BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1913 
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A Few Fine Novelties and Specialities 
In Bulbs and Tubers for 1913. 
Those bulbs and lubers marked thus x ripen late in the year and are sent out from 
November to March. All other bulbs, etc., are ready for despatch in September. Orders 
which embrace earlier and later ripening bulbs, etc., will be executed therefore in two parts. 
ANEIVIONE each — s, d 
“ St. Brig^id,” an extra fine strain of these lovely Poppy Anemones, flowers very large, 
mostly semi-double, with finely divided petals, and of the most brilliant and varied shades 
of colour, all having a handsome blue-black central boss ; very graceful in habit, ht. I ft, 
( IVe send out healthy young flowering roots, which give a much better result than older and 
larger ones) per too, to/6 ; per doz. i/6 — 
“ Cornflower,” a very beautiful new variety with elegant fully double flowers of a dark 
amethyst-blue per too, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Perle Angrevine, a very beautiful new Chrysanthemum-flowered Anemone with large 
pure white double and semi-double flowers, ht. i ft per too, 18/6 ; per doz. 2/8 o 3 
St. Bavo, a beautiful new race of Anemones, originating from the large-flowered Anemone 
fulgens aldborohensis ; the flowers, which are produced from early March to end of April, 
arc large and graceful and range in colour from rose, salmon, and brick-red to dark carmine 
and sometimes white, ht. I ft. per doz. 12/6 I 3 
ASTILBE Arendsi — Beautiful New Hybrids. Very loveiy and effective hiirdy border 
plants, for July and August decoration, ht. 2 to 3 ft. 
X Ceres, producing an abundance of bushy heads of deep pink flowers per doz. 10/6 I 0 
X Venus, producing very elegant pyramidal spikes of deep rose-coloured flowers ,, 15/- i 6 
CRCCUS, Rare and Beautiful Species, autumn, winter, and spring-flowering, gems for the 
rock garden and pots. Special desa iptive list on application, 
CRCCUS minimus, the Corsican Crocus, a real gem for rockwork and pots, producing in 
very early Spring small dark lavender flowers having the outer petals prettily feathered dark 
purple on a buff-coloured ground per too, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
CRCCUS Bieu Celeste and Ma.rg^Ot, two lovely pale blue large-flowered Spring bedding 
crocuses, see page 28. 
ERYTHRONIUM. — Two Beautiful Giant American Varieties. Strongly recommended. 
White Beauty, a very beautiful variety of E. californicilm, bearing freely large creamy 
white flowers of good substance with yellow-zoned centre; foliage the most richly mottled of 
all the Giant Uog’s-Tooth Violets per too, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Pink Beauty, a most lovely variety of E. revolutum, having large flowers with gracefully 
reflexing petals, delicate pale pink with central zone of gold .......per 100, 42/- ; per doz. 5/6 O 6 
FREESIA.— Beautiful New Varieties, strongly recommended as pot plants and to cut for vases. 
Their colours are bright and attractive and all arc delightfully fragrant. 
Abundance, a lovely new variety, producing freely light rose-coloured flowers tinged 
m.auvc and developing to a deep carmine-rose per doz, 21/- 2 o 
Canari, flowers very large, pale soft chrome-yellow shading to primrose with golden 
markings on lower petals, very beautiful 2 6 
Dainty, flowers a pretty rose-lilac shading to white towards centre with bright yellow blotch 
on lower petal 2 6 
Fairy Queen, a lovely new variety raised by Mr. Herbert, Chapman, flowers white with a 
very handsome blotch of reddish orange on lower petals, a remarkably striking flower 3 ^ 
Heiiotrope, flowers of a lovely soft heliotrope lilac colour 2 6 
Le Phare, flowers a charming carmine-rose, colour deepening with age. Award of 
Merit R.H.S 2 6 
Mauve Ideai, flowers very large, delicate silvery lavender, tube and centre white coloured 
chrome at base, centre golden-blotched, very beautiful 4 6 
Robinetta, flowers large, rosy lake with white throat darkly veined and yellow centre ; 
the richest coloured of this type 3 ® 
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