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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1915. 
FREES I A — continued. each— f . d 
Rose Queen, a beautiful variety, flowers brilliant carmine-rose deepening in colour with 
age. Award of Merit R.H.S per doz. 15/- 1 6 
Tubergeni (F. refracta alba x F. Armstrongs, a pretty hybrid with flowers of a 
delicate rose-lilac shade with white throat and base of tube bronzy gold per doz. 4/6 o 5 
Barr’s Beautiful New Hybrids, a charming strain containing a great variety of 
colours — rose, pink, ruby, salmon, coppery bronze, apricot, yellow, primrose, lavender, etc., 
all delightfully scented per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- o 4 
Choice mixed varieties, sweet scented flowers ranging from white to pink, rose, 
crimson, and yellow per 100, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 o 2 
See also Novelty List, tage 9. 
FRITILLARIA, an extremely elegant family of hardy 
plants, bearing graceful drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
May. The large-flowered varieties are charming for 
grouping in borders and for clumps on rockwork; while 
the smaller- flowered dwarf kinds, like armena, aurea, 
and pudica, etc., are gems for warm sheltered nooks on 
the rockery, where they should be planted 2 to 3 inches 
deep. The Meleagris vars. produce a pretty effect 
naturalised in grass in shady glens or under large trees. 
Plant the bulbs about 6 inches deep (the lighter the soil 
the deeper), placing a little sharp sand around the bulbs. 
As pot plants (several in a pot) they are very pretty. 
The named varieties of Meleagris offered are very fine. 
meleagris (the true old Large Snake’s-Head Fritil- 
lary), flowers dusky rosy claret, prettily chequered, 
ht. J ft per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
meleagris, pure White, graceful and beautiful, ht. | ft 8/6; „ 1/3 o 2 
,, Cassandra, mottled purple on a silvery grey ground, and shaded green; 
a very striking and graceful flower, ht. f ft per 100, 17/6; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
„ Orion, very dark claret-purple, mottled, ht. J ft., ,, 15/-; ,, 2/3 o 3 
„ Sylvanus, white, slightly mottled purple on the outside, pretty, ht. f ft. 
per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- o 5 
,, Triton, rich claret-purple, beautifully mottled ,, 30/-; ,, 4/- o 5 
,, mixed varieties, flowers rosy and purplish shades, beautifully chequered, 
also pure white, ht. J ft per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. to d. — 
latifolia mixed shades, broad foliage and very handsome chequered flowers, larger 
and earlier than the Meleagris varieties, ht. I ft. ...per too, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 o 2 
armena, a charming dwarf species from Asia Minor, bearing elegant small bell-shaped 
rich yellow flowers in April, it should be planted in clumps of 12 bulbs or 
more, on rockwork, etc. ; also a good pot-plant per doz. 3/6 o 4 
rubra, a pretty plum-coloured variety of above ,, 3/6 o 4 
aurea, none could be collected in Asia Minor owing to the war. 
Chitralensis, a charming new species from Chitral of the Crown Imperial type but with- 
out its unpleasant odour ; it produces from February to March elegant heads of graceful 
drooping bell-shaped flowers of a rich soft yellow, ht. I to 2 ft 3 6 
Citrina, none could be collected in Asia Minor owing to the war. 
COCCinea, a remarkably showy species of very elegant growth and bearing handsome red 
flowers with recurving petals ; more easily grown than F. recurva per doz. 15/- 1 6 
imperialis (Crown Imperial). See page 33. 
pallidifiora, very large handsome flowers of a pale creamy yellow, ht. 1 ft 1 6 
persica (The Persian Lily), a handsome species from Mount Ararat, bearing elegant 
pyramidal heads of numerous dusky brown, small bell-shaped flowers, ht. 2 ft. ...per doz. 5/6 o 6 
pluriflora, true, remarkably distinct and beautiful, of very graceful habit, flowers pale 
rosy purple, very early. It delights in shade with protection from cutting winds, per doz. 10/6 1 o 
pontica, large bells, yellowish green, flushed rose, inside green with dark spots, ht. 1 ft. 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS. 
