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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1900. 
*M ALYA STRUM Gilliesii (Modiola), a charming hardy rock-plant, profusely covered 
with crimson-purple flowers all the Summer, J ft per doz. 3/6 o 6 
METHONICA superba. See Gloriosa. 
MILLA (Triteleia) is a family of varied character ; Uniflora, which produces masses of 
beautiful dwarf flowers in Spring, is very effective on rockwork, either alone or mingled 
with Anemone apennina, &c., also as a permanent edging, and in small beds it is very 
beautiful ; it is a first-class bulb to naturalise in grass ; M. biflora is a gem. 
*biflora, large pure white flowers of great substance ; should be grown in pots under glass, or 
kept dry, and planted out in March in a well-drained and sunny situation per doz. 5/6 o 6 
uniflora, white, shaded blue, hardy, ft per 1000, 21/-; per 100, 2/6; ,, 4 d. ... 
„ violacea, porcelain-blue, striped violet, hardy, J ft. ,, 2/6; ,, 4 d. 
MODIOLA geranoides. See Malvastrum Gilliesii. 
'MONTBHETIA, a family of most decorative hardy Summer-flowering bulbous plants. They 
have an elegant growth and produce freely in early August graceful spikes of gorgeously 
coloured flowers, which are of the greatest value for cutting, lasting long in water and 
mixing well with all kinds of foliage. They grow freely in any ordinary flower border 
enriched with manure, but a sunny situation is preferable. As pot-plants they are 
charmingly graceful. Plant outdoors November to March, and the earlier plantings cover 
lightly with litter. 
Pottsii, graceful branched spikes of medium-sized brilliant vermilion-scarlet flowers, remark- 
ably showy, 2 ft per 1000, 21/-; per 100, 2/6; per doz. 4 d. 
,, superba, brilliant glowing vermilion, inner part of flower a rich golden colour, I-J ft. 
per too, 6/6; per doz. 1/- ... 
crocosmseflora, elegant branched spikes of large handsome showy flowers, brilliant orange- 
red shaded golden, a grand flower for cutting, 2| ft. 
per 1000, 35 ; per 100, 4/6; per doz. 8 d. 
aurea, large golden-yellow flowers, beautiful, 2 ft ,, 6/6; ,, 1/- ... 
Bouquet Parfait, deep yellow, shaded vermilion, very showy, 2 ft. 
per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1 /- ... 
Drap d’or, rich deep golden, shaded apricot-orange, late , li ft. 
per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1/- ... 
Etoile de Feu, one of the most brilliant., a remarkably striking flower, large and 
of an intense deep glowing vermilion, shaded orange-scarlet, with a golden centre 
and golden anthers per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
Pluie d’or, large rich apricot-orange, shaded golden-yellow, tall and handsome, 
and valuable to bed with crocosmaflora , 2/,- ft per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
Rayon d’or, large flowers, deep golden, shaded apricot-orange, with crimson 
central ring per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1/- ... 
Solfatara, a delicate primrose-yellow colour, rather late, and valuable for succession, 
ij ft ...per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
Talisman, rich vermilion, shaded orange, late and valuable for succession, i^- ft. 
per too, 21 /- ; per doz. 3/- o 4 
Transcendant, very large open flowers, orange-red, shading to golden, and ver- 
milion, ij ft per 100, 8/6; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
mixed hybrids, containing many beautiful and showy colours 
per 1000, 25/- ; per too, 3/- ; per doz. 6 d. 
MORPHIXIA (syn. Ixia longiflora). 
Lovely little bulbous plants with the same graceful habit as the Ixia, but dwarfer, the flowers being 
long and tubular ; they come into bloom later than the Ixias, and continue in flower frequently till 
August. These little gems should be given choice spots on rockwork or front border. 
per doz. — s. d. 
Paniculata, flowers inside a beautiful buff 
colour, outside brick-rose 1 6 
Paniculata rosea, deep rose and white 1 6 
Paniculata lutea, 
shaded buff, beautiful... 
soft 
pur doz.- 
lemon, 
-f. d . 
MUSCARI (Grape, Starch, Musk, and Feathered Hyacinths). 
These lovely Spring 1 Flowers require no special culture or soil. Naturalised on rockwork 
and grassy banks they look very beautiful, while as edgings and masses in the flower border they 
are most charming, and continue a long time in bloom, ht. 4 to 6 inches. We can strongly 
recommend them all for naturalisation. 
‘ Heavenly Blue.’ This lovely variety was sent us some years ago from 
Trebizond ; the colour is of the brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue imagin- 
able, and large masses produce a wonderful effect in Spring ; the flowers have a 
delightful fragrance, and are very valuable for cutting as they last long in water. 
Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Royal Botanic Society, 1897. 
(See Illustration, page 7) per 1000, 60/-; per too, 7/6 
Armeniacum, ultramarine blue, very beautiful, succeeding M. ‘ Heavenly Blue ’ in 
time of flowering per 100, 12/6 
Azureum ( Hyacinthus ), bearing lovely little heads of Cambridge blue, early in 
February per too, 10/6 
,, Freynianum, numerous large spikes of turquoise-blue, very beautiful ... 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
I 3...0 2 
I 9...O 2 
1 6...0 2 
5 6...0 6 
