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CROCUS-CHOICE NAMED, CHOICE SPECIES, AND MEADOW SAFFRON. 
CROCUS~^:on/ztJued. 
816 Barr’S New Golden Yellow, roots ex- 
tremely large, and generally pro- 
ducing from to \% flowers each... 4 6...0 9 
^\1 deep purple 3 6...0 6 
818 General Garibaldi, white, striped 
purple 3 6...0 6 
819 Koh-i-nooT, large dark purple (new) 7 6...1 o 
820 La Majestueuse, violet striped, on a 
delicately tinted ground 3 6...0 6 
821 La Nelge, 4 0...0 8 
822 Lamplighter, 4 0...0 8 
823 LUaclnus superbus, 3 6...0 6 
824 Mrs. Beecher Stowe, ... 3 0...0 6 
825 Mont Blanc, large pure white 3 
826 Ne Plus Ultra, lilac-purple 3 
827 Ot\iQllO,flne darh purple 3 
828 Pride of Albion, white, striped violet, 
large and fine 3 
829 Prince Albert, ... 3 
830 Princess Alexandra, white, striped 
lilac, large flower 3 
831 Queen Victoria, 3 
832 Sir J. Franklin, large dark purple... 4 
833 Sir Walter Scott, beautifully pen- 
cilled lilac, very large 3 
per 100. per doz. 
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834 Vulcan, rich putple-lilac 3 
CHOICE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 
Those enumerated under this heading are more or less rare. They are all beautiful, and we recommend 
them to cultivators of hardy flowers, as they form the connecting link between the bulbous plants of Summer 
and of Spring. In our Experimental Grounds we have one or other of these species of Crocus in bloom from 
September to April. The first to flower is Nudiflorus, with its large violet-purple blossoms, followed by Speciosus, 
the only really blue Crocus ; it is a great beauty, and continues in flower a long time. These are followed 
by Serotinus, Sativus, and the beautiful soft lilac Odorus longiflorus, and Imperati, with its remarkable combina- 
tion of colours ; these, and a few other species which we hope to offer at some future time, continue the succession 
fill the Dutch varieties of C. Vernus commence blooming ; (a) indicates the Autumn flowering Crocus, (w) the 
Winter, and (j) those which flower very early in Spring. 
per doz. each 
d. ». 
6...0 
835 Aureus, rich golden yellow, rare (s) 7 
836 Blflorus pusiHus, a miniature form 
of the Scotch crocus (%) • 2 6...0 
837 Vas'^&t9X\yViolet, fawn, and black (^n) 4 6...0 
838 Lacteus, creamy-white (s) 7 6...0 
839 Nudlflorul, violet-purple (d) 3 6...0 
840 Odorus longiflorus, (a) ... 4 6...0 
841 orange yellcnt^ ('u) i 
842 Sativus, (a) o 6 
per doz, 
d. 
each 
d. 
3 
6 
843 Serotinus, blue (a) 3 6...0 
844 Sieberi (nivalis), violet (w) 5 6...0 
846 Speciosus, blue, ve?y effective i?i 
lines and masses (s) per 100, io/6 i 6...0 3 
yellow, black striped (s) ... i 6...0 3 
847 S’ilpbureus concolor, (s) ... i 6...0 3 
848 ,, yellow, striped 
black (i) I 6...0 3 
849 ,, primrose (s).. 4 6...0 6 
TRICHONEMA (ROMULEA). 
These fine hardy plants are remarkable for a slender grassy foliage and large beautiful satiny flowers ; they 
are also admirable plants for pot culture. each— s. d. each— s. d. 
860 Bulbocodium, purple-lilac, ft., per 
doz. 4/6 o 
861 Bamiflorum, purple, very handsome, Jft., 
per doz. 4/6 o 
852 Speciosum, ca?7nine, very fine, ^ ft., per 
doz. 4)6 o 6 
863 Clusel, in mi.xed colours per doz. 5/606 
THE AUTUMN-FLOWERING MEADOW-SAFFRON (COLCHICUM). 
The great Crocus-like flowers of the Autumn Meadow-Saffron carpet the ground in September and October 
with coiours ranging from pure white, through ail the shades of rose, to the intense crimson-magenta of 
Speciosum rubrum, No. 877, figured in " Tiic Garden” of 30th June, 1877. flowers are more or less 
chequered, but Parkinsonii and Variegata are conspicuously and elegantly chequered. The foliage appears in 
spiing. and is almost as varied as the flowers ; some have large massive leaves, others small and frill-like. 
per doe. — 
860 „ plenum, lilac, large and very double 3 
861 „ „ striatum, lilac, striped white, large and very double 4 
862 „ album, pure white * 2 
863 „ „ plenum, pure white, large, and ve>y double each 2J. 21 
864 „ pallidum, pale delicate rose 4 
865 „ roseum, rose-lilac J. 4 
866 ,, striatum, rose-lilac, striped white per too, 15^. 2 
867 Atro-purpureum, deep purple, striped pale pink, very dwarf 7 
868 Bertolonl, pale rose each i 
869 Byzantlnum, rose, ficajuers beautiful, perfect in fortn, and produced in great profusion ..per 100. 2ir. 3 
870 „ longlpetalum, rose, very distinct and beautiful 7 
871 ,, tQ\. foliage variegated each ir. 10 
872 pale rose, very small fowers each i 
873 Montaaum (Merendera Bulbocodium), rich rose-lilac s 
874 Parkinsonii, petals gracefully rejlexcd, atid beautifully chequered rose-lilac and white each i 
876 Soboliferum (Merendera Sobollferum) 3 
876 Speciosum, yfriroerr larger and of the same beautiful rose-colour as Bysantinum each 2 
877 ,, rubrum, intense crimson-magenta, petals of great substance, and flowers the largest and 
most magnificent of the family each 3 
878 Varlegatum, syn . tesseiatum and Agripplnum, chequered rose-purple and white per 100 , isj. 2 
879 „ pallidum, rose, chequered white each 1 
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THE SPRING-FLOWERING MEADOW-SAFFRON (BULBOCODIUM). 
The masses of rich rose-purple flowers which early in spring precede the foliage, impart to this highly decora- 
tive plant a very distinctive character for permanent edgings, rockwork, and flower borders. 
880 Vermun, rose-purpu, per loo, loj. 6rf. ; per doz., ir. fid. 
881 „ foL variegatis, rose-purple, foliage margined white, per doz., $s, 6d., each 6d. 
[Barr and Sugden, 
