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xGALTONIA candicans (Hyacinthus candicans), the Great Snow-White 
Summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 6 ft. high, according to soil and situation, 
and bearing a spike of 20 to 50 pure white bell-shaped flowers ; a handsome decorative 
plant for grouping in the flower border or on lawns, also a fine pot-plant for the eonservatory. 
Very effective when grouped with the scarlet Gladiolus Brenchleyensis. Plant from October pg, 
to March, covering the Autumn plantings with a little litter for tire first winter. i. d 
Selected Strong Flowering Bulbs, per 100, 7/6 i 3 
GASTRONEMA. See Cyrtanthus. 
X GELASINE azurea. Ste out Spring List of Bulbs and Tubers each ij. lo 6 
GERANIUM tuberosum (Tuberous-rooted Crane's-bill), an elegant creeping plant 
bearing several violet-rose flowers in Summer ; hardy in sunny spots on rockwork...p. 100, 5/6 o 10 
X GLADIOLUS. 
BARR’S SUMMER-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
For Autumn and Winter Planting. 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli should be largely planted for supplying cut bloom from 
May to July ; and for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden. G. Colvillei The Bride is 
extensively grown in pots and boxes for cutting during April, May, and June. All may be grown 
in pots for indoor decoration. 
Culture Outdoors. — Select a situation protected from cutting winds and shaded from the mid- 
day sun. Deeply dig the ground, working in plenty of rotten manure in the underspit, and see that 
the soil is made light and friable. Plant the bulbs from October to November by preference, although 
they may be put in as late as January. They should be put in at a depth of five to six inches, 
and in the case of the later plantings the bulbs should be soaked in water a few hours previously. 
Before severe frost comes on cover with a little long straw litter or other light material, which 
remove in March. In May mulch the plants and keep them well watered. If the Summer is dry and 
the weather hot, give an oecasional good soaking of water or weak liquid manure. A mulching of well- 
decayed manure in early summer will considerably benefit the plants. 
Culture for Conservatory Decoration. — Plant three to five bulbs, according to size, in a 
5- or 6-inch pot, and plunge in ashes up to the rim of the pot in a cold frame or pit, withholding 
water till the bulbs have started into growth ; or, the pots may be buried up to the rim in ashes out 
of doors under a south wall, a light covering of such material as dried heather being given as a 
protection against severe frost. When the plants are well advanced in growth they may be removed 
to the greenhouse, and should be carefully attended to with water. 
X EARLY SUMMER-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI. 
These commence to bloom out of doors the beginning of June or by gentle forcing may be had in flower 
in April and May. ptr 100 per doz. 
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Byzantinus, showy brilliant rosy claret, useful for borders, naturalising, or cutting, 
ht. 2 ft per 1000,45/- 5 0...0 9 
Colvillei, crimson-purple, flaked white, very showy, valuable for naturalisation, 
ht. 2^ ft per 1000, 32/6 
,, roseus, flowers soft rose with deep salmon-rose stripe down petals, very 
beautiful and deeorative, ht. 2 ft. This variety blends charmingly with the 
snowy white flowers of The Bride per 1000, 45/- 
,, The Bride, pure white flowers, valuable in early summer for border de- 
coration and cutting. A grand pot-plant indoors, ht. 2 ft. 
Strong selected bulbs, per 1000, 35/- 
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X Summer-flowering Hardy Gladioli. 
These flower out of doors from June to July or by gentle forcing may be had in bloom from 
April to May. The varieties offered we have selected out as being the most free-blooming and 
having the most striking and beautiful colours. 
Barr’s Selections of Summer-flowering Gladioli. 
12 bulbs each of 12 choice named sorts, 21/-. 
6 each of 12 beautiful vars. 7/6& 10/6; 3each of12 beautiful vars. 4/- & 5/6 
Extra choice mixture, containing an extra fine selection of colours and including s. d 
some of the newer seedlings, ht. 15 to 21 in per 1000, 45/- ; per 100, 5/- ; per doz. o 9 
Fine mixture, beautiful shades; valuable for filling beds and borders, and to plant for 
cutting, ht. 15 to 20 in per rooo, 25/- ; per 100, 2/9 ; per doz. o 5 
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