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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1911. 
GALANTHUS Elwesii, Extra Early Strain for Forcing, a fine early-flowering strain which 
may be brought into bloom by Christmas. A great acquisition. 
s. d. s. d. s. d 
Extra Strong Bulbs per looo 6o o... per too 6 6...pertloz. i o 
Strong Selected Bulbs „ 50 o... „ 5 6... „ o 10 
A Few Monster Bulbs „ 7 6... „ i 3 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL SPECIES OF SNOWDROPS. 
These are all beautiful, and clumps planted on the border or on rockwork will afford much 
pleasure to lovers of hardy flowers. 
Ikariae, perhaps the most beautiful of all 
Snowdrops, having broad glossy light green 
foliage, gracefully recurving, and elegant globular 
snowy white flowers, their inner segments marked 
half way up from mouth with bright green r. d 
per 1000, 42/- ; per too, 4/6 ; per dor. o 8 
Extra large bulbs ,, 55/-; ,, 6/-; ,, o to 
Foster!, a fine tall distinct species, with hand- 
some broad bright glossy green foliage, flowers 
snowy white, large, and fairly long, the inner 
segments being coloured rich green except just 
above the mouth per too, 7/6; perdoz. i 3 
Imperati, the Italian form of Galanthus 
NIVALIS, and when established a fine tall grower; 
plant in the shelter of shrubs and leave un- 
disturbed. ..per 1000, 60/- ; per too, 6/6 ; per doz. i o 
latifblius (Redoutei), a distinct species from 
the Caucasus, with broad light green foliage 
per doz. 2 6 
plicatus (The Giant Crimean Single Snow- 
drop), a tall-growing beautiful species with 
distinct broad plicate foliage; flowers large, the 
inner segments h.aving a broad dark green blotch 
at tips per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3 o 
robustus, a very beautiful robust-growing species ; an early bloomer with large well- 
formed flowers per too, 12/6 ; per doz. i 9 
Whittalli, a grand Snowdrop with large handsome flowers, having longer petals than 
Elwesii, the foliage is broad and handsome, of a rich glaucous-green, per too, 8/6 ; per doz. i 3 
,, ,, ,, ,, extra large bulbs ,, 126; ,, t 9 
X GALTONIA candicans (Hyacinthus candicans), the Great Snow-White 
Summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 6 ft. high, according to soil and situation, 
and bearing a spike of 20 to 50 pure white bell-shaped flowers ; a handsome decorative 
plant for grouping in the flower border or on lawns, also a fine pot-plant for the conservatory. 
Very effective when grouped with the scarlet Gladiolus Hrenchleyensis. Plant from October 
to March, covering the Autumn plantings with a little litter for the first winter. 
Strong Bulbs, per too, 5/6 ; per doz. -/to. Extra large Bulbs, per too, 7/6 ; per doz. i 3 
GASTRONEMA. See Cyrtanthus. 
GELASINE azurea. oax Spring List of Bulbs and Tubers. 
GERANIUM tuberosum (Tuberous-rooted Crane's-bill), an elegant creeping plant 
bearing several violet-rose flowers in Summer ; hardy in sunny spots on rockwork 
per too, 5/6 ; per doz. o to 
GESNERAS. See our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers, 
X GLADIOLUS. 
BARR’S SUMMER-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
For Autumn and Winter Planting. 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli should be largely planted for supplying cut bloom from 
May to July; and for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden. G. Colvillei The Bride is 
extensively grown in pots and boxes for cutting during April, May, and June. All may be grown 
in pots for indoor decoration. 
CULTUKE Outdoors. — Select a situation protected from cutting winds and shaded from the mid- 
day sun. Deeply dig the ground, working in plenty of rotten manure in the underspit, and see that 
the soil is made light and friable. Plant the bulbs from October to November by preference, although 
they may be put in as late .as January. They should be put in at a depth of five to six inches, 
and in the case of the later plantings the bulbs should be soaked in water a few hours previously. 
Before severe frost comes on cover with a little long straw litter or other light material, which 
