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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1908. 
each — s. d 
* BEGONIA, Single, Barr’s Large-flowered, for Bedding, in separate colours, 
scarlet, crimson, rose, salmon, pink, white, orange, and yellow 
each colour, p. too, 21/- ; p. doz. 3/- — 
„ ,, ,, Choice Mixed ,, 16/6 ; „ 2/4 — 
Single, Barr’s Exhibition, for pot-culture, having a stiff erect habit and large 
round-petalled flowers of fine form and substance, cannot be surpassed 
In separate selected colours ...per doz. 12/-, 15/- & 21/- — 
Double, Barr’s Exhibition, for pot-culture, flowers of grand form, equalling 
Camellias in symmetry, and of brilliant colours 
In separate selected colours... per doz. 21/-, 30/- & 42/- — 
Double, Barr’s Bedding, in six separate colours, white, scarlet, crimson, orange, 
yellow, and deep rose P er 100 > 3 °/' > P er doz. 4 /~ 
Double, Barr’s Bedding, mixed, in good variety of colour ,, 25/-; ,, 3/6 
New Large-flowered Fringed, a beautiful new race, with very large handsome 
flowers borne on stiff erect stems well above the foliage, the petals having their edges 
elegantly crimped and fringed. Awarded Premier Prize at the Paris Exhibition, 1900. 
We can strongly recommend these beautiful Begonias for bedding or for pots. 
Separate colours, dark vermilion red, orange-scarlet, orange-salmon, bright 
glowing rose, soft yellow, and pure white each colour, per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Mixed shades of colour per 100, 32/6; ,, 4/6 
New Large-flowered Single Spotted, flowers ranging from red to ptnk and 
orange, all handsomely spotted white, very striking per doz. 6/6 o 7 
New Large-flowered Single Striped, a very beautiful strain, with large flowers 
of various shades, elegantly striped 1 6 
New Large-flowered Single White-eyed, having large handsome flowers, in 
various shades of red, all with a beautiful white centre per doz. 2/6 o 3 
New Large-flowered Double Marbled, a very beautiful novel strain, having 
large double well-formed flowers of rose-pink and red shades marbled white per doz. 10/6 I o 
New Double, “Lafayette,” a grand bedding variety, forming plants of erect habit 
with dark foliage and covered with very double brilliant scarlet flowers per doz. 8/6 o 9 
New Double, “Graf Zeppelin,” a very decorative bedding variety, producing in 
abundance small very double flowers of a rich deep scarlet, stems red, foliage green, lit. 10 in. 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Worthiana, a very pretty species bearing on long slender stems graceful drooping flowers, 
orange-red with salmon glow; a showy border plant per doz. 7/6 o 8 
BELLADONNA & GUERNSEY LILIES. See Amaryllis, page 14, Nerirte, page 67. 
BELLEVALLIA romana (Roman Squill), producing in May elegant long spikes of bell- 
shaped flowers, opening deep azure tipped rose, and passing off bronze with a white tip, 
ht. 10 in Per doz. 3/6 o 4 
x BESSERA elegans (Coral Drops), a beautiful Mexican bulbous plant producing from 
August to September graceful umbels of drooping bell-shaped bright scarlet flowers grow 
in pots for indoors, or plant on rockwork in Spring in a compost of loam, leaf-soil, and 
sand, ht. 1 ft doz. 7/6 ° 8 
BLOOMER I A aurea, producing in June beautiful umbels of golden-yellow flowers, striped 
brown, a fine showy flower for beds and borders, ht. 15 inches ; it likes a light rich soil 
per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
BOBARTIA collina, a beautiful Summer-flowering bulb. See Homeria. 
X BOUSSINGAULTIA baselloides (The Madeira Vine), an elegant climber, valuable for 
hanging baskets, window boxes, rustic tubs, etc., leaves pale green and fleshy, flowers white 
and hawthorn scented ; hardy on dry rockwork, or in well-drained sunny situations, otherwise 
plant in March, lift the roots in autumn and store in sand per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
x BRAVOA geminiflora (Scarlet Twin-flower), a handsome hardy plant for light soils 
and a sunny situation, throwing up in July elegant racemes of orange-red tubular flowers, 
ht. ij ft. ; it is best planted in March and lifted in October per doz. 2/6 o 3 
BRODI/EA (Californian Hyacinth), a very beautiful family of hardy bulbs, well deserving 
a place in every choice border, or for select nooks on rockwork. June-July flowering. 
When planting surround the bulbs with sharp sand. 
Bridges! i, a line distinct species, bearing umbels of pretty purplish rose flowers with light 
centre, ht. i£ ft , P« doz. 3/6 o 4 
californica (syn. Austin®), the largest-flowered of all the lirodiseas ; flowers of a 
delicate heliotrope shade of colour, borne in graceful umbels, ht. 15 in per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Candida, bearing umbels of large flowers, very pale blue, almost white, a handsome 
border plant, ht. 1 ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
capitata alba, bearing on tall stems umbels of lovely pure white flowers, 2 ft. ,, 3/6 o 4 
COCCinea (Scarlet Fire-Cracker of California), a remarkably handsome plant bearing 
graceful umbels of long tubular blood-red flowers, tipped green, iA ft. ...large bulbs, per doz. 4/6 o 5 
COngesta, lilac flowers in rosettes, valuable as a cut flower, 2 ft., per 100, 5/6; „ lod. — 
grandiflora, a most valuable dwarf early Summer flower for edgings, masses, etc., 
colour bright blue, ht. £ ft ••• per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. 8 d. — 
Hendersoni, handsome umbels of chrome-yellow flowers, striped violet ,, 8/6 o 9 
Howellii lilacina, bearing clusters of elegant tubular flowers, pale lavender tipped 
white, remarkably beautiful. First-Class Certificate R.II.S per doz. 10/6 1 o 
