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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1916. 
x AMARYLLIS (Hippeastrum), choice Greenhouse Varieties. These are 
magnificent in the conservatory, and with management may be had in bloom for many months. 
Culture. — Pot up the bulbs from December to March, and plunge the pots to the rim in a 
gentle, steady, moist bottom heat ; thus treated, a vigorous leaf-growth is produced, and a strong 
stem with a fine umbel of large flowers secured. In the absence of bottom heat they do well in an 
ordinary greenhouse or sunny sitting-room window if potted up in February. 
Barr’s Choice Unnamed Hybrids, mixed, purchasers are sure to be satisfied w'th the 
‘lowers, and have a good chance of getting new varieties per doz. 36/- ; each 3/6 
Magnificent Large-flowered Named Amaryllis. 
12 magnificent exhibition varieties 7 o I 12 extra fine named varieties £5 5 0 
6 ,, ,, ,, 40016,,,,,, ,, 2 15 o 
Extra choice new varieties ... each 21-, 30/- & 42/- 
AMARYLLIS Belladonna (The Belladonna Lily), bearing in Autumn umbels of beautiful 
large delicate pale rose flowers, shading down to white at centre, ht. 21 in. If planted in light soil 
{the lop 6 inches deep ) against a warm south wall, it will establish itself and bloom freely every year 
per doz. 7/6 & 10/6 ; each 9 d. & I/- 
,, ,, Extra Large Bulbs per doz. 15/- ; each 1/6 
AMARYLLIS Belladonna purpurea maxima, a remarkably beautiful variety bearing 
handsome bold umbels of large deep rose-coloured flowers, 9 to 10 on an umbel, delicately 
hyacinth-scented, and flowering 2 to 3 weeks before the common Belladonna Lily, ht. 3 ft. It is 
a very vigorous grower and is quite hardy planted against a warm south wall, per doz. 10/6 ; each 1/- 
Extra strong bulbs, ,, 15/-; ,, 1/6 
See also Novelty List, page 9. 
ANEMONE, or Windflower. 
For brilliancy of colour few flowers can compare with the Anemone, which in 
Spring produces its masses of bloom in endless variety of shades ; all are valuable for 
cutting, lasting long in water. 
CULTURE. — Any good soil, moderately well drained, suits the Poppy Anemone. Plant in 
succession A. coronaria varieties from October to April, the roots four to six inches apart, at a 
depth of two to three inches, choosing a dry day, and when the ground is in good working 
condition. In April and May, during dry weather give them a good watering two or three times a 
week, and when the flower buds appear water them daily if necessary. The Spring plantings for 
Summer and Autumn flowering should he in a situation where the ground is moist, and shaded 
from the suit's rays after 10 or 1 1 a.m., and the roots should he steeped in -water for six hours before 
planting. In cold, bleak, or low-lying districts it is advisable not to plant before December, and to 
cover the beds lightly with long litter or cut evergreen branches until the plants are well in 
leaf, and danger from severe frost is past. 
BARR’S SINGLE POPPY ANEMONES. 
Coronaria varieties. 
These handsome Single Anemones have large beautiful 
saucer-shaped Poppy-like blossoms, and during mild seasons, 
or in sheltered situations, flower continuously throughout the 
Winter and Spring. Those planted in early Spring are very 
gay in May or June. 
Giant French or Caen Anemone, Extra Fine 
Strain, a magnificent robust-growing race of Single Poppy 
Anemones with immense saucer-shaped flowers of the most 
brilliant and varied colours, ht. 1 ft., per 1000, 60/-; per 
100, 6/6 ; per doz. 1/-. 
His Excellency, a grand variety growing 12 in. high with 
stout stems, flowers measuring as much as 3 in. across, of the 
most vivid velvety vermilion, with sulphur-white base and a 
large black central boss, per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6. 
The Bride, flowers pure white, beautiful, ht. J ft., per too, 8/6; per doz. 1/3. 
Scarlet, a fine showy variety, ht. I ft., per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
Blue, bearing large handsome blue flowers, ht. f ft., per 100, 7/6; per doz. 1/3. 
Extra Fine Mixed Single Poppy Anemones, containing many beautiful and brilliant colours, 
hi. J ft-, per 1000, 45/- ; per 100, $/- ; per doz. tjd. 
