BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 29 
CROCUSES. 
BARR’S AUTUMN-, WINTER- AND SPRING-FLOWERING SPECIES. 
No hardy garden is coinpleic witlioiit (hose little floral gems, which carry on a continual display of 
bloom from August to March, and light up the garden with their bright colours in winter when few other 
plants arc dowering. They are all very dainty and refined and on rocUwork and in grass form a charming 
picture, while in pots they make a very pretty effect. The delightful effect produced by masses of 
C. speciosus, C. longiflorus, C. aativus, C. Tommasinianus, etc., when naturalised, can only be realised 
by those who have wdtnessed it. In nomenclature we have followed Mr. Gkoroe Maw's Monoorapii 
ON THE Croci. 
Cultural Directio.ns. — Any ordinary garden soil suits these Crocuses. Plant very shallow, barely, 
covering the conns with soil ; the Autumn-flowering varieties plant in July or August, the Winter and 
Spring-flowering varieties in September or October. 
Selections of Autumn-Flowering Species. 
3 each of 20 species ia/6 
3 „ „ 20 ,, choicer sorts 17/6 
3 each of 12 species 6/6 
3 ., „ 12 „ choicer sorts 10/6 
Selections oT Winter-flowering Species. 
3 each of IS species. 
13 
choicer sorts 
12/6 I 3 each of 10 species 6/6 
17/6 I 3 „ 10 ,i choicer sorts 10/6 
Selections of Early Spring-flowering Species. 
3 each of 13 species. 
3 „ „ IS 
choicer sorts 
10/6 
15/- 
3 each of 10 species S/6 
3 „ „ 10 ,, choicer sorts 7/6 
A Full Descriptive List of our Crocus Species, with their native habitats given, may be had 
on application. 
The few species quoted m the following list are mostly those we can offer cheaply in quantity, and 
we can strongly recommend them for naturalising and mttssing on rockwork, in grass, etc., wdiere 
their beauty will delight the eye from Autumn till early Spring, 
Autumn-Flowering. 
Asturicus, a showy species, flowers ranging from pale mauve to purple-lilac, with darker 
striping at base 
Hyemalis Foxii, white veined rich purple towards base, with yellow throat, pretty 
Salzmanni, lilac, with dark feathering, delighting in a moist soil 
Sativus (Saffron Crocus), large flowers, purplish lilac, feathered violet, and with showy 
orange stigmata 1000, 42/- 
Speciosus, bright violet-blue, prettily veinerl, anthers orange-red, throat yellow, large, 
handsome and .showy, one of the most beautiful Autumn Crocuses for planting in grass, 
borders, or rockwork Pttf tooo, 42/- 
Speciosus Aitchisonii, long handsome flowers with sharply tapering petals, lavender prettily 
feathered a darker shade and with silvery flush on outer petals 
Zonatus, rose-lilac, with orange zone, most beautiful per 1000, 45/- 
Mixed Autumn-Flowering Species for naturalising in grass 5 °/- 
Winter-Flowering. 
Ancyrensis, deep orange-yellow flowers 
Biflorus, snowy white feathered violet, handsome per 1000, 42/- 
„ pusillus, white, outer segments feathered jiurplc, throat orange, a lovely little species 
Chrysanthus, type, from the Zigana Dagh (Gypsy Mountain), flowers of various shades 
of yellow, mostly with orange-scarlet stigmata 
Cloth of Gold (C. susianus), rich golden-yellow, outside of petals ricli glossy brown ; when 
opening flat in the sun, beds of this crocus resemble carpels of gold ; a lovely little 
flower for edgings and rockwork prr 1000, 21/- 
Etruscus, flowers silvery lavender to purple, slightly veined outside 
Vitellinus, var graveolens, small or.-.nge-coloured flowers, strongly scented 
Mixed Winter-Flowering Species, for naturalising per 1000, 50/- 
Early Spring-Flowering. 
var. sub. flavus, flowers bright golden-yellow very minutely stippled grey on exterior 
Olivieri, small globular-shaped flowers of a brilliant self-yellow t5 
Stellaris (4), orange, feathered purple-brown, showy 
Tommasinianus, a very beautiful flower, pale sapphire-lavender, outside silvery grey, 
stigmata orange ; a charming continuous bloomer and one of the best to 
natiualise in grass per 1000, 50/- 
,, purpureus, a charming variety, flowers soft lavender with deeper lavender flush 
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