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CROCUSES. 
BARR’S AUTUMN-, WINTER- AND SPRING-FLOWERING SPECIES. 
No hardy garden is complete without these little floral gems, which carry on a continual display of 
bloom from August to March, and light up the garden with their bright colours in winter when few other 
plants are flowering. They are all very dainty and refined and on rockwork and in grass form a charming 
picture, while in pots they make a very pretty effect. In nomenclature we have followed Mr. George 
Maw's Monograph on the Croci. The delightful effect produced by masses of C. speciosus, C- 
longiflorus, C. aativUB, C. TommasinianuB, etc., when naturalised, can only be realised by those who 
have witnessed it. 
Cultural Directions. — Any ordinary garden soil suits these Crocuses. Plant the bulbs as early 
as possible, and very shallow, barely covering them with soil. 
Selections of Autumn-Flowering' Species. 
3 each of 20 species 12/6 I 3 each of 12 species . A 6/6 
3 „ „ 20 „ choicer sorts 18/- I 3 ., „ 12 „ choicer sorts 10/6 
Selections of Winter-flowering Species. 
3 each of 20 species 15/- I 3 each of 10 species 6/6 
3 „ „ 15 „ choicer sorts 2i/- I 3 „ „ 10 ,, choicer sorts io/6 
Selections of Early Spring-flowering Species. 
3 each of 18 species 12/6 1 3 each of 12 species 6/6 
3 „ „ 15 „ choicer sorts 18/- 13 „ „ 10 ,, choicer sorts 10/6 
A Full Descriptive List of our Crocus Species, with their native habitats given, may be had 
on application. 
^ The few species quoted in the following list are mostly those we can offer cheaply in quantity, and 
we can strongly recommend them for naturalising and massing on rockwork, in grass, etc., where 
their beauty will delight the eye from Autumn till early Spring. 
Auiuma-Flowering. 
Asturicus, a showy species, flowers ranging from pale mauve to purple-lilac, with darker 
striping at base 
Hyemalis Foxii, white veined rich purple towards base, with yellow throat, pretty 
Longiflorus (odorus), charming soft rose-lilac, very beautiful in borders or naturalised on 
rockwork 
Pulchellus, a lovely species, flowers lavender-blue with white anthers 
Saizmanni, lil.ic, with dark feathering 
Sativus (Saffron Crocus), large flowers, purplish lilac, feathered violet, and with showy 
orange stigmata. ( Rtquires to be established to flower f reely ) per 1000, 42/- 
SpcciosuB, bright blue, remarkably handsome and showy, one of the hardiest and most 
beautiful Autumn Crocuses for planting in grass, borders, or rockwork ...per 1000, 42/- 
Speciosus Aitchisonii, fine blue flowers, very large and handsome 
Zonatus, rose-lilac, with orange zone, most beautiful per 1000, 45/- 
Mixed Autumn-Flowering Species for naturalising in grass ,, 5 % 
per 100 per doz. 
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Winter-Flowering. 
Ancyrensis, deep orange-yellow flowers *2 
Biflorus, snowy white feathered violet, handsome per 1000, 42/- 4 
,, Pestalozzse, having dainty little white flowers with yellow base, very free, scarlet 
stigmata 
,, pusillus, white, outer segments feathered purple, throat or.ange, a lovely little species 7 
Chrysanthus, collected forma from the Zigana Dagh (Gypsy Mountain), flowers of 
various shades of yellow, mostly with orange-scarlet stigmata 17 
Cloth of Gold (C. susianus), rich golden-yellow, outside of petals rich glossy brown ; when 
opening flat in the sun, beds of this crocus resemble carpets of gold; a lovely hitle 
flower for edgings and rockwork 1000, 18/6 2 
Etruscus, flowers silvery lavender to purple, slightly veined outside crop failed 
Sieberi, flowers soft lavender-blue with bronzy yellow base per 1000, 60/- 6 
Vitellinus, var graveolens, small orange-coloured flowers, strongly scented 15 
Mixed Winter-Flowering Species, for naturalising per 1000, 50/- 5 
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