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BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1906. 
A Few Fine Novelties and Specialities 
IN BULBS AND TUBERS, Etc., FOR 1906. 
each— s. 
AQAPANTHUS 
St. Pauli, bearing on stems 2 to 2.} ft. high large umbels of pure white flowers about the 
size of A. Mooreanus ; a charming plant for pots or tubs, etc 7 
Weillighi, a handsome new species of African Lily, with fine heads of lavender-coloured 
flowers having indigo-blue line up the petals and a broad indigo-blue margin, ht. 3 ft 4 
AMARYLLIS 
Belladonna, purpurea maxima, a remarkably beautiful Belladonna Lily , bearing 
handsome bold umbels of large soft rose flowers, 9 to 10 on an umbel, delicately hyacinth- 
scented; it flowers 2 to 3 weeks before the Belladonna Lily, ht. 3 ft per doz. 16/- 1 
ANEMONE 
apennina fl. pi., a very pretty double-flowering form of this beautiful Anemone, flowers 
pale blue, fully double, lasting a long time, ht. J ft per doz. 7/6 
“St. Brigid,” an extra fine strain, of these lovely Poppy Anemones, flowers very large, 
mostly semi-double, with finely divided petals, and of the most brilliant and varied shades 
of colour, all having a handsome blue-black central boss ; very graceful in habit, ht. 1 ft. 
per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
ANEMONE pulsatilla alba, a pure white variety of the beautiful Pasque Flower; 
a charming plant to naturalise on rockwork per doz. 10/6 
ARUM aristatum, a dainty little Dragon Arum with brilliant red spatlie and blackish 
spadix, pleasantly scented ; this Arum, like the Monarch of the East, may be flowered in a 
dry state without the aid of soil or water per doz. 7/6 
ASTILBE chinensis Davidii, a very handsome new Chinese hardy border perennial, 
producing large plumes of handsome rich crimson-purple flowers with violet anthers, ht. 3 to 
5 ft. First-Class Certificate R.H.S., August 1902 per doz. 25/- 
CALOCHORTUS Venustus- Eldorado strain, a new race of the lovely Butterfly 
Tulips of tall sturdy growth, from to 2 ft. in lit., flowers varying greatly in shade— from 
white and cream to lilac, deep velvety purple and rosy purple, red, pink, and salmon, all 
having the centre exquisitely blotched and speckled soft brown and golden-yellow, while 
some have a beautiful golden blotch on eo.ch petal. Award of Merit R.H.S. {For 
full Cultural Notes and Illustration see page t8.) 
Mixed Beautiful Shades, in great variety per too, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 
COLCHICUM giganteum, a grand Meadow Saffron from the Zigana Dagh (Gipsy 
Mountain), bearing immense expanded flowers of a beautiful soft rose shading to white at 
base, remarkably handsome. (See coloured plate in “ Flora and Sylva," June 1903) 
per doz. 167- 
CYCLAMEN 
New Large-flowered Crested Varieties, flowers remarkably beautiful, all 
having an elegant feathered crest. Colours white, rose, mauve, and white with rose eye 
each variety, per doz. 24/- & 30/- ; each 2/3 & 
New “ Papilio” or Butterfly Cyclamen, a very beautiful race; flowers large 
and graceful ; all elegantly fringed. Colours white, ro-c, red, mauve, and white with rose eye 
each variety, per doz. 24/- & 30/- ; each 2/3 & 
CYRTANTHUS 
angustifolius grand iflorus, the finest of all the Cyrtanthi of the Monella section, 
and a handsome greenhouse plant for autumn flowering ; it produces spikes to 2 fl. high, 
bearing umbels of 12 to 15 flowers, of a brilliant orange-scarlet 
Marian, an elegant hybrid between C. lutescens and a form of C. angustifolius, producing 
freely spikes a foot long, bearing fine heads of curved flowers yellow and bright red ; a fine 
greenhouse plant. Award of Merit R.H.S., April 5th, 1904 
DEUTZIA gracilis carminea, a remarkably pretty new variety, flowers being of a 
delicate rose with deep carmine reverse 
ERYTHRONIUM californicum (syn. giganteum), a remarkably graceful ar.d beautiful 
American Dog’s Tooth Violet. {See page 27 for description ) per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
< „ „ A few very large roots „ 30/-; ,, 4/- 
“ White Beauty,” a lovely new variety of E. giganteum, bearing freely large creamy 
white flowers of good substance, with yellow central zone, foliage the most richly mottled of 
all the Erythroniums i per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
EUR CLES Cunninghami (The Brisbane Lily), a handsome stove or warm 
greenhouse bulbous plant allied to the Pancratium , with handsome broad foliage and large 
jads of pure white flowers, ht. 1 ft. Pot up in February and place in bottom heat, giving 
abundance of water while the plants are in growth per doz. 21/- 
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