
snowy white flowers of The Bride per looo, 55/- 
The Bride, pure white flowers, valuable in early summer for border de- 
coration and cutting. A grand pot-plant indoors, ht. 2 ft. 
Strong selected bulbs, per 1000, 35 /" 
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Barr’s Hardy Plant Catalogue 
describes the best Hardy Perennials, Alpines, Rock Plants, Climbers, and Hardy Aquatics, with 
many useful notes on culture. Post Free. 
