BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 29 
NERINES. 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF AUTUMN FLOWERS FOR THE GREENHOUSE. 
For Autumn decoration in the greenhouse few plants 
can compare with Ncrines for their brilliant and attractive 
colours, which form a pleasing contrast to the prevailing 
tints of this period of the year. The flowers, which are 
produced in umbels of 6 to 24 blooms, are borne on stout 
stems varying in height from 1 to 2 ft. In colour they 
range from dark red , vivid crimson , cerise , and scarlet to 
salmon , coral- rose ^ pinky blush , and white , many having a 
glistening lustre which in sunlight gives them the appear- 
ance of being dusted with gold or silver. In some cases the 
flowers have a well-defined bar or stripe running up centre 
of petal which adds to their charm. They remain decorative 
for many weeks, and their beauty may be enjoyed in a sitting- 
room as well as the greenhouse, if the pots are kept in a 
sunny window. 
The cut spikes, which last fresh a long time, are greatly 
appreciated for table decoration associated with some light 
graceful foliage like that of Maidenhair Fern. 
The vaueties we offer below are mostly New Seed- 
lings, comprising new shades of colour and new forms ; 
they are freer bloomers, and in some cases of taller growth, 
and with larger flowers than any of the older kinds. 
Culture. — Nerines can be very easily grown by any- 
one who has a glass structure from which frost can be 
excluded. Plenty of air and sunshine are their principal 
requirements. After the bulbs have finished flowering, place 
the pots on an airy sunny shelf close to the glass-, and 
encourage a free foliage growth by giving -occasionally a 
little weak liquid manure. In April or May, when the foliage commences to turn yellow, cease giving 
water and allow the bulbs to ripen off in their pots. As soon as the plants show signs of making fresh 
growth in August or early September, stand the pots in saucers of water for a few hours to ensure the 
soil being uniformly moist, and then give water sparingly until the flower spikes are well advanced- 
Nerines bloom most freely when well established in pots. Re-pot every third or fourth year. 
In potting, put in plenty of crocks to ensure good drainage, and use a compost of two-thirds good loam 
and one-third sand, with a sprinkling of well-decayed leaf soil or old manure and bonemeal. 
Our Exhibit of New Hybrid Nerines was awarded by the R.H.S. a Silver Banksian 
Medal, November 1914, and a Silver Flora Medal November 1916. 
each— s. d. 
Albatross, white with delicate pink flush, nice truss 15 o 
Arethusa, orange-scarlet with scarlet stripe, good truss 5 6 
Ariadne, blush-salmon with salmon-red stripe, large flower, good truss, extra fine 42 o 
Armorel, flowers bright cherry , with a lighter coloured centre and a deep stripe on petals, 
which are prettily waved 5 6 
Bowdeni, a fine species from Cape Colony, producing large umbels of flowers 3 to 4 in. 
across, pink with a rose-coloured line down each petal. Award ok Merit R.H.S 3 6 
Brocade, bright rose overlaid with mauve , stamens mauve , petals elegantly waved, a 
charming colour combination 5 6 
Charm, delicate shell-pink with rose stripe, petals waved, free-bloomer 5 6 
Claudius, rich crimson- scarlet, open spreading flower with waved petals, nice compact 
truss, tall grower 15 o 
Com US, /AH’, lighter towards centre, with faint stripe, large broad-petalled flower 4 6 
Constance, soft rose-pink with rose stripe, broad-petalled open flower 10 6 
Coquette, flowers large and expanded, of a light salmon-red with broad scarlet band on 
petals, tall grower, handsome 21 o 
Coral Queen, flowers a pretty soft coral-red with silver shading, petals elegantly waved... 7 6 
Cordelia, pink with deeper pink stripe and silvery margin, open flower, good truss, tall... 21 o 
Countess of Bathurst, blush-white with rose centre, very beautiful 15 o 
Dawn, silvery mauve with rose stripe, large flower : 4 6 
Dresden, flowers salmon-red shaded mauve with silver dusting, very attractive 7 6 
Dryade, flowers large and open, of a bright rose-pink with deeper stripe, petals slightly 
reflexed and waved, tall grower 5 6 
Empress Queen, producing a fine umbel of large open broad-petalled flowers, colour 
a delicate old rose with silver sheen, centre rich rose radiating into a central bar down each 
petal, very beautiful, tall grower 63 o 
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