BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London, 
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Hardy Spring Carpeting and Bedding Plants 
For Autumn Planting. 
To associate with Spring-Flowering Bulbs in beds and borders or the wild garden. 
For Spi'ing decoration in association with bulbs the following plants will be found most useful. By their use 
as a groundwork or edging the most beautiful harmonies of colour may be obtained. Few sights in Spring 
are more beautiful than masses of the gold, white, and blue of the Alyssum, Arabis, and Aubrletia associated with 
breadths of Daffodils, Scillas, Muscaris, etc., or Forget-me-Nots {Myosotis) and Golden Polyanthuses mingling 
with Daffodils or with gorgeous and stately Darwin Tulips, etc. The Acsenas, Arenaria balearlca, Mossy 
Saxlfragas and Thymes make beautiful carpets of foliage for the smaller and daintier spring bulbous flowers, like 
Narcissi Cyclamineus, Minimus and Trlandrus, also Chlonodoxas, Small Crocus Species, etc, 
AC^N A (New Zealand Bur), producing dense close carpets of evergreen foliage, rapid growers. each— s. d 
Buchanani, foliage beautiful soft pqa-green, ht. 2 in per doz. s/6 o 6 
InerinlSy producing close cushion of bronzy grey-green foliage ; effective rapid carpeting plant ,, 5/6 o 6 
tnlCrophylIa« very close growing small bronze foliage covered in summer and autumn with crimson 
spiny balls ; a good rock plant, i in per doz. 7/6 o 9 
Novae** Zealandl3&f foliage bronzy green, spreading rapidly, 2 in o 6 
ACHILLEA tomentOSa* afmedwarf subject for permanent edging or rockwork, dark green prostrate 
persistent ibliage with heads of golden flowers in spikes 6 in. high per doz. 5/6 o 6 
AJUCA reptans atro-purpurea, foliage rich purple-bronze, dwarf spreading habit, 6 in. ,, 5/- o 6 
alyssum saxatlle compactum (Gold Dust), covered during May with sheets of golden-yellow 
flowers, ht. j ft per 100, 21/- ; per cfoz. 3/6 o 4 
beautiful new double-flowered form of the Gold Dust, producing masses 
of brilliant golden-yellow flowers, i ft. Award of Merit R.Il.S o 6 
ANEMONE Pulsatilla (The Pasque Flower), beautiful violet-coloured flowers of large size, flowers 
and foliage covered with long silken hairs ; the seed heads arc also very handsome and prized for cutting, 
early summer-flowering, 3 ft per ico, 25/- ; per doz. 4/6 o 6 
ANTENNARIA tomcntosa (Snow in Summer), persistent close grey foliage, fine bedder, i in. „ 3/6 o 4 
ARABIS albida SUperba (White Rock Cress), covered during April and May with sheets of white 
flowers, ht. i ft per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
n » fl- Pl-< covered with sprays of double pure white sweet-scented flowers, ht. | ft. ; a 
lovely subject for associating with Tulips per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
ARENARIA balearlca (Creeping Sand Wort), producing a perfectly close green carpet studded with 
numerous white starry flowers, ht. i in. ; a valuable plant for rapidly covering bare rock per doz. 5/6 
larlctfollay forming a close fresh green carpet smothered during June and July with dainty pure 
white flowers, 4 in 
tetracfuetra, a Pyrenean species bearing dainty white flowers, July-Aug., 2 in 
ARMERIA maritlma Laucheana, valuable for permanent edgings, dense compact deep green 
tufts, studded with small spikes of crimson flowers, J ft per doz. 3/6 
„ „ alba, forming neat tufts studded with white flowers, I ft „ 3/6 
AUBRIETIA (Rock Cress), valuable for associating with the golden Alyssum and white Arabls, hi. 3 to 4 in. 
Bridesmaid, a lovely new variety, raised at our Nurseries, soft blush-coloured flowers . .per doz. 5/6 
Crimson Kln§r, deep crimson, showy 7/6 
Dr, Mules, deep violet-purple ,, 5/6 
Fire King, rich crimson 5/6 
greeca, selected form, soft pale lavender self, good close habit s/6 
Lavender, a charming variety with lovely clear lavender-blue flowers. Award of Merit R.H.S. 
per doz. 7/6 
Lelchtllnl, deep rose 4/0 
Moerheimi, rose-coloured >• 5/5 
M rs. E. M . Crosf leld, large flowers of a rich violet-blue, very free, extra 5/6 
Peter Barr, rich glowing purple »I 5/j 
Royal Purple, rich purple, good 4/6 
tauriCOla, soft lilac, very dwarf and compact i» 4/5 
,, alba, soft lilac-grey passing to white, very effective per 100, 42/- ; ,, 5/6 
AURICULA, mixed hardy border varieties, a fine strain of our own, containing a charming 
variety of colour ; a good hardy race of Auriculas per 100, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 
CERASTIUM arvense compactum, very close prostrate green foliage with a mass of white 
blossoms in early summer; a charming plant for covering banks and mounds and to 
naturalise per doz. 4/6 
„ fomentOSum (Snow in Summer), foliage silvery grey, flowers white, produced at the 
end of May, lu. 4 in per doz. 4/6 
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CHEIRANTHUS Alllonl. an exceedingly showy rock and border plant, producing from spring to 
autumn brilliant orange-coloured flowers, i ft o 6 
„ mutabllls. Munstead Variety (purpurea), a beautiful border or rock- 
plant, flowers rich purple shot with bronze, sumincr-llowering, very attractive, i ft. . . o 6 
DAISIES. Rob Roy Rubens), crimson-scarlet 
Snowball, pure white 
Giant Flowered Double Rose, flowers of immense size 
„ „ . White 
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