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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumh, 1914, 
FREESIA — corttinued. , . 
each — s d 
Tubereeni (F. refracta alba x F, Armstrong!), a pretly hybrid with flowers of a 
delicate rose-lilac shade with white throat and base of tube bronzy gold per doz. 4/6 o’ 5 
Barr’s Beautiful New Hybrids, a charming strain containing a great variety of 
colours — rose, pink, ruby, salmon, coppery bronze, apricot, yellow, primrose, lavender, itc., 
all delightfully scented per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- 
Choice mixed varieties, sweet scented flowers ranging from white to pink, rose, 
crimson, and yellow per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
KKITILLAKIA MELF.AGRIS. 
See also Novelty List, page 13. 
FRITILLARIA, an extremely elegant family of hardy 
plants, bearing graceful drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
May. The large-flowered varieties are charming for 
grouping in borders and for clumps on rockwork; while 
the smaller-flowered dwarf kinds, like armena, aurea, 
and pudica, etc., are gems for warm sheltered nooks on 
the rockery, where they should be planted 2 to 3 inches 
deep. The Meleagris vars. produce a pretty effect 
naturalised in grass in shady glens or under large trees. 
Plant the bulbs about 6 inches deep (the lighter the soil 
the deeper), placing a little sharp sand around the bulbs. 
As pot plants (several in a pot) they are very pretty. 
7 he named varieties of Meleagris offered are very fine. 
meleagris (the true old Large Snake’s-Head Fritil- 
lary), flowers du.sky rosy claret, prettily chequered, 
'd- f ft per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
meleagris, pure White, graceful and beautiful, ht. 3 ft 8/6; ,, 1/3 
,, Cassandra, mottled purple on a silvery grey ground, and shaded 
a very striking and graceful flower, ht. J ft.. ' 
..ner too. it/- 
green ; 
Orion, very dark claret-purple, mottled, ht. J ft., ,, 15/-; ,, 2/3 
I, Sylvanus, white, slightly mottled purple on the outside, pretty, ht. J ft. 
per too, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- 
• . Triton, rich claret-purple, beautifully mottled ,, 2l/- , ,, 3/- 
,, mixed varieties, flowers rosy and purplish shades, beautifully chequered, 
also pure white, ht. J ft per too, 5/6 ; per doz. lod. 
l**'Tolia mixed shades, broad foliage and very handsome chequered flowers, larger 
and earlier than the .'J/e/err^'r-A varieties, ht. i ft. ...per too, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 
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Beets, very large handsome flower, chequered bronzy red and yellow, inside 
mottled yellow and red, ht. I ft. 
per doz. 7/6 o 8 
,, Vondel, very large flower of great substance, dull rose and green, inside 
. mottled pale green and red, curious, ht. i ft per doz. 7/6 o 8 
^ armena, rich yellow "j Charming dwarf species from Asia Minor, bearing fp. 100, 8/6 
I. elegant small bell-shaped flowers in April. They I p. doz. 1/3 o 2 
,, rubra, | should beplanted incliunpsof 12 bulbsormore,on'l 
plum-coloured; rockwork, etc. They also make good pot-plants. I ,, 2/- o 3 
aurea, a very lovely species from Asia Minor, bearing in April large rich golden-yellow 
flowers, with brownish mottlitig inside ; charming alike in borders, pots, or on rockwork 
ht. 5 ft. (a Coloured Plate sent post free for (>d.) per too, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
Citrina, pretty bright green bells, shaded citron-yellow, ht. I ft 8/6; ,, 1/3 o 2 
COCCinea, a remarkably showy species of very elegant growth and bearing handsome red 
flowers with recurving petals; more easily groaun than F. recurva, per too, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- o 6 
Guicciardi, bells maroon-purple and green, distinct and handsome, ht. i ft 7/6 o 8 
imperialis (Crown Imperial). See page 35. 
pallidi'flora, very large handsome flowers of a pale creamy yellow, ht. i ft i 6 
persica (The Persian Lily), a handsome species from Mount Ararat, bearing elegant 
pyramidal heads of numerous dusky brown, small bell-shaped flowers, ht. 2 ft.. ..per doz. 7/6 o 8 
