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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1911. 
LI LI ES — coniimtcd. 
each- 
t Parryi {California), a very beautiful species, with large bright yellow Bowers lightly spotted 
and of delicate perfume, July, ht. 3 ft. First-Class Certificate R.H.S 
H parviflorum (California), bearing a profusion of small elegant flowers, golden-yellow 
finely spotted brown and with golden anthers, beautiful, ht. 3.J ft. ...per doz. 15/- 
Parvuin {California), flowers small and bell-shaped, of a bright yellow shaded red and 
freely spotted, showy, June-July, ht. 3^ ft Extra strong bulbs, per doz. 24/- 
^ ,, var« luteuni| a very pretty Lily with flowers almost cup-shaped, colour orange, 
dotted maroon, June-July, ht. 3^^ ft per doz. 15/- 
^SPhiladelphiCum {Canada and United Stales), a graceful little Lily, bearing in July 
charming flowers, scarlet, shading to orange, elegantly spotted black, ht. I ft. 
per doz. 12/6 
Philippinense (Philippine Islands), a remarkably graceful and beautiful Lily, suitable 
for pot culture in greenhouse (treatment as for L. nepalense ) ; it bears on a 
slender leafy stem one long white trumpet-shaped flower with reflexing petals, 
sweetly scented, ht. 2 ft per doz. 8/6 
I Pomponium verum a beautiful June-flowering Lily, with very grace- 
ful foliage, flowers reflexed and of a rich sealing-wax scarlet colour, ht. 2 to 3 ft. 
per doz. ic/6 
II Pyrenaicum flavum {Pyrenees), the Yellow Turk’s-Cap Lily, having a leafy 
stem surmounted by an elegant umbel of pendent flowers with reflexed petals, 
yellow shaded green, finely dotted black and with scarlet anthers, fttne-flowering, 
ht. 3 ft per doz. 5/6 
>» rubrum, producing an umbel of drooping flowers with reflexed petals, orange- 
scarlet spotted maroon, anthers scoxXot, June-flowering, ht. 2 to 3 ft. per doz. 8/6 
If Roe*lii (true), a rare Lily from the Pacific coast, bearing in June an elegant raceme of 
brilliant orange-red flowers spotted purple and with reflexed petals, ht. 3 ft per doz. 21/- 
5 Rubellum, a beautiful little Japanese Lily with slender growth like that of Krameri, 
while the flowers are of distinct elegant form, delicate pale rose, with golden anthers ; it has 
been found to thrive best out of doors in a partially shady situation in a compost of loam, 
leaf soil, and stones ; it makes a lovely pot -plant (2 or 3 bulbs in a pot) and may be gently 
forced into bloom by end of May, ht. I^ ft per doz. 10/6 & 15/- ; i/- & 
ll^Speciosum {syn. lancifolium) {Japan), a remarkably beautiful section of Lilies 
flowering in late summer and early autumn ; the flowers are large and hand- 
some with reflexing petals and last a long time in water when cut. 
,, album, handsome white flowers of firm texture, ht. 3 ft. 
Strong bulbs, per doz. 7/6 
,, „ Crown Princess, a very floriferous variety, bearing a large 
number of fine white flowers, ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit, p. doz. 9/6 
,, „ Kraetzeri, extremely beautiful large white flowers of great sub- 
st.ance, with dark orange-coloured anthers, ht. 3 ft. 
,, ,, ,, Strong flowering bulbs per doz. 10/6 
,, ,, ,, Extra strong bulbs, ,, 12/6 
,, ,, ,, A few monster bulbs, per doz. 15/- & 21/- ; 1/6 & 
,, masnificum, a grand Lily introduced in 1903 from a new district in Japan. 
It resembles the favourite Melpomene but blooms earlier, is richer in colour 
and has longer and broader petals ; the foliage is of a rich dark green, while 
the flowers are of great substance and borne 10 to 20 on a spike. Award of 
Merit R.H.S per doz. 10/6 & 15/- ; i/- & 
,, ,, Extra large bulbs 
,, Melpomene, one of the richest coloured of this group, bearing large hand- 
some flowers of stout substance, dark crimson, heavily spotted purple-crimson, 
and margined white, ht. 3 ft per doz. 8/6 
,, ,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 10/6 
,, ,, A few monster bulbs ,, 18/6 
,, punctatum, white spotted pink, anthers yellow, beautiful, ht. 3 ft., ,, 6/6 
„ ,, album {syn. album novum), the finest white variety, of 
robust growth, with handsome broad foliage, flowers very large, snowy white, 
with yellow anthers ; a grand Lily which we can strongly recommend, 
ht, 3 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S per doz. 18/- 
,, roseum, white suffused and spotted delicate light rose, pretty, ht. 3 ft. 
Extra strong bulbs, per doz. 5/6 
„ „ multiflorum, a fine variety, resembling Melpomene in growth, 
flowers of good form, suffused and spotted rose on a white ground, 
early and very free-flowering, ht. 3 ft. ...per 100, 55/- ; per doz. 76 
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