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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1908. 
BULBS RND TUBERS. &C. 
FOR ALL SEASONS AND CLIMATES. 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED FOR EASY REFERENCE. 
In the following pages we give descriptions, as far as space permits, of the various Bulbs, etc., 
with general notes as to their cultural requirements. The larger illustrations are mostly reproductions, 
on a greatly reduced scale, of photographs taken at our Surbiton Bulb Nurseries. 
Great care is taken in the selecting of our Bulbs, these being drawn from the best bulb farms 
only. High-class Daffodils and Tulips, etc., also many little rare and beautiful bulbous plants, we are 
ourselves large growers of 
W Those bulbs and tubers marked thus x ripen late and are sent out from the middle 
of October to March. All other bulbs, etc., are ready for despatch in September. Orders 
which embrace earlier and later ripening bulbs, etc., will be executed therefore in two parts. 
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xABOBRA viridiflora, an elegant scarlet-fruited half-hardy perennial climber; plant 
outdoors in Spring and lift the tubers in Autumn, storing them in dry sand in a cool place 
away from frost per doz. 5/6 o 6 
x ACHIMENES, these make charming pot-plants for the greenhouse, and are very decorative 
with their brilliantly coloured elegant flowers ; pot in rich light soil in Spring and start in 
a gentle bottom heat. 
3 each of 8 distinct varieties, 8/- ; I each of 8 distinct varieties, 37- 
Beautiful Hybrids, mixed, containing a great variety of charming colours 
per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 — 
tubiflora (syn. Dolichodeira), a valuable but little known pot-plant for greenhouse, 
bearing trusses of long tubular white flowers which have a delicious fragrance ...per doz. 5/6 o 6 
ACONITE- Winter. See Winter Aconite. 
ADONIS 
pyrenaica, a handsome plant, producing in spring large golden yellow flowers ; prefers a 
shady situation, lit. 1 to ij ft per doz. 5/6 
vernalis, bearing large star-shaped clear yellow Anemone-like flowers, April and May, 
charming when massed on rockwork or borders ; it thrives in ordinary soil, ht. | ft. 
per too, 25/- ; per doz. 4/6 
amurensis. See Novelty List, page 5. 
„ fl. pi. Kikusaki. See Novelty List, page 5. 
,, fl. pi. var. Sandasaki. See Novelty List ,page 5. 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily), valuable subjects for growing in tubs and pots, 
either for greenhouse or summer decoration in porches, on verandahs, terrace walks, and 
lawns, etc. They are also very effective planted out by streams, lakes, and ponds. During 
severe winters they should be covered with light litter or long manure, or in very cold 
climates lift the tubers in October and store in dry soil, replanting them in March. This 
plant is a gross feeder, and likes a rich soil with plenty of moisture while in growth. 
umbellatus, handsome umbels of blue flowers, ht. 3 ft per doz. 5/6 
>> flore-pleno, a very handsome variety with fine double blue flowers, 
ht. 3 ft per doz. 10/6 
i, albus, producing handsome umbels of flowers ranging from white to 
white shaded blue, ht. 3 ft per doz. 5/6 
,> fol. variegatis, foliage handsomely striped, flowers light blue, ht. 3 ft. 
„ Mooreanus, small blue flowers in graceful umbels, ht. 2 ft., per doz. 4/6 
„ St. Pauli. See Novelty List, page 5. 
>, Weillighi. See Novelty List, page 5. 
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* ALBUCA, handsome Cape bulbs flowering in June ; plant out of doors under a south wall in 
Spring, and lift the bulbs in Autumn, or pot up in Autumn for greenhouse culture, 
canaliculata, having handsome trusses of almond-scsniei go/den-yellow flowers, ht. i’-ft.... 2 6 
fastigiata, producing handsome trusses of white and green flowers, ht. i-| ft. ...crop failed 
Nelsoni, a lovely species, producing handsome spikes of almond-scented pure white flowers, 
with brown stripe down petal (under glass pure white), ht. 3 ft per doz. 7/6 o 8 
ALLIUM, a decorative and showy family of hardy Spring- and Summer-flowering bulbs, valuable 
alike for borders or rockwork and for naturalising in woods, etc. A. ncapolitanum is easily 
forced, and the cut blooms are extensively used for vases and table bouquets, 
acuminatum, with beautiful soft rose-lilac-coloured flowers in umbels, ht. 1 ft., per doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, Murrayanum, bearing umbels of bright rosy violet flowers, ht. 1 ft. ,, 2/6 o 3 
