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BARR’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES, Autumn, 1907. 
ER YTHRONIUM ca.lifornicum {syn. giganteum), a remarkably graceful and beautiful 
American Dog’s Tooth Violet. (^Sce 28 for descriptioti) per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 
y „ A few very large roots , , 30/- ; , , 4/- 
White Bed.uty,” a lovely new variety of E. giganteum^ bearing freely large creamy 
white flowers of good substance, with yellow central zone, foliage the most richly mottled of 
all the Erythroniums per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
EURYCLES Cunninfhs.mi (The Brisbcine Lily), a handsome stove or warm 
greenhouse bulbous plant allied to the Pancratium, with handsome broad foliage and large 
heads of pure white flowers, ht. i ft. Pot up in February and place in bottom heat, giving 
abundance of water while the plants are in growth per doz. 21/- 
PREESIA Armstrori£^i, the Pink Freesia., flowers pretty bright rosy carmine with 
white centre and yellow throat, very free flowering per doz. 36/- 
Chapmanii, a beautiful new hybrid Freesia, a cross between F. aurea and F. refracta 
all/a, bearing flowers nearly the size of F. refracta alba, and varying from primrose to canary 
with golden shading and brilliant orange blotch, delicately fragrant per doz. 30/- 
reTracta alba, The true Pure White variety, bearing sprays of deliciously scented 
snowy while flowers, highly prized for cutting, i ft. {'The bulbs of this variety are a little 
smaller tha?i the common F. refracta, but they produce more bloom and give greater 
satisfaction') per 100, 6/6; per doz. l/- 
Tuberg^eni (F, refracta alba x F. Armstrongi), a lovely new hybrid with flowei-s 
the size of P'reesia refracta alba, of a delicate rose-lilac shade with white throat and base of 
tube bronzy gold, deliciously scented per doz. 36/- 
GERBERA Jamesoni (Barberton Daisy), a very handsome plant from South Africa, 
bearing large showy flowers, resembling giant daisies, colour fiery orange-scarlet. Suitable 
for very hot sheltered sunny gardens, or may be grown as a cool greenhouse plant. 
per doz. 15/- & 25/- ; 1/6 & 
M >, ,, extra strong plants, 3/6 & 
GLADIOLUS princeps, the largest-flowered and perhaps the most showy Gladiolus ever 
raised. Flowers of great size, very open, and beautifully formed, brilliant deep scarlet 
with white stripe down centre of petal ; remarkably effective in the flower-border, per doz. 12/6 
GLORIOSA Leopoldi, a fine new Glory Lily from the Congo, producing an abundance of 
beautiful self-golden-yellow flowers ; a grand warm greenhouse climber 
HELONIOPSIS breviscapa, a charming little plant introduced by us from Japan, pro- 
ducing out-of-doors in February and March sturdy little spikes 4 in. high studded with 
dainty white flowers passing off rose; it delights in a half-shady situation. Award of 
Mf.rit R.H.S. See coloured plate in “ The Garden,” July 22nd, 1905 per doz. 15/- 
HEPATICA 
angulosa alba, a pure white-flowered form of the handsome H. angulosa and a valuable 
addition to this lovely family. We obtained an Award of Merit for this plant from the 
K.II.S 
Double White, a rare and beautiful variety with pure white very double flowers. 
First-Class Certificate R.H.S 
Double Blue, a favourite old garden plant 
HYMENOCALLIS Amancses, the Golden-Yellow Peruvian Daffodil, a rare and hand- 
some greenhouse bulbous plant, ht. to 2 ft per doz. 30/- 
INCARVILLEA grcLndiflora, a handsome plant from China with large deep rose- 
coloured flowers and golden throat, resembling a giant-flowered Achimene, ht. 2 ft. It likes 
a dry sunny situation. First-Class Certificate R.H.S 
IRIS 
lupcenf, a handsome hybrid raised by the late Sir Michael Foster from /. lupina and /. 
Cengialtx, flowers large with lavender-purple standards and falls, elegantly waved at margin 
Monspur, beautiful new tall hybrid Irises, specially adapted for the water’s side. Seepage 
pur*Sind, a pretty free-blooming hybrid of /. persica purpurea and /. Sindjarensis, pro- 
ducing dwarf plants covered with rosy purple flowers shaded blue, ht. 4 to 5 in. ; charming 
in pots or on rockwork per doz. 15/- 
sibirica. Blue King;, a very handsome new variety from Japan, having large and well- 
formed flowers of a fine clear blue, free bloomer and equally good for flower border or water’s 
side, ht. 3 ft per doz. 7/6 
sibirica Snow Queen, an exquisite new hardy Iris, flowers of a snowy whiteness, large 
and well formed, produced in great abundance, foliage light and graceful, ht. 3 ft. ; a gem for 
flower border or water’s side. Award of Merit R.H.S., June 2Ith, TJ02 per doz. 10/6 
IRIS, New Reg^elio-Cycius Varieties, a lovely new race of Irises, being the result 
of crosses between the Kegelia and Oncocyclus sections. They caused a great sensation at the 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Show, May 17th, 1904, where several were awarded certificates. 
These Irises have proven to be of easy culture, and we can strongly recommend them to Iris 
lovers.- 
Artemis, large flower, with bold standards of a violet-purple profusely veined, falls densely 
lined violet-purple on while, and having a dark velvety blotch. 1 st Class Certificate 
R.H.S 
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