BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1906. 
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IRIS — continued. 
NEW REGELIO-CYCLUS IRISES, a lovely new race of Irises, being the result'd 
crosses between the Regelia and Oncocyclus sections. They caused a great sensation at the 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Show, May 17th, 1904, where several were awarded certificates. 
These Irises have proven to be of easy culture. 
Artemis, large flower, with bold standards of a violet-purple profusely veined, falls densely 
lined violet-purple on white, and having a dark velvety blotch. Ist-ClassCertificate R.H.S. 
Charon, the finest of all , having a large handsome flower with standards claret-brown 
shaded bronzy yellow at margin, falls finely lined velvety brown on a bronzy yellow ground. 
First-Class Certificate R.H.S 
Eos, standards light purplish rose, falls shaded and reticulated velvety brown on a cream- 
coloured ground. Award of Merit R.H.S 
Hecate, flower large, standards pale purple, finely lined, falls beautifully reticulated on a 
cream-coloured ground and heavily shaded velvety reddish brown. Award of Merit R.H.S., 
May 15 th, 1906 
Iphigenia, large broad standards, bright purple with fine dark lines, falls heavily shaded 
and veined velvety brown-purple on a creamy ground, blotched velvety purple-black. First- 
Class Certificate R.H.S 
Penelope, standards silvery pale purple finely reticulated, falls deeply veined purple on a 
white ground, large and very beautiful 
Psyche, flower large and beautiful, finely lined purple on a cream-coloured ground and with 
a velvety crimson-black blotch. Award of Merit R.H.S 
Thalia, standards and falls beautifully veined violet on a white ground, and having a dark 
velvety purple blotch and beard 
LACHENALIA “Cowslip,” a very handsome new Lachenalia raised by an amateur in 
Australia. It produces a fine spike of large rich golden bells with rosy scarlet shading at 
top, while the expanded mouth is deeply margined maroon, foliage broad, stem spotted 
maroon, very pretty, ht. 9 in 
LILIUM 
U U rat U m giganteu m , a giant form of Liliutn auratum platyphyllum , bearing grand 
spikes of very large flowers with broad white petals spotted crimson, foliage broad and 
handsome, ht. 6 to 10 ft ...strong bulbs , p. doz. 30/- ; extra strong bulbs, p. doz. 38/- ; ea. 2/9 & 
candid um (The Madonna Lily) a feiv monster bulbs, per too, 55/- ; per doz. 7/6 
,, „ ,, very large bulbs „ 35/-; „ 5/. 
candidum speciosum, a remarkably robust- growing variety, with very thick blackish 
purple stems well clothed with foliage, growing 5 to 6 ft. high, and bearingabout 20 to 25 flowers, 
sometimes more. It blooms later than the ordinary L. candidum. A very handsome 
Lily for borders, scarce strong bulbs, per doz. 12/6 
longiflorum, from the Azores, producing very freely long handsome trumpet- 
shaped flowers of a snowy white, of graceful habit, ht. 3 ft. ; a splendid Lily for early 
forcing. Bulbs supplied from September to November 1 per doz. 12/- 
pardalinum Burbank’s Hybrids, very fine hybrids raised by Mr. Luther 
Burbank between L. pardalinum and L. Humboldti, producing robust-growing plants with 
heads of handsome flowers varying from clear orange to orange with crimson tips, all 
beautifully spotted per doz. 25/- 
pardalinum “ Red Giant,” a remarkably fine new Lily selected from hybrids raised 
by Air. Luther Burbank ; it is a very strong grower, bearing in July heads of blood-crimson 
flowers shaded red towards centre and profusely spotted dark maroon, remarkably effective... 
LISSOCHILI from the Transvaal, beautiful terrestrial orchids collected on the open 
veldt in the Transvaal, and comprising different varieties, white and rose, yellow, and inter- 
mediate tints, all beautiful. Culture as for Nerines is recommended, the roots being kept 
dry except when in growth Fine tufts, per doz. 30/- 
MONTBRETIAS - Beautiful New Hybrids, most elegant border or pot plants, bear- 
ing in August spikes of most gorgeously coloured flowers. (For general collection see page 60) 
Anneau d’Or, bearing grand broad-petalled flowers measuring over 2 inches across, brilliant 
orange-yellow with velvety purple base and light yellow centre, buds rich dark red 
Congo, flowers a very rich dark orange-red, remarkably handsome, per 100, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- 
Lothario, flowers a very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red, bright and attractive 
T rag6die, perhaps the darkest coloured of all Montbretias and remarkably effective, 
flowers broad petalled, rich deep orange, the lower half maroon-purple, buds almost black 
shaded orange at apex, ht. 25 to 3 ft 
MUSCARI 
“ Heavenly Blue,” the most beautiful of all Starch and Grape Hyacinths, and one of the 
loveliest blue flowers of spring Extra large bulbs, per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
Masseyanum, a very distinct new Tassel-Hyacinth with bright rosy coloured flowers... 
NERINE 
Bowdeni, a new species from Cape Colony, and the finest of the section. It bears large 
umbels of flowers 3 to 4 inches across ; pink with a dark rose-coloured line running down 
each petal. Award of Merit R.H.S 
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