BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 67 
MONTBRETIA-GRAND NEW H\BR\DS — conliiiued. each-,, d 
King Edmund, a robust grower with branching spikes of large open flowers, rich 
golden with carmine-blotched centre, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Certificate ok Merit Siirews- 
per doz. 17/6 I 8 
Koh-i-noor, a very beautiful hybrid of fine erect habit, and very large flowers of a 
brilliant golden-orange, ht. 2^^ ft per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- o 4 
Lady Hamilton, a very pretty variety of erect habit, with yellow Watsonia-like flowers, 
having a reddish mange centre and passing to apricot with age, ht. 3J ft. Award of 
Merit R. II. S per doz. 8/6 o 9 
Lord Nelson, a fine handsome variety with dark stems, flowers of great sub.stancc 
shaded rich vermilion on outside and inside rich deep orange, a very sturdy grower, 
111 . j ft per doz. 21 /- 2 o 
Lothario, very brilliant apricot-yellow with orange-red ; a bright and attractive variety 
per doz. 7/6 o 8 
NorviC, a very showy variety with rich golden-orange flowers set olV by maroon- 
coloured bracts and red stems, a free bloomer, ht. 28 in per doz. 10/6 i o 
Oriflamme, flowers brilliant sc.arlet with golden centre, a fine handsome variety, 
hi. 2 ft per doz. 6/6 o 7 
Prometheus, one of the finest hybrids yet raised, with immense open spreading flowers 
of a brilliant fiery orange with blood-red markings in centre ; a very vigorous grower, 
ht. 3 to 4 ft. Award ok Merit R.II..S. and First-Class Certtkica'I'es at York, 
Ediniiorgii and SiiREWsuuRY per doz. 30/- 2 9 
St. Botolph, a grand variety and the largest flowered of the Yellow Montbretias, 
ptoducing erect branching spikes of large open yellow flowers, with orange shading outside, 
ht. 4 ft per doz. 9/6 o 10 
Star of the East. Ste Novelty List, f’agi 14. 
Tragedie, perhaps the darkest coloured of all Montbretias and remarkably effective, 
flowers broad petalled, rich deep orange, the lower half maroon-purple, buds almost black, 
shaded orange at apex, ht. 2^ to 3 ft per doz. 12/6 i 3 
Westwick, very distinct, flowers orange- red with yellow eye surrounded by a halo of 
rich maroon doz. 15/- i 6 
3 each of 12 Choice New Hybrid Montbretias, 21/-. 
I MONTBRETIA rosea. Hee Tritonia rosea. 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, Musk, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring Flowers require no special culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork 
and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as edgings and massed in the flower border they 
are most charming, and continue a long time in bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. We can strongly recom- 
mend them all for naturalisation. Plant from September to November. 
“ Heavenly Blue,” a lovely Starch Hyacinth from Trebi-zond ; the colour is of the per doz. c.->ch 
brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue imaginable, and large 
masses produce a wonderful effect in the garden from the end of March 
to May ; the flowers have a delightful fragrance, and are very valuable 
for cutting, having long stalks, and remaining fresh in water a long time ; 
it is also the best for naturalising per 1000, 50/- ; per 100, 5/6 o lO... 
,, ,, Extra targe bulbs, ,, 75/" 1 >' ' 3--- 
Azureum {syit. Hyacinthus azureus), bearing lovely little heads of Cambridge blue 
early in February 100,6/6 i o... 
amphibolus, a very pretty form bearing sturdy broad pyramidal 
spikes of open-mouthed bells, azure striped white per 100, 8/6 i 3---® ^ 
robustum, a strong-growing variety of the beautiful Azureum, with 
larger flower-heads of a lovely Cambridge blue per 100, 7/d i 3---° 2 
Botryoides cseruleum (Italian Grape Hyacinth), bearing from the end of 
March to early April pretty little spikes of dark blue flowers ; an old 
garden favourite used largely for small beds, edgings, and for natur- 
alising per 1000, 17/6; per 100, 1/ 10 o 3... — 
„ album (Pearls of Spain), pure white ,, 30/-; ,, 3/6 o 6... — 
,, candidum, white, tinged rose, beautiful 4 6...0 5 
pallidum grandiflorum, beautiful pale azure-blue 10 6...1 o 
comosum (The Tassel Hyacinth), forming at top of stem curious tassel-like heads of 
deep blue flowers per 100, 6/6 I 0...0 2 
Masseyanum. See Novelty List, page 15. 
Moschatum majus (The Large Musk Hyacinth), fragrant 21 0...2 o 
