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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1915. 
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ASTI LBE, a graceful family of plants closely resembling the Spiraea and bearing 
elegant panicles of bloom. They thrive in herbaceous borders where the soil is not too dry 
and make excellent subjects for the water side. 
chincnsis David i i , producing erect plumes of handsome rich crimson-purple flowers. 
Award of Merit R.H.S., ht. 5 ft doz 
grandis, bearing large branched panicles of white flowers, handsome. Award of 
Merit R.H.S., ht. 6 ft per doz. j/6 
Salmon Queen, bearing plumes of pretty salmon-pink flowers, ht. 4 ft 7/6 
Thunbergii Moerheimi, bearing enormous plumes of pure white flowers, ht. 4 ft. 
japonica. See Spiraea japonica, page 72. 
See also Plants for Forcing,/^ 13. 
BABIANA (Baboon-root), the flowers range in colour from blue to the richest crimson-magenta, 
and are set off by a dark green hairy foliage. They have a fine dwarf compact habit, and 
are of great value for pots, rockeries, or the front of borders. Culture same as for the Ixia. 
Extra Choice mixture of many beautiful colours per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
* BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED SINGLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, rich vermilion-scarlet, glowing orange-scarlet, 
dark blood-red, pure yellow, full rose, pale rose, rose-cerise, salmon-rose, and white, flowers 
large and handsome each colour, per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, all colours „ 25/-; ,, 3/6 
Separate colours, extra selected tubers, for pot culture 5/6 
Barr’s Choice Exhibition Varieties, for pot culture, all having a fine stiff erect 
habit and laige round-petalled flowers of finest form and substance, cannot be surpassed, 
In separate selected colours, per doz. 9/-, 12/-, and 18/- 
x BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED DOUBLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, brilliant dark vermilion, glowing orange-scarlet, 
pure yellow, full rose, pale rose, pale coppery rose, and white, flowers very large and handsome 
each colour, per 100, 32/6 ; per doz. 4/6 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, in good variety of colours ,, 25/- ; ,, 3/6 
Separate colours, extra selected tubers, for pot culture ,, 7/6 
Exhibition, Camellia-Flowered, for pot culture, a grand strain, flowers of 
beautiful form, equalling Camellias in symmetry ; colours — coral-pink, blush, yellow, cream, 
scarlet, etc. 
12 in 12 choice varieties 12/. 
12 in 12 extra choice varieties 21/- 
X BEGONIAS, SINGLE FRINGED AND CRESTED. 
New Large-flowered Single Fringed, a beautiful new race, with very large 
handsome flowers borne on stiff erect stems well above the foliage, the petals having 
their edges elegantly crimped and fringed ; they are freer blooming than either the double 
or single Begonias, and we can strongly recommend them for bedding or for pots. 
Separate Colours, scarlet, orange, yellow, full rose, salmon, and pure white 
each colour, per 100, 3c/- : per doz. ?/- 
Mixed shades of colour ^o/- ■ 4/- 
New Crested Begonias, a very beautiful distinct strain, flowers elegantly fringed and 
heavily crested, colours ranging from scarlet, rose, orange, salmon, and primrose to pearly 
white and pure white. Specially suitable for pot culture. 
3 each of 6 beautiful colours 8/6 
Mixed shades of red, orange, rose, yellow, and pure white per doz. 5/6 
For other varieties of Begonias see our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers. 
BELLADONNA & GUERNSEY LILIES. & Amaryllis, 16, Nerine,/)a^ 67. 
x BESSERA elegans (Coral Drops). See our Spring Bulb List per doz. 8/6 
BLETIA hyacinthina, a charming Chinese Orchid, with a pretty ribbed foliage and 
graceful racemes of deep rose-pink flowers ; it thrives in the bog garden 
and sheltered shady situations planted in peat established in pots 
>> ). alba, a lovely white-flowered variety, requiring same treatment ,, 
BOBARTIA aurantiaca. See Homeria collina, page 38. 
x BRAVOA geminiflora (Scarlet Twin-flower). See our Spring Bulb List, per doz. 3/- 
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