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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1912. 
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X MONTBRETIA, a family of most decorative 
hardy bulbous plants of elegant growth, and pro- 
ducing freely in early August graceful spikes of 
gorgeously coloured (lowers, which are of Ihe 
greatest value for cutting, lasting long in water 
and mixing well with all kinds of foliage. They 
grow freely in any ordinary flower-border en- 
riched with manure, but prefer a sunny situation. 
As pot-plants they arc charmingly graceful. Plant 
outdoors November to March, cover the earlier 
plantings lightly with litter. 
Pottsiii graceful branched 
spikes of medium-sized bril- 
liant vermilion- scarlet flowers 
remarkably showy, ht. 2 ft. 
Pottsii superba, bril- 
liantglowing vermilion, inner 
part of flower a rich golden 
colour, ht. ij ft 
crocosmseflora, elegant 
branched spikes of large 
showy flowers, brilliant red 
shaded golden, a grand 
flower for cutting, ht. 2^ ft. 
crocosmasflora aureai large golden-yellow flowers, beautiful, ht. 2ft.... 
,, Bouquet ParTaitf deep yellow, shaded vermilion, very showy, 
ht. 2 ft 
„ Drap d’or, rich deep golden, shaded apricot-orange, ht. i J ft. 32 
,, EldoradOj flowers rich deep orange-yellow, fine, ht. 3 ft 35 
,, Etoile de Feu, o 7 ieof the most brilliant^ a remarkably striking 
flower, large and of an intense deep glowing vermilion, shaded 
orange-scarlet, with a golden centre and golden anthers, ht. 3 ft. ... 
,, Pluie d’or, large rich apricot-orange, shaded golden-yellow, tall 
and handsome, and valuable to bed with crocosm(^ora, ht. 2J ft. ... 
,, SolfAtArA, flowers delicate primrose-yellow, foliage shaded bronze, 
rather late, valuable for succession, ht. 1 J ft 
„ Sunbeam {syn. Rayon d’or), large flowers, deep golden, shaded 
apricot-orange, with crimson central ring, ht. 2§ ft 32 
,, Talisman, rich vermilion, shaded orange, late, and valuable for 
succession, ht. ij ft. 
>» Transcendant, very large open flowers, orange-red, shading to 
golden and vermilion, ht. ft 45 
,, mixed hybrids, containing many beautiful and showy colours 
12 each of the foregoing 13 named varieties, 7/-; 25 each, 12/6. 
MONTBRETIA rosea. See Tritonia rosea. 
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X MONTBRETIA— strand new hybrids, all fine border plants and prized for cutting. 
,, Anneau d’Or, bearing broad-petalled flowers measuring over 2 inches across, each 
brilliant orange-yellow with velvety purple base and light yellow centre, buds 
rich dark red, ht. 2 J ft per doz. 8/6 o 9 
,, Congo, very rich dark orange-red, handsome, ht. 23 ft., per too, 25/- ; ,, 3/6 o 4 
,, Croesus, large handsome flowers of a rich orange-yellow, ht. 2 ft. 
per too, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
,, Fire King, a very showy variety with flowers of the form of Crocosmee/lora, 
but of the most vivid scarlet, ht. 2 ft per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 O 2 
,, George Davison, a fine variety with very large handsome rich golden- 
yellow flowers, produced on long branching spikes, ht. 3J ft. 
per too, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
„ Germania, growing nearly 4 ft. high and producing a profusion of graceful 
spikes, clothed with large expanded flowers, glowing orange-red with blood-red 
centre per too, 17/6; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
>> Hereward, resembling somewhat George Davison, but blooming a month later, 
with large bright golden-yellow flowers on slender stems, ht. 3 ft. Certificate 
OP Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 8/6 o 9 
,, King Edmund, a robust grower with branching spikes of large open 
flowers, rich golden with carmine-lflutchcd centre, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Certipicate 
OP Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 17/6 i 8 
