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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1915. 
MONTBRETIA— GRAND NEW HYBRIDS — continue., each-s. d 
Lady Hamilton, a very pretty variety of erect habit, with yellow Watsonia-like flowers, 
having a reddish orange centre and passing to apricot with age, ht. 3 -A- ft. Award ok 
Merit R.H.S per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Lord Nelson, a fine handsome variety with dark stems, flowers of great substance 
shaded rich vermilion on outside and inside rich deep orange, a very sturdy grower, 
ht. 3 ft per doz. 21/- 2 o 
Lothario, very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red ; a bright and attractive variety 
per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Norvic, a very showy variety with rich golden-orange flowers set off by maroon- 
coloured bracts and red stems, a free bloomer, ht. 28 in per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Oriflamme, flowers brilliant scarlet with golden centre, a fine handsome variety, 
ht- 2 ft d oz . 7/6 0 g 
Prometheus, one of the finest hybrids yet raised, with immense open spreading flowers 
of a brilliant fiery orange with blood-red markings in centre ; a very vigorous grower, 
ht. 3 to 4 ft. Award of Merit R.H.S. and First-Class Certificates at York, 
Edinburgh and Shrewsbury per doz. 30/- 2 9 
St. Botolph, a grand variety and the largest flowered of the Yellow Montbretias, 
producing erect branching spikes of large open yellow flowers, with orange shading outside, 
ht- 4 ft per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Star of the East. See Novelty List, page 11. 
T rase die, remarkably effective, flowers broad petallcd, rich deep orange, the lower half 
maroon-purple, buds almost black, shaded orange at apex, ht. 2^ to 3 ft per doz. 12/6 I 3 
Westwick, very distinct, flowers orange-red with yellow eye surrounded by a halo of 
rich maroon per doz. 15/. I 6 
3 each of 12 Choice New Hybrid Montbretias, IS/ & 21 /-. 
X MONTBRETIA rosea. See Tritonia rosea. 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring Flowers, with their dainty spikes of bell-flowers, require no special 
culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as 
edgings and massed in the flower border they are most charming, and continue a long time in 
We can strongly recommend them all for naturalisation. Plant from 
Azureum 
bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. 
September to November. 
“Heavenly Blue,” a lovely Starch Hyacinth from Trebizond, producing freely 
spikes well furnished with little globular bells of the brightest and richest shade 
of gentian-blue imaginable ; large masses produce a wonderful effect in the garden 
from the end of March to May; the flowers have a delightful fragrance, and are very 
valuable for cutting, having long stalks, and remaining fresh in water a long time ; it 
is aiso the best variety for naturalising per 1000, 50/- ; per 100, 5/6 
,, „ Extra targe bulbs, ,, 70/- ; ,, 7/6 
{syn. Hyacinthus azureus), bearing lovely little spikes of Cambridge 
blue-flowered bells early in February per 100, 6/6 
,, amphibolus, a very pretty form bearing sturdy broad pyramidal 
spikes of open-mouthed bells, azure striped white per 100, 7/6 
,, robustum, a strong-growing variety of the beautiful Azureum, with 
larger flower-heads of a lovely Cambridge blue per 100, 6/6 1 
Botryoides cseruleum (Italian Grape Hyacinth), bearing from the end of 
March to early April pretty little spikes of dark blue globular bell- 
shaped flowers ; an old garden favourite used largely for small beds, 
edgings, and for naturalising per 1000, 21/-; per 100, 2/3 o 
„ album (Pearls of Spain), pure white ,, 35/-; ,, 4/- o 
,, candidum, white, tinged rose, beautiful 4 
,, pallidum grandiflorum, beautiful pale azure-blue 10 
comosum (The Tassel Hyacinth), forming at top of stem curious tassel-like heads of 
deep blue flowers per 100, 7/6 
Masseyanum. See Novelty List ,page 11. 
Neglectum majus (Starch Hyacinth), blue-black, large and very early, 
remaining long in beauty per 100, 10/6 
Paradoxum (The Caucasian Starch Hyacinth), long handsome spikes of nearly 
pure black flowers, very handsome per 100, 5/6 
Plumosum (Ostrich Feather or Plume Hyacinth), bearing large broad plume-like 
heads of a pretty mauve colour per 100, 4/- 
per doz. 
s. d. 
each 
s. d 
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3- 
1 3...0 
1 3...0 
1 6...0 
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Any other species of Muscari in commerce not mentioned above can be supplied if required. 
