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GLADIOLI — continued. 
X New Large-flowered Hybrids of Qandavensis, Nanceianus and 
Ch i Idsi i, a fine tall robust strain with mostly large flowers of all shades of colour, including 
blues, lavenders and purples, some beautifully blotched, ht. 3J to 45 ft. 
per too, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
X Excelsior Hybrids, another beautiful strain, being hybrids of Gandavensis x Nancei- 
anus. The flowers are very large and open, and range in colour from salmon-scarlet to 
soft rose and blush-rose, with scarlet and cream-coloured blotch or crimson blotch on a 
white ground, ht. 3 to 3J ft per too, 12/6 ; per doz. 1/9. 
X Mikado, a beautiful break from Gladiolus Brencbleyensis, having the same long hand- 
some spikes but colour a pale blush rose, shading to cream, with lower petal striped crimson 
on a primrose-coloured ground per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
xpriinulinus (Maid of the Mist), a rare and lovely species found growing in the 
neighbourhood of the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River, where the spray at times 
completely covers it. The flowers, which are of a beautiful soft primrose-yellow, are of 
quaint hooded form and borne on spikes 2 to 3 ft. high, from July to August. Easily 
grown in pots in a cold greenhouse or out of doors in warm localities ; while in full growth 
the plants should be given a liberal supply of water per doz. 15/- 
X primulinus hybrids, containing some beautiful shades of soft primrose, pale buff-yellow, 
apricot, pale copper and other delicate art shades, ht. 2J ft per doz. 12/6 
X princeps, a grand showy Gladiolus bearing flowers of great size, very open, and beautifully 
formed, brilliant deep scarlet with white stripe down centre of petal ; remarkably elfective in 
the flower border per doz. 8/6 
segetum, a charming species, producing in summer rosy red pretty flowers with white 
markings, ht. 2 ft per doz. 1/6 
tristis {syn. spiralis), bearing in summer graceful spikes of large greenish white sweet- 
scented flowers, prized for cutting per too, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
X GLORIOSA (Glory Lilies), very beautiful bulbous warm greenhouse or stove climbers with 
brilliantly coloured flowers. Trained on globes or wires the blooms are seen to advantage. 
The roots should be grown in a compost of loam and peat. 
Leopold!, a fine new Glory Lily from the Congo, producing an abundance of beautiful 
self-golden-yellow flowers ; a grand warm greenhouse climber 2 
ROthSChildiana., a very beautiful species from Uganda and the finest of all, with 
flowers measuring nearly 6 inches across, colour crimson-lake, the perianth segments being 
margined gold, anthers golden per doz. 30/- 2 
superba. (The Malabar Glory Lily), bearing showy rich orange-red flowers; remarkably 
showy 
virescens (syn. Methonica Plantii), the Mozambique Lily, flowers rich orange and 
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GLORY OF THE SNOW. See Chionodoxa, page 24. 
GLOXINIA, beautiful bulbous stove plants, large flowers of perfect form, colours rich and varied. 
X Barr’s Exhibition Named Varieties per doz. 24/-, 30/- & 36/- - 
X Fine Named Varieties per doz. tz/6 
X Barr’s Beautiful Seedling Varieties, Mixed ,, 6/6 
GRAPE HYACINTH. See Muscari. 
GUERNSEY LILY. See Nerine sarniensis. 
X H/EMANTHUS (The Blood-flower), it would not be possible to overrate the grand effect of 
these noble plants, whether grown in the greenhouse or stove. cich— j. 
Andromeda, a handsome new hybrid of H. Katharinse x H. magnifleus, and the largest- 
flowered and most vigorous growing of all. It produces in June immense heads of crimson 
flowers 
Kalbreyeri, a grand plant with immense heads of numerous flowers which are brilli.ant 
vermilion with golden anthers, very showy, ht. I ft 
Katharinse, a magnificent plant of noble bearing, with large heads of brilliant orange- 
scarlet flowers, ht. 2 ft 5 ^ 
puniceus, orange-scarlet, ht. t ft., c.ach 2/6; COCCineus, scarlet, ht. i ft 3 6 
HOMERIA collina isyn. Bobartia aurantiaca), a be.autiful Sparaxis-like plant from South 
Africa, producing in May a profusion of orange-scarlet flowers with yellow centre, measuring 
2j inches across, ht. i.t ft., cultural treatment same as for Ixias per too, S/6 ; per doz. 1/3. 
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Barr's Swcet-scentcd Double Chinese Paeontes, for Autumn planting. 
For full Descrijjtive List and hints on culture see Han’s Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
