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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
MONTBRETIA-GRAND NEW continued. each-j. d 
King^ Edmund, a robust grower with branching spikes of large open flowers, rich 
golden with carmine-blotched centre, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Certificatb of Merit Shrews- 
per doz. 17/6 I 8 
Koh-i-noor, a very beautiful hybrid of fine erect habit, and very large flowers of a 
brilliant golden-orange, ht. 2^ ft per 100, 17/6; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
Hamilton, a very pretty variety of erect habit, with yellow Watsonia-like flowers, 
having a reddish orange centre and passing to apricot with age, ht. 3J ft. Award of 
Merit R.H.S ....per doz. 8/6 o 9 
Lord Nelson, a fine handsome variety with dark stems, flowers of great substance 
shaded rich vermilion on outside and inside rich deep orange, a very sturdy grower, 
ht- 3 ft- 2 6 
Lothario, very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red, bright and attractive, per doz. 7/6 o 8 
Norvic, a very showy variety with rich golden-orange flowers set off by maroon- 
coloured bracts and red stems, a free bloomer, ht. 28 in per doz. 12/6 i 3 
Oriflamme, flowers brilliant scarlet with golden centre, a fine handsome variety, 
ht- 2 ft pgr o g 
Promothous, one of the finest hybrids yet raised, with immense open spreading flowers 
of a brilliant fiery orange with blood-red markings in centre ; a very vigorous grower, 
ht- 3 to 4 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S. and First-Class Certificates at York, 
Edinburgh and Shrewsbury per doz. 30/- 2 9 
St. Botolph, a grand variety and the largest flowered of the Yellow Montbretias, 
producing erect branching spikes of large open yellow flowers, with orange shading outside, 
ht- 4 ft per doz. 9/6 o 10 
Star of the East. See Novelty List, page 14. 
TraKedie, perhaps the darkest coloured of all Montbretias and remarkably effective, 
flowers broad petalled, rich deep orange, the lower half maroon-purple, buds almost black, 
shaded orange at apex, ht. 2J to 3 ft per doz. 10/6 i 0 
Westwick, very distinct, flowers orange-red with yellow eye surrounded by a halo of 
rich maroon 2 6 
3 each of 12 Choice New Hybrid Montbretias, 21/-. 
X MONTBRETIA rosea. See Tritonia rosea. 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, Musk, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring Flowers require no special culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork 
and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as edgings and massed in the flower border they 
are most charming, and continue a long time in bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. We can strongly recom- 
mend them all for naturalisation. 
“ Heavenly Blue,” a lovely Starch Hyacinth from Trebizond ; the colour is of the 
brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue imaginable, and large 
masses produce a wonderful effect in the garden from the end of March 
to May ; the flowers have a delightful fragrance, and are very valuable 
for cutting, having long stalks, and remaining fresh in water a long time 
per 1000, 42/- ; per 100, 4/6 
„ ,, ,, /Ejrtra strong bulbs, ,, 60/- ; ,, 6/6 
Azureum (syn. Hyacinthus azureus), bearing lovely little heads of Cambridge blue 
early in February per 100, 6/6 
„ amphibolus, a very pretty form bearing sturdy broad pyramidal 
spikes of open-mouthed bells, azure striped white per 100, 7/6 
,, robustum, a strong-growing variety of the beautiful Azureum, with 
larger flower-heads of a lovely Cambridge blue per 100, 7/6 
Botryoides caeruleum (Italian Grape Hyacinth), bearing from the end of 
March to early April pretty little spikes of dark blue flowers ; an old 
garden favourite used largely for small beds, edgings, and for natur- 
alising per 1000, 17/6; per 100, i/io 
„ album (Pearls of Spain), pure white ,, 30/-; „ 3/6 
,, candidum, white, tinged rose, beautiful 
,, pallidum srr^mdiflorum, beautiful pale azure-blue 
comosum (The Tassel Hyacinth), forming at top of stem curious tassel-like heads of 
deep blue flowers per 100, 6/6 
Masseyanum. See Novelty List,/a^e 15. 
Moschatum majus (The Large Musk Hyacinth), fragrant 
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