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FREESIA — continued. each— »■ d 
Tubergeni (F. refracta alba x F. Armstrong!), a pretty hybrid with flowers of a 
delicate rose-lilac shade with while throat and base of tube bronzy gold per doz. io/6 i o 
Barr’s Beautiful New Hybrids, a charming strain containing a great variety of 
colours — rose, pink, ruby, salmon, apricot, yellow, primrose, lavender, heliotrope, etc., all 
delightfully scented per too, 42/- ; per doz. 5/6 
mixed varieties, flowers ranging from pure white to white blotched yellow, and 
primrose, etc per 100, 6/-; per doz. \od. 
For Beautiful New Freesias, see Novelty List, page 13. 
FRITILLARIA, an extremely elegant family of hardy 
plants, bearing graceful drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
May. The large-flowered varieties are charming for 
grouping in borders and for clumps on rockwork ; while 
the smaller-flowered dwarf kinds, like armena, aurea, 
and pudica, etc., are gems for warm .sheltered nooks on 
the rockery, where they should be planted 2 to 3 inches 
deep The Meleagris vars. produce a pretty elTect 
naturalised in grass in shady glens or under large trees. 
Plant the bulbs about 6 inches deep (the lighter the soil 
the deeper), placing a little sharp sand around the bulbs. 
As pot plants (several in a pot) they are very pretty. 
7 he named varieties of Meleagris offered are very fine. 
meleagris (the true old Large Snake's-Head Fritil- 
lary), flowers dusky rosy claret, prettily chequered, 
ht. I ft l>cr too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
meleagris, pure white, graceful and beautiful, ht. 3 ft 7 / 6 ; ,, 1/3 o 2 
,, Cassandra, mottled purple on a silvery grey ground, and shaded green ; 
a very striking and graceful flower, ht. J ft per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, Crion, very dark claret-purple, mottled, ht. 3 ft., ,, 10/6; ,, 1/6 o 2 
,, Sylvanus, white, slightly mottled purple on the outside, pretty, ht. J ft. 
per too, 15/-; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
Triton, rich claret-purple, beautifully mottled ,, 15/-; ,, 2/3 o 3 
,, mixed varieties, flowers rosy and purplish shades, beautifully chequered, 
also pure white, ht. 3 ft per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. \od. — 
mixed shades, broad foliage and very handsome chequered flowers, larger 
and earlier than the Meleagris varieties, ht. I ft. ...per too, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, Beets, very large handsome flower, chequered bronzy red and yellow, inside 
mottled yellow and red, ht. I ft per doz. 10/6 i o 
,, Vondel, very large flower of great substance, dull rose and green, inside 
mottled pale green and red, curious, ht. i ft per doz. 10/6 i o 
armena, rich yellow "t Charming dwarf species from Asia Minor, bearing fp. too, 8/6 
I elegant small bell-shaped flowers in April. They! p. doz. 1/3 — 
,, rubra, j shouldbeplantedinclumpsofi2bulbsormore,onj 
plum-coloured; rockwork, etc. They also make good pot-plants. 1 . ,, 2/- o 3 
Aintabensis, a beautiful new species producing a handsome sjrike of elegant dark 
plum-coloured flowers per doz. 7/6 o 8 
aurea, a very lovely species from Asia Minor, bearing in April large rich golden-yellow 
flo\vers, with brownish mottling inside; charming alike in borders, pots, or on rockwork 
ht. J ft. (a Coloured Plate sent post free for td.) per too, 12/6 ; per doz. 1/9 o 2 
>> >> 1) ,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 17/6; ,, 2/6 o 3 
chitralensis. See Novelty List, page 14. 
Citrina, pretty bright green bells, shaded citron-yellow, ht. I ft. ...per too, 8/6; ,, 1/3 
COCCine^ a remarkably showy species of very elegant growth and bearing handsome red 
flowers with recurving petals; more easily groson than F. recurva, per 100, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- o 6 
Elwesii, a beautiful species, with large bright green bell-shaped flowers reflexed at mouth, 
delicately blotched reddish brown, ht. I ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
Guicciardi, bells maroon-purple and green, distinct and handsome, ht. i ft crop failed 
imperialis (Crown Imperial). See page 35. 
kamschatica (The Black Lily), producing elegant pyramidal spikes of handsome black 
flowers in May, a very striking plant, ht. J ft 
FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS. 
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