BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London, 
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x BEGONIA, Barr’s Large-flowered Single, for bedding, in separate 
colours, scarlet, crimson, rose, salmon, pink, white, orange, and yellow 
each colour, p. too, 25/- ; p. doz. 3/6 — 
» „ „ Choice Mixed 21/- ; „ 3/- — 
Barr’s Exhibition Single Begonias, for pot-culture, having a stiff erect habit 
and large round-petal led flowers of fine form and substance, cannot be surpassed 
In separate selected colours. ..per doz. 12/-, 15/- & 21/- — 
Barr’s Exhibition Double Begonias, for pot-culture, flowers of grand form, 
equalling Camellias in symmetry, and of brilliant colours 
In separate selected colours. ..per doz. 21/-, 30/- & 42/- — 
Barr’s Bedding Double Begonias, in six separate colours, white, scarlet, 
orange, yellow, deep rose, and pink per 100, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- — 
Barr’s Bedding Double Begonias, mixed, in good variety of colour 
per 100, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 — 
New Large-flowered Fringed, a beautiful new race, having large flowers borne 
on stiff erect stems well above the foliage, the petals being beautifully crested in a broad 
wavy manner, giving them a charming appearance. Awarded Premier Prize at the 
Faris Exhibition, 1900. Charming in pots or bedded out in borders. 
Separate colours, scarlet, rose-pink, white, and yellow each colour, per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Mixed shades of colour per 100, 32/6 ; ,, 4/6 — 
New Large-flowered Single Spotted Begonias, flowers ranging from 
red to pink and orange, all handsomely spotted white, very striking per doz. 6/6 o 7 
New Large-flowered Single Striped Begonias, a very beautiful strain, 
with large flowers of various shades, elegantly striped per doz. 12/6 1 3 
New Large-flowered Single White-eyed Begonias, having large hand- 
some flowers, in various shades of red, all with a beautiful white centre per doz. 6/6 o 7 
New Large-flowered Double Marbled Begonias, a very beautiful novel 
strain, having large double well-formed flowers of rose-pink and red shades marbled white... 2 6 
New Double Begonia, “ Lafayette,” a grand bedding variety, forming plants of 
erect habit with dark foliage and covered with very double brilliant scarlet flowers, per doz. 9/- 010 
New Bedding Begonia, “ Bavaria,” a lovely little variety for pots or bedding, 
producing an abundance of soft bright rose-pink flowers for a long period, lit. 5 in.. ..per doz. 12/- I 3 
New Double Begonia, “Graf Zeppelin,” a very decorative bedding variety, 
producing in abundance small very double flowers of a rich deep scarlet, ht. 10 in., per doz. 8/6 o 9 
New Mexican Species, “Martiana grandiflora,”afine handsome species 
delighting in sunny situations ; it has an erect pyramidal growth, and is covered the whole 
summer with ficiy rose-carmine flowers, ht. Ij ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
BELLADONNA & GUERNSEY LILIES. See Amaryllis,^ 13, Nerine,page 63. 
BELLEVALLIA romana (Roman Squill), producing in May elegant long spikes of bell- 
shaped flowers, opening deep azure tipped rose, and passing off bronze with white tip, ht. 
10 in per doz. 3/6 o 4 
x BESSERA elegans (Coral Drops), a beautiful Mexican bulbous plant producing from 
August to September graceful umbels of drooping bell-shaped bright scarlet flowers ; grow 
in pots for indoors, or plant on rockwork in Spring in a compost of loam, leaf-soil, and 
sand, 1 ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
BLOOMERIA aurea, producing in June beautiful umbels of golden-yellow flowers, striped 
brown, a fine showy flower for beds and borders, ht. 15 inches ; it likes a light rich soil 
per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
BOBARTIA collina, a beautiful Summer-flowering bulb. See Homeria. 
BOMAREA salsilla (syn. oculata), a beautiful climber, for greenhouse or warm positions 
outdoors, producing clusters of red flowers spotted purple; it likes a compost of rough sand, 
turfy loam and peat, and while in growth it should occasionally be given manure water 
per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
X BOUSSINGAULTIA baselloides (The Madeira Vine), an elegant climber, valuable for 
hanging baskets, window boxes, rustic tubs, etc., leaves pale green and fleshy, flowers white 
and hawthorn scented ; hardy on dry rockwork, or in well-drained sunny situations, otherwise 
plant in March, lift the roots in autumn and store in sand per ioo, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
x BRAVOA geminiflora (Scarlet Twin-flower), a handsome hardy plant for light soils 
and a sunny situation, throwing up in July elegant racemes of orange-red tubular flowers, 
i-J ft. ; it is best planted in March and lifted in October per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
BRODI/EA (Californian Hyacinth), a very beautiful family of hardy bulbs, well deserving 
a place in every choice border, or for select nooks on rockwork. June-July flowering. 
When planting surround the bulbs with sharp sand. 
Bridgesii, a fine distinct species, bearing umbels of pretty purplish rose flowers with light 
centre, i j ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
californica (syn. Austinae), the largest-flowered of all the Brodiseas; flowers of a 
delicate heliotrope shade of colour, borne in graceful umbels, ht. 15 in per doz. 3/6 o 4 
