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BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1911. 
FREESIA — <ontinued. each— j d 
Rosa Bonheur, flowers bright rose developing to carmine-rose with rich yellow blotch 
on lower petals, beautiful per doz. 25/- 2 3 
Rose Queen, a very beautiful variety, flowers brilliant carminc-rosc deepening in colour 
with age; they are fragrant, freely produced and last a very long time in condition. Award 
, OF Merit R.II.S., February 23 rd, 1909 . (Ac« “ The Garden,” d/a>-r 4 6, 1909)... per doz. 84/- 7 6 
Salmonetta, bearing on long stems soft salmon-red flowers tinged apricot, a charming 
colour per doz. 18/6 i 9 
Tuber^eni (F. refracta alba x F. Armstrong!), a pretty hybrid with flowers of a 
delicate rose-lilac shade with white throat and base of tube bronzy gold, deliciously scented 
per doz. 21/- 2 o 
FRITILLARIA chitralensis, a beautiful new Crown Imperial from Chitral, bearing from 
February to March heads of drooping bell shaped rich soft yellow flowers. It is very distinct 
from all other Crown Imperials in foliage and habit, and the flowers have not a disagreeable 
scent, ht. i} to 2 ft per doz. 18/- i 9 
GALANTHUS Elwesii, Extra Early Strain for Forcing, a remarkably early strain of 
Elwes’ Giant Snowdrop ; can easily be brought into bloom in pots or vases for Christmas 
decoration Exim stmng bulbs, per 1,000, 60/-; per too, 6/6 ; per doz. i/- — 
„ ,, Monster bulbs ,, 7/6 ; ,, 1/3 — 
GLADIOLUS 
X Kinig Edward VII., a beautiful new hybrid of the Early Gladioli Crimson Queen x Ardens, 
having in July very large spreading flowers of a brilliant red shaded orange, the three lower 
petals being marked purple and silver, ht. 18 in. Award of Merit R. II.S 3 6 
xprimulinus (Maid of the Mist), a rare and lovely species found growing in the 
neighbourhood of the Victoria Kalis on the Zambesi River, where the spray at times 
completely covers it. The flowers, which are of a beautiful soft primrose-yellow, are of 
quaint hooded form and borne on spikes 2 to 3 fti high, from July to August. Easily 
grown in pots in a cold greenhouse or out of doors in warm localities ; while in full growth 
the plants should be given a liberal supply of water per doz. 15/- i 6 
X primulinus hybridSi containing some beautiful shades of soft primrose, pale bufT-yellow, 
apricot, pale copper and other delicate art shades, ht. 2\ ft per doz. 15/- i 6 
X prinC0p8| a grand showy Gladiolus bearing flowers of great size, very open, and beautifully 
formed, brilliant deep scarlet with white stripe down centre of petal ; remarkably effective in 
the flower border per doz. 8/6 o 9 
xQLORIOSA Leopoldi, a fine new Glory Lily from the Congo, producing an abundance of 
beautiful self-golden-yellow flowers ; a grand warm greenhouse climber 2 6 
X HYMENOCALLIS Amancses, the Golden-Yellow Peruvian Daffodil, a rare and hand- 
some greenhouse bulbous plant, ht. i^- to 2 ft per doz. 48/- 4 6 
IRIS, New Refifelio-Cyclus Varieties, a lovely new race of Irises, see page 49. 
IRIS, Eng^lish and Spanish— Beautiful New Varieties, with large handsome 
flowers of brilliant varied colours, included in our general list on pages 43 to 46. 
IRIS, New Qiant Early Xiphium Irises, early -flowering hybrids of I. Xiphium^^ite 
See page 46. 
LACHENALIAS.— Beautiful New Varieties. 
Brif htness, bells golden-yellow with crimson tip and claret markings at mouth 
f)er doz. 7/6 o S 
Cowslip, bearing on bold spikes large golden bells with expanded mouth deeply margined 
maroon per doz. 25/- 2 3 
Ruby, bells scarlet-yellow and green, very showy ,, 4/6 o 5 
LILIUM 
Candidum (The Madonna Lily) a feiv monster btdbsy per 100, 55/-; per doz. 7/6 o 8 
*» »» >» very large bulbs ,, 35/*; ,, 5/* o 6 
X myriophyllum (new), a rare and beautiful refined form of Lilium Broimiiiy hearing in 
July flowers of great substance, with three very broad petals and three narrower segments 
recurved at tip and elegantly waved at margin, colour waxy white, anthers golden, back 
of petals broadly banded ruby*rcd, sweet-scented, foliage narrow and elegantly curled, ht. 3ft. 15 o 
X sulphureum (syn, Wallichianum superbum and ochroleucum), a very beautiful 
Trumpet Lily from Upper Burmah, producing in September handsome flowers 9 inches long, 
of great substance, and deliciously fragrant ; on first opening they are of a soft sulphur colour, 
but change ultimately to white tinged rose, ht. 4 to 6 ft. In the South of England and miki 
localities this charming Lily may be grown out of doors, but otherwise we recommend pot- 
culture in a cool airy greenhouse, plunging the pots out of doors in summer and bringing 
them indoors for blooming in autumn. A peaty soil suits it bes': strong bulbs 2 0 
,t M M extra strong bulbs 3 6 
