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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
BARR’S EXTRA CHOICE LARGE-FLOWERED CROCUSES. 
For Pots, Bowl-Culture and Select Flower Beds. 
The following large-flowered named Crocuses are the best in cuitivation, and we can confidently 
recommend them for plantinj; in groups, edgings, select beds, and in designs. Tlie golden-yellow Crocuses 
flower a little in advance of the others. To obtain the finest effect the bulbs should be planted an inch apart. 
When grown in pots, plant thickly, and plunge the pots in ashes up to the rims only. When removed 
from under the ashes, place in an airy situation, and give water very freely at the roots. A charming 
effect is obtained by growing Crocuses in shallow saucers, using Barr’s Peat-flbre, Shell and 
Charcoal Mixture, or Pebbles and water (the buibs touching one another). The saucers should be 
kept in an airy room without a fire, where gas is seldom burnt and where they can get plenty of light. 
When the bulbs are coming into bloom they may be brought into the sitting-room. Any attempt to 
force Crocuses will cause tliem to go blind. 
Barr’s Large-flowered Rich Dark Purple, one variety 35 
Lavender-Purple 
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CHOICE NAMED LARGE-FLOWERED CROCUSES. 
All Largest Selected Bulbs. 
1000 in 10 splendid named varieties 40 
SOO in 10 „ „ „ 21 
290 in 10 splendid named varieties 10 6 
100 in 10 „ „ „ 46 
The numbers in brackets after the name refer to the relative period of flowering, thus those marked ( i ) are 
the first to open their flowers, while those marked (3) are a little later. 
Black Knight (3) (new), long dark glossy purple flowers, with black lustre ; the most hand- 
some of all purples per 1000, 45/- 5 
Bleu Celeste (2), the most beatctiful of all the largefiowered Crocuses, flowers soft pale azure 
with silvery shading inside, and striking orange stigmata per 1000, 55/- 6 
David Rizzio (i), lavender-purple ,, 37/6 4 
Gladstone (new), very large handsome deep purple flowers 10 
Harlequin (2) (new), outer petals white feathered and shaded lilac, inner petals bright purple, 
stem glossy violet, very showy and a good contrast to other varieties per 1000, 50/- 5 
Kathleen Parlow (3) (new), one of the finest of the new white Crocuses, flowers glcii)ular, 
very large and lasting, of the purest white with showy golden anthers. Award oi'' 
Merit R.H.S S 
King of Whites (2), a grand Crocus, producing very handsome long snowy white flowers 
of great size per 1000, 37/6 4 
Madame Carnot (new), large globular flowers, snowy white with striking black-purple stem 7 
Margot (i), a lovely variety, flowers large, outer petals shaded while, inner petals soft 
lavender, strongly recommended per 1000, 42/- 4 
Minerva (new), an improvement on Madanye Mina, flowers very large and handsome, 
bright blue shaded and striped white outside, with brilliant orange stigmata and a 
dark violet stem per 1000, 50/- 5 
Mont Blanc (i), pure white „ 32/6 3 
Pallas (3) (new), flowers of great size, white delicately pencilled lilac, with showy orange 
anthers, violet stem 5 
Porcelain Sceptre (2) (new), resembling Bleu Celeste but flowers a little smaller, a 
beautiful Crocus per 1000, 55/- 6 
Presidefit Lincoln (2), fine bold globular flowers, dark glossy purple 42/- 4 
Pride of Albion (i), white, slightly striped violet, dark violet base, fine and showy ,, 37/6 4 
Purpureus grandiflorus (2), long handsome rich deep purple flowers per 1000, 45/- 5 
Scipio (3) (new), very fine large flowers, white shaded and pencilled mauve with striking 
violet base and stem, having showy orange anthers ; a great improvement on Sir 
Walter Scott 4 
White Lady (3), flowers of great size and substance, snowy while, with showy orange anthers to 
Barr’s Peat-fibre, Shell and Charcoal Mixture, for growing bulbs in Vases, Bowls, Jardinets, etc., 
3s. 6 d. per bushel ; is. per peck. 
full Cultural Directions and Illustrated List of Bowls and Vases on application. 
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