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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1911. 
EARLY WHITE ROMAN 
HYACINTH. 
barr’s early white roman hyacinths 
GROWN IN A BOWL. 
Extra Selected French-£rown 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 Dine- 
tions, see page 3. ) 
Early White Roman Hyacinth, 
Extra Large Selected Bulbs 
per 100, 21 1- 30 
First-size Selected Bulbs ,, 16/6 2 4 
A few Monster Bulbs, rrarre ,, 27/6 3 9 
Second-size bulbs we do not stocky as they 
produce fewer flower spikes than the above; we 
can procure them for customers, however, if 
required. 
Barr's “ Extra Early ” 
SMALL PINK HYACINTH, from Asia Minor. 
A very graceful little Hyacinth and quite the earliest to bloom, coming in even before the Early 
White Roman Hyacinth per lOO, 30/- ; per doz. 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 per too, 30/- ; per doz. 4/3 
ITALIAN AND FRENCH EARLY HYACINTHS. 
These bloom just after the White Roman Hyacinth, and are therefore valuable for succession. They 
are all of graceful beauty, and 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 
a very pretty decoration for the greenhouse and sitting-room. per doz. 
s d 
BIuGi producing spikes of dark porcelain-blue flowers on dark-coloured stems ...per lOO, 14/6 2 o 
Ivory WhitO| producing elegant spikes of white bells with tube delicately tinged creamy 
blush, valuable for cutting and succeeding the White Roman Hyacinth per 100, 14/6 2 o 
Pa.risia.ri Double Blue, flowers double, full lavender, the tube shading to a pretty 
azure-blue per too, 21/- 3 o 
Primrose, a lovely Hyacinth producing freely graceful spikes of pale chrome-yellow single 
flowers ; very beautiful when grown in bowls and vases per 100, 35/- 5 ^ 
Shell-Pink, bearing semi-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, 21/- 3 o 
HYACINTH- Grape, Starch, and Feathered. See Muscari, pages 62 and 63. 
HYACINTHUS 
amethyst! n us, an elegant Alpine Hyacinth of the most beautiful amethyst-blue j 
charming in pots, and clumps in flower borders, or as edgings, and a valuable bulb to naturalise 
in grass, woodlands, etc., ht. J ft per 1000, 35/- ; per loo, 4/- o 7 
amethyst! n US albus, a beautiful white variety of the above, ht. i ft 7/6 i 3 
azureus. Muscari azureum, 62. candicans. See Gahtonia., page J2. 
X 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 
6 in. deep ; the flowers are of great beauty. 
Amancses, the Golden-Yellow Peruvian Daffodil, a rare and handsome greenhouse 
plant,- ht. ij to 2 ft per doz. 48/- 
calathina, the pearly sweet-smelling White Sea Daffodil, a lovely bulbous plant 
for greenhouse or outdoors, planted close to a south wall ; the flowers are of great beauty. 
Orders booked for supply in March and April, ready for potting or planting out. 
per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- 
X IMANTOPHYLLUM. See CIiyia,/a^z 22. 
each 
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