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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
xGRAND NEW AMERICAN GLADIOLI. 
These are mostly new hybrids raised in Canada by Mr. H. H. Groff, and are remarkable for their tall 
vigorous growth and large handsome flowers, which embrace many fine new colours. At Kew Gardens 
these grand Gladioli have been quite a centre of attraction. Plant from end of March to April. Orders 
booked for supply in early spring. 
per doz. each, 
Groff’S New Selected Blue and Heliotrope Shades, flowers large s a. s. d 
and beautiful, ranging from lilac and heliotrope to rich pansy-blue per too, 65/- 9 0...0 10 
Groff’s Royal Purples, mostly handsome purples and dark Pansy-blues 
per too, 60/- 8 6...0 9 
Groff’s New Yellow Hybrids, mostly soft yellow, primrose and cream-coloured 
shades with maroon or crimson blotch, and containing a few good seifs.. .per too, 65/- 9 0...0 to 
Groff’s Selected Dark Hybrids, containing mostly rich dark velvety shades 
of scarlet, crimson, cherry-red, purple, some with a striking blotch, very handsome, 
per roo, 45/- 6 0...0 
Groff’s Mixed Colours, containing a great variety of new and beautiful shades, 
per too, 45/- 6 0...0 
Afterglow (Groff), so named from its blend of colours resembling a Canadian 
sky after sunset, the flowers are very large and open, of a brilliant rosy salmon with 
orange-scarlet glow, very beautiful, ht. 4 ft 18 6...1 
America, a very beautiful hybrid of G. Gandavensis x Childsil, producing well- 
formed erect spikes, well furnished with very large open flowers, pale silvery shell- 
pink shaded white, with slightly carmine lined centre, ht. 3 ft per too, 17/6 2 6...0 
Baden ia, flowers of good size, colour a lovely blue-lavender with blue-purple 
markings and dark purple centre. Award of Merit National Gladiolus 
Society 1912 — •••7 
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Blue Jay, true (Groff), the Finest Blue Gladiolus, flowers large dark velvety 
purple-blue with white markings, very striking and beautiful, ht. 4 to 5 ft 15 0...1 6 
Charmer (Groff), producing a fine handsome spike of large flowers, silvery white 
flushed shell-pink, the lower petals having a vivid rose-carmine blotch, very refined... — ...3 6 
Chicago White, producing tall straight stems furnished with well-expanded white 
flowers slightly marked with primrose and carmine on lower petals, very early, ht. 2 J ft. 8 6...0 9 
Dawn (Groff), flowers large and beautiful, delicate salmon (under glass shading 
to white), with a small red stain on lower petals 18 6...1 8 
Empress of India, a very distinct variety, bearing a handsome spike of dark 
claret-coloured flowers with black markings, early. Award of Merit National 
Gladiolus Society 1912 7 6---0 8 
Europe. .Srz Novelty List, pa^e 14. 
Glory, a grand new break, flowers of elegant form, delicate creamy pink with margin 
of petals prettily undulated ; of fine robust habit, ht. 3^ Aw'ARDed several 
First-Class Certificates per 100, 25/- 3 6...0 
Golden West, flowers large, of a fiery orange-scarlet with centre dotted crimson on 
cream, very effective, ht. 4 ft. Award of Merit 10 6...1 
Halley, flowers large and expanded, measuring 4 inches and more across, of a 
beautiful glowing salmon, shading to white at centre, lower petals marked crimson 
and primrose, ht. 2^ ft 8 6...0 
Intensity (Groff), a fine distinct variety with very large flowers of a brilliant ruby 
colour, lower petals shading to a velvety blood-red with blackish and white markings in 
centre, very handsome — •■•Z 
La Luna (Groff), flowers very large and beautiful, opening from a pale yellow to 
creamy white, the interior having a rosy glow, lower petals with blotch of velvety 
scarlet, ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S., August 1910 10 6...1 
Liebensfeuer, a grand new variety with handsome spike of fiery scarlet flowers, 
ht. 4 ft. Award of Merit National Gladiolus Society 1912 — ...2 
Mrs. Francis tiing, flowers large and beautiful, bright salmon-rose shaded scarlet, 
centre well lighted, lower petals having a handsome velvety crimson blotch, remark- 
ably showy per lOO, 17/6 2 6...0 
Negro Prince, a remarkably handsome variety with very long spikes of large 
expanded flowers which measure 4I in. across, colour glittering scarlet-crimson 
marbled and margined lustrous black, lower petal having a large cream-coloured 
blotch, early 8 6...0 
Niagara, flowers of immense size, borne on long spikes, cream finely marbled pink, 
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