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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1906. 
A GROUP OF FR1TILLARIA RIELEAGRIS 
( Very much reduced). 
FREESIA — continued. each— s. d 
Armstrong! (The Pink Freesia), Chapmanii (new), and Tubergeni (new). 
See Novelty List, page 6. 
FRITILLARIA, an extremely elegant family of hardy shade-loving plants, bearing graceful 
drooping bell-shaped flowers in May. 
The large-flowered varieties are charm- 
ing for grouping in borders and for 
clumps on rockwork; while the smaller- 
flowered dwarf kinds are gems for select 
nooks on the rockery. All are delightful 
subjects for naturalising in grass in 
shady glens or under large trees. A 
little sharp sand placed around the 
bulbs at time of planting is very bene- 
ficial. As pot plants (several in a pot) 
they are very pretty. The new varieties 
of Meleagris are very fine. 
meleagris (The Large Snake’s- 
Head Fritillary). 
,, pure white, graceful and 
beautiful, ht. J ft. 
per too, to/6 ; per doz. t/6 o 2 
,, Cassandra (new), mottled 
purple on a silvery grey ground, 
and shaded green ; a very 
striking and graceful flower, 
ht. } ft. 
per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
„ Orion (new), very dark claret- 
purple, mottled, ht. § ft. 
per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
meleagris Sylvanus (new), while, slightly mottled purple on the outside, pretty, 
ht. J ft per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, Triton (new), rich claret-purple, beautifully mottled ,, 12/6; ,, 1/9 o 2 
,, mixed varieties, flowers rosy and purplish shades, beautifully chequered, 
also pure white, ht. J ft per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1/- — 
latifolia mixed shades, broad foliage and handsome chequered flowers, larger and 
earlier than the Meleagris varieties, ht. I ft per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
„ Beets, very large handsome flower, chequered bronzy red and yellow, inside 
mottled yellow and red, ht. 1 ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
„ Vondel, very large flower of great substance, dull rose and green, inside 
mottled pale green and red, curious, ht. 1 ft per doz. 5/6 o 6 
askabadensis, a very beautiful new species from the mountains of Northern Persia, 
flowering early in April, and resembling a refined Crown Imperial, having a leafy stem and 
large bell-shaped flowers, chrome-yellow with greenish tinge, very elegant supply uncertain — 
armena, rich yellow Charming dwarf species from Asia Minor, bearing ! p. 100, 10/6 
[ elegant small bell-shaped flowers in April. They I p. doz. 1/6 o 2 
,, rubra, J should beplanted in clumpsof 12 bulbs or more, onj 
plum-coloured J rockwork, etc. They also make good pot-plants. ,, 2/- o 3 
a urea, a very lovely species from Asia Minor, hearing in April large rich golden-yellow 
flowers, with brownish mottling inside; charming alike in borders, pots, or on rockwork, 
ht. -J ft. (a Coloured T/ate sent post free for 6rf.) per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
„ „ „ „ Extra strong bulbs „ 15/-; ,, 2/3 o 3 
citrina, pretty bright green bells, shaded citron-yellow, ht. f ft 10/6; ,, 1/6 c 2 
coccinea, a remarkably showy species of very elegant growth and bearing handsome red 
flowers with recurving petals ; more easily grown than F. reatrva, per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- o 5 
Elwesii, a beautiful species, with large bright green bell-shaped flowers reflexed at mouth, 
delicately blotched reddish brown, ht. 1 ft per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Guicciardi, maroon-purple and green, distinct and pretty, ht. 1 ft ,, 7/6 o 8 
imperialis. See page 29. 
kamschatica (The Black Lily), producing elegant pyramidal spikes of handsome black 
flowers in May, ht. f ft per doz. 10/6 1 o 
lanceolata, flowers curiously mottled green, blown, and yellow, distinct, ht. I ft. ,, 6/6 o 7 
,, gracilis, flowers dark brown mottled, pretty, ht. 1 ft ,, 6/6 o 7 
libanotica, deep glaucous green foliage, flowers lilac and pale yellow, ht. i j ft., per doz. 4/6 o 5 
macrophylla (syn. Lilium Thomsonianum), a charming species for greenhouse culture, 
bearing numerous bright rosy lilac flowers on tall stems, ht, 3 ft per doz. 6/6 o 7 
