BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 37 
x GLADIOLUS, NEW HYBRID BUTTERFLY. 
(Gladiolus Lemoinei.) 
These beautiful Gladioli should have a place in every flower border ; the flowers are of the most 
delicate and brilliant shades, and are all handsomely blotched with fine contrasting colours. They are 
hardy vigorous growers. A descriptive list will be found in our Spring Catalogue of Buibs and Tubers. 
Plant the corms outdoors from March to April, or pot up in February and March. 
Barr’s Collections of Butterfly Gladioli. 
3 each of 12 choice varieties 30/- 
1 „ 12 „ „ 10/6 
Barr’s Splendid Mixed Butterfly Hybrids, a special mixture ctf choice hybrids, and 
is sure to please, giving the greatest variety of colours with most beautiful markings, and all with 
fine handsome spikes of bloom ; quite superior to what is usually sold ...per loo, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
Barr’s Fine Mixed Butterfly Hybrids, containing a good variety of colours, all with 
beautiful markings and fine spikes of bloom per too, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 
Barr’s Mixed Blues, Violets and Lavenders, all very handsome, 
per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- 
x GLADIOLUS NANCEIANUS. 
These are giant-flowered hybrids of Gladiolus Lemoinei and G. Saundersii, and produce large 
open flowers of elegant outline and brilliant colours and markings, on erect .branching spikes. Very free- 
flowering and decorative. Corms planted end of March or April flower in August. 
3 each of 6 beautiful named varieties 15/- 
1 „ 6 „ „ „ 5/6 
Finest Mixed Hybrids, a grand mixture of colours per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
{A descriptive list of Gladiolus Nanceianus will be found in our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers.) 
x GRAND NEW HYBRID GLADIOLI. 
These include the grand new hybrids raised in Canada by Mr H. H. Groff, which are remarkable 
for their tall vigorous growth and large handsome flowers, embracing many fine new colours. For 
exhibition and for grouping in the flower border we can strongly recommend them. At Kew Gardens 
these grand Gladioli have been quite a centre of attraction. Orders booked for supply in early spring. 
Plant outdoors March to April, or pot up in February. 
3 each of 12 New Hybrid Gladioli 25/- & 42/- 
1 „ 12 „ „ 9/- & 15 /- 
per doz. each. 
Groff’s New Selected Blue and Heliotrope Shades, flowers large s ,t. d 
and beautiful, ranging from lilac and heliotrope to rich Pansy-blue per 100, 55 /' 7 6...0 3 
Groff’S Royal Purples, handsome purples and dark Pansy-blues ... ,, 48/- 6 6...0 7 
Groff’s New Yellow Hybrids, mostly soft yellow, primrose and cream-coloured 
shades with maroon or crimson blotch, and containing a few good seifs ...per 100, 35/- 5 0...0 6 
Groff’s Selected Dark Hybrids, mostly rich dark velvety shades of scarlet, 
blood-crimson, ruby, etc., some with a striking blotch, very handsome ...per 100, 35/- 5 0...0 6 
Groff’s Mixed Colours, in many new and beautiful shades ,, 42/- 5 6...0 6 
Special List of Choice New Hybrid Gladioli will be found in our 
Spring Bulb Catalogue. 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLI. 
Plant the corms from March to April. 
xChildsii, Mixed Hybrids, a fine robust race of Gladioli, resulting from a cross be- 
tween G. Nanceianus varieties and Lemoine’s Butterfly Gladioli, and blooming about 
the same time. The flowers are very large, and produced on long sturdy spikes, and range 
in colour from roses and pinks to reds and fiery scarlets ; valuable for grouping in herbaceous 
borders, lit. 3 to 5 ft »°°> >°/6 1 P« doz. 1/6 
x nrimulinus (Maid of the Mist), a rare and lovely species found growing in the 
neighbourhood of the Victoria Falls on the Zambia River, where the spray at times 
completely covers it. The floweis, which are of a beautiful soft primrose-yellow, are of 
quaint hooded form and borne on spikes 2 to 3 ft. high, from July to August. Easily 
grown in pots in a cold greenhouse or out of doors in warm localities ; while in full growth 
the plants should be given a liberal supply of water per 100, 25/- ; per doz. 3/0 
x primulinus hybrids, a most lovely new strain of Gladioli of the same light giaceful 
habit as G. primulinus, but colours ranging from yellow to salmon, rosy butt, apricot,, pale 
copper and other delicate art shades, ht. 2J ft per l°°> 3 °/\! P er {ioi - 4/3 
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