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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1914. 
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^ ASPARAGUS iTiedeoloides [syn, Smilax and Medeola). Plant in Spring ; for descrip- 
tion see Spring Bulb List per doz. 4/6 o 5 
ASTILBE chinensis Davidii, handsome rich crimson-purple flowers, 3 to 5 ft. ,, 5/6 o 6 
,, Thiinberg^ii Moerheimij enormous plumes of pure white flowers i o 
,, japonica. 5 ^ 6 ’ Spiraea japonica,/<z^<r 74 . 
See also Novelty List, page 13, and Plants for Forcing, page 6. 
BABIANA (Baboon-root), the flowers range in colour from blue to the richest crimson- magenta, 
and are set off by a dark green hairy foliage. They have a fine dwarf compact habit, and 
are of great value for pots, rockeries, or the front of borders. Culture same as for the Ixia. 
Extra Choice mixture of many beautiful colours per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
X BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED SINGLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, rich vermilion-scarlet, glowing orange-scarlet, 
dark blood-red, pure yellow, full ro.se, pale rose, rose-cerise, salmon, and white, flowers large 
and handsome each colour, per loo, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, all colours ,, 25/-; ,, 3/6 
Separate colours, extra selected tubers, for pot culture ,, 5/6 
Barr*s Choice Exhibition Varieties, for pot culture, all having a fine stiff erect 
habit and large round-petallad flowers of finest form and substance, cannot be surpassed, 
In separate selected colours, p?r doz. 10/6 and 21/- ; each i/- and 
X BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED DOUBLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, brilliant dark vermilion, glowing orange-scarlet, 
pure yellow, full rose, pale rose, pale coppery rose, and wliite, flowers very large and handsome 
each colour, per 100, 32/6 ; per doz. 4/6 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, in good variety of colours ,, 25/-; ,, 3/6 
Separate colours, extra selected tubers, for pot culture 7/6 
Exhibition, Camellia-Flowered, agrand Strain, flowers of beautiful form, equalling 
Camellias in symmetry; colours — coral-pink, blush, yellow, creanj, scarlet, etc. 
12 in 12 extra choice varieties 35/- 
12 in 12 choice varieties 25/- 
12 in 12 fine varieties 17/6 
X BEGONIAS, SINGLE FRINGED AND CRESTED. 
New Large-flowered Single Fringed, a beautiful new race, with very large 
handsome flowers i)orne on stiff erect stems well above the foliage, the petals having 
their edges elegantly crimped and fringed ; they are freer blooming than either the double 
or single Begonias, and we can strongly recommend them for bedding or for pots. 
Separate Colours, scarlet, orange, yellow, full rose, salmon, and pure white 
each colour, per 100, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- 
Mixed shades of colour {of-\ ,, 4/- 
New Crested Begonias, a very beautiful distinct strain, flowers elegantly fringed and 
heavily crested, colours ranging from scarlet, rose, orange, salmon, and primrose to pearly 
white and pure white. Specially suitable for pot culture. 
3 each of 8 beautiful colours 10/6 
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Mixed shades of red, orange, rose, yellow, and pure white per doz. 5/6 
For other varieties of Begonias see our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and 7 'ubers. 
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BELLADONNA & GUERNSEY LILIES. Amaryllis, 18, Nerine,/A^<! 69. 
X BESSERA elegans (Coral Drops). £?«>- Spring Bulb List per doz. 7/6 o 8 
®^ETIA hyacinthina, a charming Chinese Orchid, \\'ith a pretty ribljed foliage and 
graceful racemes of deep rose-pink flowers ; it thrives in the bog garden 
and sheltered shady situations planted in peat otablished in pots i 6 
>» »> alba, a lovely while-flowered variety, requiring same treatment ,, i 6 
BLOOMERIA aurca, protiucing in June beautiful umbels of golden-yellow flowers, strij)ed 
brown, fine showy flower for beds and borders, ht. 15 in. ; likes a liglU rich soil per doz. 5/6 o 6 
BOBARTIA aurantiaca. See Homeria collina, 41. 
X BOUSSINGAULTIA basGlIoides (The Madeira Vine)* Plant in Spring, see our 
Spring Bulb List per (}qz. 1/3 o 2 
