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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1914. 
BARR’S EXTRA CHOICE LARGE-FLOWERED CROCUSES. 
For Pots, Bowl-Culture and Select Flower Beds. 
The following large-flowered named Crocuses are the best in cultivation, ami we can confidently 
recommend them for planting in groups, edgings, select beds, and in designs. The golden-yellow Crocuses 
flower a little in advance of the others. To obtain the finest effect the bulbs should be planted an inch apart. 
When grown in pots, plant thickly, and plunge the pots in ashes up to the rims only. When removed 
from under the ashes, place in an airy situation, and give water very freely at the roots. A charmittg 
effect is obtained by growing Crocuses in shaiiow saucers, using Barr’s Peat-flbre, Shell and 
Charcoal Mixture, or Pebbies and water (the bulbs touching one another). The saucers should be 
kept in an airy room without a fire, where gas is seldom burnt and where they can get plenty of light. 
When the bulbs are coming into bloom they may be brought into the sitting 
force Crocuses will cause them to go blind. 
Lavender-Purple 
Striped 
Pure White 
Goiden-Yellow .... 
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CHOICE NAMED LARGE-FLOWERED CROCUSES. 
All Larg^est Selected Bulbs. 
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500 in 10 „ „ „ 23 o 
The numbers in braekets after the name refer to the relative period of flowering, thus those marked 
the first to open their flowers, while those marked (3) are a little later. 
per 100 perdoz. 
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Barr’s Golden-Yellow, Giant Bulbs, producing an abundance of flowers, remark,ibly showy 
per 1000, 50/- 
Black Knight (3) {.new), long dark glo.ssy purple flowers, with black lustre ; the most hand- 
some of all purples per 1000, 55/- 
Bleu Celeste (2), the most beautiful of all the large-flowered Crocuses, flowers soft pale azure 
with silvery shading inside, and striking orange stigmata per 1000, 70/- 
David Rizzio (l), lavender-purple jy/g 
Gladstone {new), very large handsome deep purple flowers 10 
Harlequin (2) {new), outer petals white feathered and shaded lilac, inner petals bright purple, 
stem glossy violet, very showy and a good contrast to other varieties per 1000, 05/- 7 
Kathleen Parlow (3) («??(/), one of the finest of the new white Crocuses, flowers glnbukir, 
very large and lasting, of the purest white with showy golden anthers. Award of 
Merit R.II.S 6 
King of Whites (2), a grand Crocus, jrroducing very handsome long snowy white flowers 
of great size per 1000, 37/6 4 
Madame Carnot (new), large globular flowers, snowy white with striking black-purple stem 10 
Margot (i), a lovely variety, flowers large, outer petals shaded white, inner petals soft 
lavender, strongly recommended per 1000, 42/- 4 
Minerva {new), an improvement on Madame Mina, flowers very large and handsome, 
bright blue shaded and striped white outside, with brilliant orange stigmata and a 
dark violet stem per iodo, 55/- 
Mont Blanc (i), pure white „ 32/6 
Pallas (3) (new), flowers of great size, white delicately pencilled lilac, with showy orange 
stigmata, violet stem per 1000, 55/- 
Porcelain Sceptre (2) {neiv), resembling Bleu Celeste but flowers a little smaller, a 
beautiful Crocus 
President Lincoln (2), fine bold globular flowers, dark glossy purple per 1000, 42/- 
Pride of Albion (i), white, slightly striped violet, dark violet base, fine and showy ,, 35/- 
Purpureus grandiflorus (2), long handsome rich deep purple flowers ,, 55/. 
Scipio (3) (new), very fine large flowers, white shaded and pencilled mauve with striking 
violet base and stem, having showy orange stigmata ; a great improvement on Sir 
Walter Scott 6 
White Lady (3), flowers of great size and substance, snowy white, with showy orange anthers 10 
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