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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
LILIES— each— J 
pSpeciOSum album, handsome white flowers of Arm texture, ht. 3 ft. 
Strong bulbs, per too, 70/- ; per doz. 9/6 ( 
„ „ Crown Princess, a very floriferous variety, bearing a large 
number of fine white flowers, ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit, p. doz. 9/6 < 
,, „ Kraetxeri, extremely beautiful large white flowers of great sub- 
stance, with dark orange-coloured anthers, ht. 3 ft. 
,, „ ,, Strong lowering bulbs per doz. 10/6 
,, ,, ,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 15/- 
,, ,, ,, A few monster bulbs 21/- 
,, masnificum, a grand Lily introduced in 1903 from a new district in Japan. 
It resembles the favourite Melpomene but blooms earlier, is richer in colour 
and has longer and broader petals ; the foliage is of a rich dark green, while 
the flowers are of great substance and borne 10 to 20 on a spike. Award of 
Merit R.H.S per doz. 10/6 & 15/-; i/- & 
,, ,, Extra large bulbs 
,, Melpomene, one ot the richest coloured of this group, bearing large hand- 
some flowers of stout substance, dark crimson, heavily spotted purple-crimson, 
and margined white, ht. 3 ft Strong bulbs, per doz. 10/6 
,, ,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 15/- 
,, ,, A few monster bulbs ,, 21/- 
,, punctatum, white spotted pink, anthers yellow, beautiful, ht. 3 ft., ,, 7/6 
,, ,, album (y'n. album novum), the finest white variety, of 
robust growth, with handsome broad foliage, flowers very large, snowy white. 
With yellow anthers ; a grand Lily which we can strongly recommend, 
ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S per doz. 18/- 
„ roseum, white suffused and spotted delicate light rose, pretty, ht. 3 ft. 
Extra strong bulbs, per 100, 55/- ; per doz. 7/6 
,, ,, multiflorum, a fine variety, resembling Melpomene in growth, 
flowers of good form, suffused and spotted rose on a white ground, 
early and very free-flowering, ht. 3 ft. ...per 100, 55/- ; per doz. 7/6 
,, rubrum, Dutch variety, suffused and heavily spotted crimson on a 
white ground, ht. 3 ft. Extra strong bulbs, per 100, 55/- ; per doz. 7/6 
„ ,, Japanese variety (,syn. purpureum), having large handsome 
flowers heavily suffused and spotted dark crimson, strong grower, 
ht. 3 to 5 ft per doz. 7/6 
„ ,, ,, ,, xtra strong bulbs ,, 10/6 
,, Schrymakersii, a fine early and free-flowering form of rubrum, bearing 
an abundance of deep rose flowers spotted purple, ht. 3 ft per doz. 8/6 
ftSSulphureum {syn. Wallichianum superbum and ochroleucum), a very beautiful 
Trumpet Lily from Upper Burmah, producing in September handsome flowers 9 inches 
long, of great substance, and deliciously fragrant; on first opening they are of a soft 
sulphur colour, but change ultimately to white tinged rose, ht. 4 to 6 ft. In the South of 
England and mild localities this charming Lily may be grown out-of-doors, but otherwise 
we recommend pot-culture in a cool airy greenhouse, plunging the pots out-of-doors in 
summer and bringing them indoors for blooming in autumn. A peaty soil suits it best. 
Strong bulbs 
,, ,, „ Extra strong bulbs 
„ ,, „ A few monster bulbs 
^Superbum [Eastern United States to Canada), a very showy bog-loving Lily, with 
flowers orange to crimson, spotted rich brown, and elegantly recurved, stately in growth, 
late Summer-jlowering, ht. 4 to 7 ft per doz. 7/6 
USSutchuenense, a fine distinct new species from China with very leafy stem, bearing in 
August several flowers with reflexed petals, salmony orange-red, finely spotted inside 
purple-black, ht. 3 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S 
Szovitzianum> See Monadelphum Szovitzianum. 
PTenuifolium (Siberia), a very graceful little Lily, bearing in early June on slender stems 
numerous showy glossy scarlet flowers, ht. ij ft per doz. 8/6 
„ “ Golden Gleam ” (new), a very beautiful seedling variety of tenui- 
Jolium, bearing a head of pure golden-yellow flowers, of free graceful 
habit 1/6 & 
IITestaceum (syn. excelsum), bearing from June to July very beautiful large handsome 
flowers of a lovely apricot colour, with showy scarlet anthers, delightfully fragrant, vigorous 
grower, ht. 4 ft ^ per doz. 18/6 
,, ,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 25/- 
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