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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1908. 
EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTH. 
BARRS EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 
GROWN IN BOWL OF PEBBLES AND WATER. 
Extra Selected French-grown Bulbs. 
This charming little Hyacinth is of great value for early 
forcing, and may be had in bloom during November, Decem- 
ber, and January by successional plantings. Several bulbs 
in a pot make a charming Winter decoration for the green- 
house or sitting-room, while to cut for bouquets and vases 
the graceful spikes of sweet-scented blooms are highly prized. 
The Roman and Italian Hyacinths lend themselves readily 
to culture in bowls of pebbles and water or our fertilised 
fibre, shell and charcoal mixture. {For Cultural Direc- 
tions, see page 2. ) 
Early White Roman Hyacinth, p ', d °rf 
Extra Large Selected Bulbs 
per 100, 18/6 2 8 
First-size Selected Bulbs ,, 14/6 2 o 
A few Monster Bulbs, scarce ,, 25/- 3 6 
Second-size bulbs we do iwt stock , as they 
produce so few flowers , but we can procure 
them for customers if required. 
Barr’s “Extra Early’’ 
PINK ROMAN HYACINTH. 
A verv graceful little Hyacinth and the earliest of all to bloom , coming in even before the Early 
White Roman Hyacinth P« ,0 °- 2, /*5 P er do2 ' 3/‘ 
Extra Strong Bulbs (stock limited) „ 4/° 
Barr's “Extra Early ” 
BLUSH ITALIAN HYACINTH. 
A very beautiful variety with fine spikes of delicate blush-white flowers opening before the other 
Italian Hyacinths I00 > 2 5/‘ * P er doz ‘ ^ 
ITALIAN EARLY HYACINTHS. 
These bloom just after the White Roman Hyacinth, and are therefore valuable for succession. They 
are all of graceful beauty, ami may be had in bloom in December and January. They can easily be grown 
in bowls of pebbles and water or our prepared Fibre, shell, and charcoal mixture, and make 
per doz. 
s. d 
14/6 2 O 
a very pretty decoration for the greenhouse and sitting-room. 
Blue, producing spikes of dark porcelain-blue flowers on dark-coloured stems 
.per 100 
DIUCj piUUUUlllg spiivws V/i ***••• ~ 
Ivory White, producing elegant spikes of white bells with tube delicately tinged creamy 
blush, valuable for cutting and succeeding the White Roman Hyacinth per too, 14/6 
Primrose, a lovely hyacinth producing freely graceful spikes of pale chrome-yellow single 
flowers ; very beautiful when grown in bowls and vases P er 100, 17/b 
Extra Strong Bulbs ,, 25/- 
Shell-Pink, bearing double bells of elegant form, colour a charming shell-pink shaded 
blush-white, very beautiful. This variety will only bear very gentle forcing per 100, 17/6 
HYACINTH- Grape, Starch, and Feathered. See Muscari, page 64. 
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HYACINTHUS , 
amethystinus, an elegant Alpine Hyacinth of the most beautiful amethyst-blue ; 
charming in pots, and clumps in flower borders, or as edgings, and a valuable bulb to naturalise 
in grass, woodlands, etc., ht. $ ft per 1000, 45/' J Pe"00, S/* 0 9 
amethystinus albus, a white variety of the above, very beautiful, ht. J ft. ... ,, 12/6 1 9 
azureus. See Muscari, page 64. 
candicans. See Galtonia./a^z 32. 
K HYMENOCALLIS (syn. Pancratium or Ismene), lovely bulbous plants for green- 
house, or in warm localities they may be planted outdoors, close to a south wall, top of bulb each^ 
6 in. deep ; the flowers are of great beauty. 
Amancses, the Golden-Yellow Peruvian Daffodil, a rare and handsome greenhouse 
plant, lit. I i to 2 ft per doz. 36/- 3 6 
