BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 Kin£ Street, Covent Garden, London. 35 
GLADIOLUS, NEW HYBRID BUTTERFLY— conU'ttudii. 
B&RR’S COLLECTIONS OP BUTTERFLY GLADIOLI. 
3 ea. of 20 choice varieties 50 /- & 80 /- 
1 „ 20 17/6 & 27/6 
3 „ 12 22/-, 35/-, & 50/- 
1 ea. of 12 choice vars 7/6, 12/-, & 16/- 
3 „ 6 9 /-. ‘5/-. & 21 /- 
1 „ 6 ,, ,, 4/6, 7/6. & 10/6 
Lafayette, a remarkably fine variety which we can confidently recommend for its decorative 
character in the garden. Flowers large, of a beautiful cream colour, faintly flushed rose and with 
striking blotches of ruby-crimson, very beautiful ; a robust growet per too, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 
Barr’S Splendid Mixed Butterfly Hybrids, a special mixture of the finest selected 
hybrids, and is sure to please, giving the greatest variety of colours with most beautiful markings, 
and all with fine handsome spikes of bloom ; yuite superior to what is usually sold. 
per too, 25/-; per doz. 3/6 
Barr’s Fine Mixed Butterfly Hybrids, containing a good variety of colours, all with 
beautiful markings and fine spikes of bloom per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
Barr’s Mixed Blues, Violets and Lavenders, all very handsome, 
per too, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
xGLADIOLUS NANCEiANUS. 
These are giant-flowered hybrids of Gladiolus Lemoinei and G. Saundersii, and produce large 
open flowers of elegant outline and brilliant colours and markings, on erect branching spikes. Very free- 
flowering and decorative. Bulbs planted end of March or April flower in August. 
3 each of 12 beautiful named varieties 47/- 
1 „ 12 „ „ 16 /- 
Finest Mixed Hybrids, a grand mixture of colours per too, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
{A descriptive list of Gladiolus Nancelanus will be found in our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers.) 
X GRAND NEW AMERICAN GLADIOLI. 
These .are mostly new hybrids raised in Canada by Mr. H. H. Groff, and are remarkable for their tall 
vigorous growth and large handsome flowers, which embrace many fine new colours. At Kew Gardens 
these grand Gladioli have been quite a centre of attraction. Plant from end of March to April. Orders 
booked for supply in early spring. 
per doz. each. 
Groff’S New Selected Blue and Heliotrope Shades, flowers large s d. s. d 
and beautiful, ranging from lilac and heliotrope to rich pansy-blue per lOO, 45/- 6 O... 
Groff’s New Yellow Hybrids, mostly soft yellow, primrose and cream-coloured 
shades with maroon or crimson blotch, and containing a few good seifs. ..per too, 6o/- 8 6... 
Groff’S Selected Dark Hybrids, containing mostly rich dark velvety shades 
of scarlet, crimson, cherry-red, purple, some with a striking blotch, very handsome, 
per too, 42/- 
Groff’S Mixed Colours, containing a great variety of new and beautiful shades, 
per too, 45/- 
Aftergllow (Groff), so named from its blend of colours resembling a Canadian 
sky after sunset, rose, salmon, fawn, and violet, flowers large and open, very beauti- 
tiful, ht. 4 to 5 ft 
America, a very beautiful hybrid of G. Gandavensis x Childsii, producing well- 
formed erect spikes, well furnished with very large open flowers, pale silvery shell- 
pink shaded white, with slightly carmine lined centre, ht. 3 ft per too, 25/- 
Blue Jay, true (Groff), the Finest Blue Gladiolus, flowers large dark velvety 
purple-blue with white markings, very striking and beautiful, ht. 4 to 5 ft 
Dawn (Groff), flowers large and beautiful, delicate salmon (under glass shading 
to white), with a small red stain on lower petals 
Glory, a grand new break, flowers of elegant form, delicate creamy pink with margin 
of petals prettily undulated ; of fine robust habit, ht. 3J ft 
La Luna (Groff), flowers very large and beautiful, opening from a pale yellow to 
creamy white, the interior having a rosy glow, lower petals with blotch of velvety 
scarlet, ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S., 1909 
Mrs. Francis Kin£, flowers large and beautiful, bright salmon-rose shaded scarlet, 
centre well lighted, lower petals having a handsome velvety crimson blotch 
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30 0...2 9 
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15 O...I 6 
30 0...2 9 
15 0...1 6 
15 0...1 6 
7 6...0 8 
Barr’s Hardy Plant Catalogue 
describes the best Hardy Perennials, Alpines, Rock Plants, Climbers, and Hardy Aquatics, with 
many useful notes on culture. Post Free. 
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