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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
X GLORIOSA (Glory Lilies), very beautiful bulbous warm greenhouse or stove climbers with 
brilliantly coloured flowers. Trained on globes or wires the blooms are seen to advantage. 
The roots should be grown in a compost of loam and peat. 
Leopold!, a fine new Glory Lily from the Congo, producing an abundance o( beautiful 
self-golden-yellow flowers ; a grand warm greenhouse climber 3 6 
Rothschlldiana, the true original species from Uganda and the finest of all, with 
flowers measuring nearly 6 inches across, colour crimson-lake, the perianth segments being 
margined gold, anthers golden j 6 
superba (The Malabar Glory Lily), bearing showy rich orange-red flowers; remarkably 
shdwy 2 6 
GLORY OF THE SNOW. See Chionodoxa, page 25. 
GLOXINIA, beautiful bulbous stove plants, large flowers of perfect form, colours rich and varied. 
X Barr’s Exhibition Named Varieties per doz. 24/-, 30/- & 36/- — 
X Fine Named Varieties per doz. 12/6 — 
X Barr’s Beautiful Seedling Varieties, Mixed „ 7/6 — 
GRAPE HYACINTH. See JHuacari, page 6S. 
GUERNSEY LILY. See 'Serine, page jo. 
HABRANTHUS pratensis. Hippeastrnm. 
X H^EMANTHUS (The Blood-flower), it would not be possible to overrate the grand effect of 
these noble plants, whether grown in the greenhouse or stove. 
Andromeda, a handsome new hybrid of Katharines x magnifleus, the largest-flowered 
and most vigorous growing of all. It produces in June immense heads of crimson flowers ... 5 6 
Kalbreyeri, a grand plant with immense heads of numerous flowers which are brilliant 
vermilion with golden anthers, very showy, hL I ft 7 6 
Katharinse, a magnificent plant of noble bearing, with large heads of brilliant orange- 
scarlet flowers, ht. 2 ft j 6 
puniceus, orange-scarlet, ht. i ft., each 2/6; COCCineus, scarlet, ht. i ft 3 6 
HELLEBORUS NIGER Type (The White Christmas' Hose), one of the most useful 
varieties, bearing pure white flowers from December to March 
strong clumpo full of flowei^buds, per doz. 1^/- 1 6 
It „ altifolius true (syn. H. niger maximus), a very distinct and now 
rare Christmas Rose, producing in November and December very 
large flowers on long stalks, white tinged pink, or, if opened under 
glass, pure white, foliage dark green per doz. 25/- 2 6 
HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS. — The Lenten Roses. These bloom from Feb. to March, when few 
other flowers are open out-of-doors. They delight in the shade of trees. See Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
1 each of 12 flne varieties, 12/- & 18/- ; 1 each of 6 flne varieties, 4/6, 7/6 & 10/6. 
HEMEROCALLIS (Day Lilies). These are best planted in Autumn. 
12 in 12 flne handsome varieties ... nh I 24 in 6 flne handsome varieties... 10/6 
6 >. 6 .. .. „ ... 3/6 I SO „ 6 „ „ 18/- 
For full descriptive List see Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
HEPATICA (,syn. Anemone Hepatica), very beautiful in early Spring established on shady 
banks and on rockwork. They are deep rooters and love a deep loamy soil. 
each — s. d 
Blue, Single .plants, per doz. 5/6 o 6 
,, ,, clumps 2/6 & 3 6 
Blue, Double ...plants, per doz. 15/- i 6 
Red, Sinele „ 5/6 o 6 
Red, Double „ „ 5/6 o 6 
each — s. 
White, Single ...plants, per doz. 5/6 o 
White, Double, a rare and beautiful 
variety. Award of Merit R.H.S 5 
angulosa., large single rich blue flowers 
plants, per doz. 5/6 o 
,, alba, large pure white flowers ... o 
HIPPEASTRUM pratense (syn. Hahranthus pratensis), a very attractive bulbous 
plant producing in early summer an umbel of showy Amaryllis-like brilliant scarlet flowers, 
ht. I ft. Recommended for pots in cold greenhouse or to plant outdoors 6 in. deep at foot 
of a south wall or in any other warm sunny situation per doz. 15/- i 
d 
6 
6 
6 
9 
6 
HOMERIA COllina (,syn. Bobartia anrantiaca), a beautiful Sparaxis-like plant from South 
Africa, producing in May a profusion of orange-scarlet flowers with yellow centre, measuring 
2j inches across, ht. ft., cultural treatment same as for Ixias per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3. 
Barr's Sweet-scented Double Chinese Paeonies, for Autumn planting. 
For full Descriptive List and hints on culture see Barr’s Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
