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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1911. 
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MONTBRETIA-GRAND NEW HYBRIDS— irtf/i/iV/ttcrf. 
„ Fire King', a very showy variety with flowers of the form of Crocosmaflora, 
but of the most vivid scarlet, ht. 2 ft per too, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
,, George Davison, a fine variety with very large handsome rich golden- 
yellow flowers, produced on long branching spikes, ht. 3J ft per doz. 6/6 
,, Germania, growing nearly 4 ft. high and producing a profusion of graceful 
spikes, clothed with large expanded flowers, glowing orange-red with blood-red 
centre per too, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
,, Hereward, resembling somewhat George Davison, but blooming a month later, 
with large bright golden-yellow flowers on slender stems, ht. 3 ft. Certifica'I'e 
OK Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 7/6 
,, King Edmund, a robust grower with branching spikes of large open 
flowers, rich golden with carmine-blotched centre, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Certificate 
OF Merit Shrewsbury, 1906 per doz. 12/6 
,, Koh-i-noor, a very beautiful hybrid of fine erect habit, and very large flowers 
of a brilliant golden-orange, ht. 2y ft per 100, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 
,, Lady Hamilton, a very pretty variety of erect habit, with yellow Watsonia- 
like flowers, having reddish orange centre and passing to apricot wilh age, ht. 
3^ ft. Award of Merit R.H.S per doz. 7/6 
,, Lord Nelson, a fine handsome variety with dark stems, flowers of great 
substance shaded rich vermilion on outside and inside rich deep orange, a very 
sturdy grower, ht. 3 ft per doz. 15/- 
,, Lothario, very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red, bright and attractive 
per doz. 7/6 
,, Norvic, a very showy variety with rich golden-orange flowers set oflf by 
maroon-coloured bracts and red stems, a free bloomer, ht. 28 in per doz. 10/6 
,, Ori'flamme, flowers brilliant scarlet with golden centre, a fine handsome 
variety, ht. 2 ft per doz. 7/6 
,, Prometheus, one of the finest hybrids yet raised, with immense open spread- 
ing flowers of a brilliant fiery orange with blood-red markings in centre ; a very 
vigorous grower, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Award of Merit R. II.S. and First-Class 
Certificates at York, Edinburgh and Shrewsbury per doz. 12/6 
„ St. Botolph, a grand variety and the largest flowered of the Yellow 
Montbretias, producing erect branching spikes of large open yellow flowers, wilh 
orange shading outside, ht. 4 ft per doz. 7/6 
,, Tragedie, perhaps the darkest coloured of all Montbretias and remarkably 
effective, flowers broad petalled, rich deep orange, the lower half maroon-purple, 
buds almost black, shaded orange at apex, ht. 2^ to 3 ft per doz. 8/6 
,, WestwicK, very distinct, flowers orange-red with yellow eye surrounded by a 
halo of rich maroon per doz. 12/6 I 3 
3 each of 12 New Hybrid Montbretias, 17 / 6 . 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, Musk, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring Flowers require no special culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork 
and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as edgings and massed in the flower border they 
are most charming, and continue a long time in bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. We can strongly recom- 
mend them all for naturalisation. 
“ Heavenly Blue,” a lovely Starch Hyacinth from Trebizond ; the colour is of the 
brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue imaginable, and large 
masses produce a wonderful effect in the garden from the end of March 
to May ; the flowers have a delightful fragrance, and are very valuable 
for cutting, having long stalks, and remaining fresh in water a long time 
per 1000, 42/- ; per 100, 4/6 
„ ,, ,, Extra strong bulbs, ,, 60/-; ,, 6/6 
Azureum (y<«. Hyacinthus azureus), bearing lovely little heads of Cambridge blue 
early in February per 100, 5/6 
,, robustum, a strong-growing variety of the beautiful . 42 ««kot, with 
larger flower-heads of a lovely Cambridge blue per 100, 7/6 
Botryoides cseruleum (Italian Grape Hyacinth), bearing from the end of 
March to early April pretty little spikes of dark blue flowers ; an old 
garden favourite used largely for small beds, edgings, and for natur- 
alising per 1000, 17/6; per 100, i/io o 
„ album (Pearls of Spain), pure white ,, 32/-; ,, 3/6 o 
,, candidum, white, tinged rose, beautiful 5 
,, pallidum, beautiful pale azure-blue 8 
comosum (The Tassel Hyacinth), forming at top of stem curious tassel-like heads of 
deep blue flowers per 100, 6/6 i 
Masseyanum. See Novelty List, page 9. 
Moschatum majus (The Large Musk Hyacinth), fragrant 
Ncfiflectum majus (Starch Hyacinth), blue-black, large and very early, 
remaining long in beauty per 100, 10/6 i 
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