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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1915. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY — continued. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE OF LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Out-of-doors the Lily of the Valley likes a partially shaded and moist situation. The best results are 
obtained on a shady border against a wall, placing the crowns 6 to 9 inches apart and leaving them 
to establish themselves. The soil should be a good loam enriched with manure and a top dressing 
of old manure should be given annually. The plants should not be allowed to remain more than 
three years in one spot. The crowns are best planted in November, but planting may be done up 
to February. 
x Barr’s Finest English Forcing Crowns, of best selected quality, suitable 
for general early forcing per 1000, 90/- ; per 100, 9/6 ; per doz. 1/4 
* The Old English Lily of the Valley, for outdoor planting, the true old variety 
of Lily of the Valley, suitable for naturalising in woodlands, etc. Very sweet-scented 
per 1000, 65/- ; per 100, 7/-; per doz. 1/- 
x Strong selected clumps, for outdoor planting or slow forcing in pots, 
per doz. 15/- ; each 1/6 
* Fortin’s Grand Giant Strain, English-Grown, a very beautiful strain with remark- 
ably large handsome bells on long sturdy stalks. The extra strong crowns offered may be 
potted and brought on very slowly under glass, but the y must not be potted or boxed up before 
February ; ordinary forcing will cause them to go blind 
Extra strong crowns, per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
„ „ Strong Planting crowns for planting in beds and borders „ 12/6; „ 1/9 
RETARDED LILY OF THE VALLEY, 
Suitable to force for Autumn, Winter and Summer flowering. 
The Retarded Crowns will bloom in three to four weeks from time of potting, but the crowns 
started in November require a little more time. It is necessary that they be planted as soon as 
received, and grown on rapidly without any check. In July and August all that is needed is 
to place them in a cold frame, and they come along quickly with very little attention. Later 
on however, when the nights become cool, the temperature must be raised to that of the day. 
The plants should be kept fairly dry overhead, and a warm moist atmosphere should be maintained. 
As the retarded crowns make a vigorous foliage it is advisable to remove one out of three leaves, 
as this will assist the development of the llower spike. They may be grown successfully in bowls 
for house decoration in our Fertilised Peat-fibre Mixture. 
Finest Retarded Crowns, supplied as required from July to November. 
per 100, 12/6 ; 25 for 3/6 
Finest Selected Fortin’s Giant Retarded Crowns, supplied as required from 
July to November. These take a few days longer to develop their flowers than the Ordinary 
Retarded Crowns i 0 o, 21/- ; 25 for 5/6 
Not less than 25 Retarded Crowns supplied. A few days’ notice required, as the crowns are 
kept in cold storage. 
x MEDEOLA asparagoides (Smilax). See our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers. 
METHONICA superba. See Gloriosa superba. 
MILLA (Triteleia). Plant Uniflora violacea from Sept to Nov., Biflora in Spring. per doz 
uniflora violacea (Spring Star Flower), a charming little hardy plant from Buenos s. d 
Aires ; producing in spring fragrant flowers of a pretty pale porcelain-lilac with violet stripe 
down petal, ht. ft. Naturalised on grassy banks or on rockwork, this plant produces a 
lovely effect from March to May ; it is also valuable for small beds and edgings. By 
gentle forcing it may be had in bloom from January to March. A pretty effect is 
obtained by growing Milla unifiora in saucers or bowls of live sphagnum moss, also in 
hanging baskets per 1000, 20/- ; per 100, 2/3 o 4 
x biflora. See our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers each, %d. 7 6 
x MONTBRETIA, a family of most decorative hardy bulbous plants of elegant growth, and producing 
freely in early August graceful spikes of gorgeously coloured flowers, which are of the greatest 
value for cutting, lasting long in water and mixing well with all kinds of foliage. They grow freely 
in any ordinary flower-border enriched with manure, but prefer a sunny situation. As pot-plants 
they are charmingly graceful. 
Plant outdoors November to March, cover the earlier plantings lightly svith litter. 
