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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1909. 
GALANTHUS— ^ 
Foster!, a fine tall distinct species, with handsome broad bright glossy green foliage, 
flowers snowy white, large, and fairly long, the inner segments being coloured rich green 
except just above the mouth per loo, 7/6 ; per doz. i 3 
Imperati, the Italian form of Galanthus nivalis, and when established a fine tall 
grower; plant in the shelter of shrubs and leave undisturbed 
per 1000, 60/- ; per 100, 6/6 ; per doz. i o 
latifolius (Redoutei), a distinct species from the Caucasus, with broad light green foliage 
per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2 6 
plicatus (The Giant Crimean Single Snowdrop), a tall-growing species having distinct 
broad plicate foliage ; flowers large, the inner segments having a broad dark green blotch at tips 
large bulbs, per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3 o 
robustus, a very beautiful robust-growing species ; an early bloomer with large well- 
formed flowers per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. i 9 
Whittalli, a grand Snowdrop witli large handsome flowers, having longer petals than 
Elwesu, the foliage is broad and handsome, of a rich glaucous-green, per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. i 3 
11 II ,, ,, extra large bulbs ,, 12/6; ,, i 9 
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 effective when grouped with the scarlet Gladiolus Brenchleyensis. Plant from October 
to March, covering the Autumn plantings with a little litter for the first winter. 
Strong bulbs, per 100, 5/6; per doz. -/lo. Extra large bulbs, per 100, 7/6; per doz i 3 
GASTRONEMA. See Cyrtanthus. 
GELASINE azurea. See our Spring List of Bulbs and Tubers, 
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 100, 5/6 : per doz. o 10 
GERBERA Jamesoni (Barberton or Transvaal Scarlet Daisy). See List of Novelties 
and Specialities, page 6. 
GESNERAS. See our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers. 
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. Colville! 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. 
Culture 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 four to five 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. 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 being given during severe frost. When the plants are in 
bud they inay be removed to the conservatory or greenhouse. 
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 too per doz. 
showy brilliant rosy claret, useful for borders, naturalising, or cutting, 
ht. 2 ft.... per 1000,30/- 
Colvillei, crimson-purple, flaked white, very showy, v.aluable for naturalisation, 
ht. 2^ ft per 1000, 27/6 
II 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 1000, 45/- 
,, 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/- 
S. ft. 
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