BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London, 
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CROCUSES. 
BARR’S AUTUMN-, WINTER- AND SPRING-FLOWERING SPECIES. 
No hardy garden is complete without these little floral gems, which carry on a continual display of 
bloom from August to March, and light up the garden with their bright colours in winter when few other 
plants are flowering. They are all very dainty and refined and on rock work and in grass form a charming 
picture, while in pots they make a very pretty effect. The delightful effect produced by masses of 
C. speciosus, C. longiflorus, C. sativus, C. Tommasinianus, etc., when naturalised, can only be realised 
by those who have witnessed it. In nomenclature we have followed Mr. George Maw's Monograph 
ON THE CROCI. 
Cultural Directions. — Any ordinary garden soil suits these Crocuses. Plant very shallow, barely 
covering the corms with soil ; the Autumn-flowering varieties plant in July or August, the Winter and 
Spring-flowering varieties in September or October. 
Selections of Autumn-Flowering Species. 
3 each of 20 species 
3 „ „ 20 „ 
12/6 
choicer sorts 17/6 
Selections of Winter-flowering Species 
3 each of 12 species 6/6 
3 „ „ 12 „ choicer sorts 10/6 
3 each of 10 species 6/6 
3 „ „ 10 ,, choicer sorts 10/6 
3 each of 15 species 1 2 / 6 
3 „ „ IS „ choicer sorts 17/6 
Selections of Early Spring-flowering Species. 
3 each of 12 species 6/- I 3 each of 12 species, choicer sorts 9/- 
A Full Descriptive List of our Crocus Species, with their native habitats given, may be had 
on application. 
^5“ The few species emoted in the following list are mostly those we can offer cheaply in quantity, and 
we can strongly recommend them for naturalising and massing on rockwork, in grass, etc., where 
theirbeauty will delight the eye from Autumn till early Spring. 
Autumn-Flowering. 
Asturicus, a showy species, flowers ranging from pale mauve to purple-lilac, with darker 
striping at base 
Hadriaticus, flowers ranging from pure white to lilac with scarlet stigmata 
chrysobelonicus, flowers satiny white with yellow throat and scarlet stigmata, 
very pretty 
Saundersianus, a handsome variety having satiny white flowers with yellow 
throat and chocolate-coloured tube 
Longiflorus ( syn . Odorus), a charming species with soft rose-lilac flowers 15 
Ochroleucus, flowers creamy white with bright orange base 
Salzmanni, lilac, with dark feathering, delighting in a moist soil 
Sativus (Saffron Crocus), large flowers, purplish lilac, feathered violet, and with showy 
orange stigmata P er 1000 ’ 4*/- 
Speciosus, bright violet-blue, prettily veined, anthers orange-red, throat yellow, large, 
handsome and showy, one of the most beautiful Autumn Crocuses for planting in grass, 
borders, or rockwork P er I00 °. 4 2 /' 
Speciosus Aitchisonii, long handsome flowers with sharply tapering petals, lavender prettily 
feathered a darker shade and with silvery flush on outer petals 
Zonatus, rose-lilac, with orange zone, most beautiful per 1000, 45/- 
Mixed Autumn-Flowering Species for naturalising in grass „ 5% 
Winter-Flowering. 
Biflorus, snowy white feathered violet, handsome 
„ Barrii, a lovely little well-marked form, flowers white striped violet, dwarf and 
very free-flowering; a gem for the rock garden ••• 
„ pusillus, white, outer segments feathered purple, throat orange, a lovely little species 
Cloth of Gold (C. susianus), rich golden-yellow, outside of petals rich glossy brown ; when 
opening flat in the sun, beds of this crocus resemble carpets of gold ; a lovely little 
flower for edgings and rockwork IOOO > 21 /' 
Yitellinus var. graveolens, small orange-coloured flowers, strongly scented 
Mixed Winter-Flowering Species, for naturalising per 1000, 50/- 
Early Spring-Flowering. 
Aureus sulphureus concolor, flowers a pleasing soft sulphur shade 
Candidus var. sub. flavus, flowers bright golden- yellow very minutely stippled grey on 
exterior 
Olivieri, small globular-shaped flowers of a brilliant self-yellow 
Stellaris (4), orange, feathered purple-brown, showy 
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