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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1909. 
IXIA.— The African Corn Lily. 
A most graceful plant, bearing on wiry stems 15 to 2t inches high long loose racemes of bloom 
of remarkably rich and varied colours. All have a brilliant dark centre, and in the sun’s rays present 
a picture of gorgeous beauty. 
Culture in Pots. — From October to January plant five or six bulbs in a four- or five-inch pot, 
using a compost of turfy loam, leaf soil, and silver sand. Make the soil firm about the bulbs, and 
plunge the pots, up to the rim only, in ashes in a cold pit or frame, or under a south wall. Until a 
little top growth has been made no water should be given, and then only sparingly at first. When the 
plants are in growth, the lights should be left off except during wet or frosty weather. Early in 
February, or when sufficient growth has been made, remove the plants to the greenhouse, keep close to 
the glass, and carefully attend to the watering. 
Culture Outdoors. — Plant from November to January, at a depth of three inches, and the bulbs 
two inches apart, on raised beds, in a prepared light loamy soil, in a sunny situation, protected if possible 
from cold east and northerly winds. When planting cover the bulbs with coarse sand. A covering of 
straw, litter, heather, or other light material will protect the early top growth from frosty winds, but 
it should be removed in March. , ^ 
6 each of 20 splendid varieties 10 6 
3 ,, 20 ,, ,, ^ 6 
3 >1 12 ,, ,, 2/6 & 3 6 
Barr’s “Rainbow” Mixture of Ixias in great variety of gorgeous colours, for filling beds 
and massing in sunny borders per 1000, 25/- ; per 100, 3/- j per doz. td 
The following varieties of Ixias are the most distinct and beautiful in cultivation. 
p. 
Magnum Bonum, large, white 
with blue centre per 1000, 35/- 
NitenSi intense deep magenta, 
handsome 
Prsestans, ruby-crimson, beautiful 
per 1000, 35/- 
Queen of Roses, beautiiul 
bright lose, large double flowers ... 
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7 6...1 3 
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7 6... I 
Beauty of Norfolk, canary, centre 
black per looo, 35/- 
Bucephalus major, rich crimson 
claret-colour, beautiful per lOoo, 35/- 
Conqueror, yellow, shaded red 
per 1000, 35/- 
Crateroides, rich cerise-scarlet, early, 
and greatly valued for cutting 6 
Donnatello, large, flowers brick-scarlet, 
brown centre, a most lovely colour 12 
Elvira, P'rench grey, violet centre 10 
Emperor of China, rich yellow, 
centre black, a grand variety 21 
Erubescens major, deep rose-car- 
mine, black centre, beautiful 7 
Excelsior, large, handsome crimson- 
scarlet per 1000, 40/- 
Golden Drop, golden-yellow, dark 
centre per 1000, 35/- 
H umbert, very large, coppery rose, 
black centre, beautiful and distinct 
per 1000, 35/- 4 
La Favorite, primrose, crimson centre 
per 1000, 30/- 3 
Lady Slade, beautiful ro'^e-plnk, car- 
mine centre 10 
Longiflora, See Mopphixia, 62. 
Magnifica, handsome, rich deep yellow, 
chocolate centre 8 
Viridiflora (The Green Ixia), 
flowers beautiful sea-green, with 
black centre per tooo, 75/- 
Vulcan, orange-red, black centre 
per 1000, 35/- 
White Queen, the largest pure 
white Ixia. with velvety crimson 
centre per looo, 35/- 
100 p. dor. 
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4 0...0 7 
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X IXIA montHdelpiia., a little gem among South Afiican bulbous plants, producing on 
wiry stems flowers of a lovely pale azure with buff orange centre and exterior brownish red, 
ht. ^ ft. A lovely little subject for pots (5 to 6 bulbs in a pot), Cape pit, or sunny nooks 
on rockwork. Bulbs expected ^rom South Africa in Marchy 1910 . ...each4<af. 
4 0...0 7 
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4 0...0 7 
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