BARR & SONS, n, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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OXALIS -continued. each-*, d. 
* Bo wiei, large brilliant rose flowers and elegant foliage, £ ft per ioo, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
cernua, beautiful large canary-yellow flowers, 6 inches ,, 6/6; ,, 1/- o 2 
,, var. bermudiana (The Bermuda Buttercup), a charming bulb for 
Winter-flowering indoors, producing a luxuriance of graceful bright yellow flowers for 
weeks. Pot up early and keep in a dark cool position for a few weeks to root well, and 
then remove to a sunny window, or greenhouse ; the bulbs may also be potted later, kept in 
a frame, and planted out in Spring per too, 1 5/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
♦floribunda, flowers rose-coloured, with dark veins, produced in profusion for many months, 
8 inches per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 o 2 
•lasiandra, very ljandsome and distinct, with large deep green leaves and woolly stems, and 
umbels of rosy crimson flowers, 9 inches per 100, 6/6; per doz. i;_ 
PANCRATIUM calathinum, a synonym of Hymenocallis. See page 33. 
illyrioum, beautiful white flowers, with long filamentous outer segments. A fine pot-plant, 
or for planting under a south wall, 2 ft Fine bulbs, per doz. 10/6 I o 
maritimum (The Sea Daffodil), flowers white, and delightfully fragrant ; a handsome 
plant for pot-culture, or to plant under a south wall, ft per doz. 4/6 o 6 
•PARDANTHUS CHINENSIS (The Chinese Leopard-Flower), bearing in 
Summer handsome showy star-shaped flowers, orange with crimson-black spots, 2 ft. ; 
hardy in sheltered sunny situations, such as under a south wall per doz. 4 6 o 5 
*PHA 2 DRANASSA 
chloracea, yellow, very fragrant, ij ft. \ The I’h/edranassas (Queen Lilies) ■ 
schizantha, vermilion, tipped yellow are handsome pot-plants, but may also 
and green, ii ft V be grown under a south wall, planted. 
ventricosa, scarlet, with protruding f the depth of 5 or 6 inches. April to 
anthers, 1 A ft I June-flowering. 
doz. 4/6 o 5 
„ 4/6 o s 
», 4/6 o 5 
PHILADELPHUS (The Mock Orange), the following are mostly new varieties, and 
being of dwarfer growth than the old variety are valuable to force in pots for greenhouse ; 
when covered with their beautiful fragrant white flowers they form a charming picture. 
Boule d’Argent, flowers very large and free, 2 ft. 1st Class Certificate R.H.S 1 6 
Lemoinei, bearing large handsome sprays of bloom, z\ ft 1 6 
,, erectus, having an erect habit, and bearing large handsome sprays of bloom. 
Award of Merit R.H.S., 2} ft 1 6 
microphyllus, flowers small, of pretty graceful habit, 3 ft 1 6 
POLIANTHES tuberosa. See Tuberose, page 53. 
POLYANTHUS Narcissus. See Narcissus. 
‘POLYGONATUM (Solomon’s Seal, or David’s Harp). 
officinale, the Tall Solomon’s Seal, a fine bold plant of graceful habit, having graceful 
arching stems of pendent white flowers, valuable for naturalising in woodlands, wild gardens, 
&c., 2 ft per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 ... 
macrophyllum, a handsome large-leaved variety ,, 7/6 o 9 
multiflorum, the Dwarf Solomon’s Seal, its graceful habit and elegant white flowers 
render it a valuable put-plant for early forcing ; it is equally prized for herbaceous borders 
and naturalising in woodlands, &c., I ft per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6 0 2 
stellatum, producing pretty clusters of white flowers at top of an erect leafy stem, 1 ft. 
per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- o 4 
Thunbergii, bright shining green broad foliage, and clusters of large waxy white pendent 
flowers, tipped green, on arching stems, ij)ft per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- o 4 
verticillatum, producing from the axils of the leaves pretty clusters of white flowers, 1 ft. 
per 100, 21/-; per doz. 3/- o 4 
variegatum, with prettily variegated foliage ,, 42 /-; ,, 5/6 o 6 
Several other species can also be supplied. 
PUSCHKINIA libanotica compacta, a first-class dwarf hardy April-flowering bulb, 
which should be represented in the permanent flower borders of every garden ; it is charming 
on rockwork, and is also a lovely indoor pot-plant (6 bulbs in a pot) ; the flowers are white, 
shaded and striped blue, 6 inches per 100, 6/6; per doz. 1/- o 2 
RANUNCULUS, Turco-Persian, Turban and Persian. 
Nothing produces a brighter or more gorgeous effect in May and June than beds of Ranun- 
culus, the flowers are all good for cutting, and the culture is very simple. They will grow in 
any ordinary flower border enriched with manure. 
Culture. — Plant from October to February, 3 or 4 inches apart, selecting a dry day; press 
the tubers firmly into the soil, claws downwards , and cover them with sand, then with soil, keeping 
the crown of the tuber two inches under the surface. After planting, cover the ground with long 
straw , cut heather , or other light material , which remove in March. In April and May, during dry 
weather, water the beds freely ; a plentiful crop of fine flowers will be the result. If grown as 
pot-plants put three tubers in a 4-inch pot, and plunge out of doors for a time. 
