BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
x APIOS tuberosa, a rapid-growing elegant hardy deciduous climber, for arbours, trellises, 
etc., delighting in a sunny situation and a light sandy soil ; the (lowers are brownish purple 
striped black and deliciously scented, the foliage light and graceful ; grow in pots or plant 
out from March to April p cr d 0 z. 3/6 
ARUM LILY, or Calla. See Richardia. 
ASTILBE, a graceful family of plants closely resembling the Spiraea and bearing in summer 
elegant panicles of bloom. Avalanche and the hybrida varieties are excellent for pots 
if grown cold, and are also good for herbaceous borders where the soil is not too dry ; all 
make excellent subjects for the water side. 
Avalanche, bearing beaut ful white plumes, 3 ft 
chinensis Davidii, producing erect plumes of handsome rich crimson-purple flowers. 
Award of Merit R.H.S., lit. 5 ft. ; a fine plant for the water side per doz. 7/6 
grand is, bearing large branched panicles of while llowcrs, handsome. Award of 
Merit K.H.S., lit. 6 ft. ; a striking plant for the water side per doz. 7/6 
hybrida Ceres, having bushy heads of lilac-rose flowers, 3 ft ,, 10/6 
,, Juno, « i lh plumes of lilac flowers 
,, Kriemhilde, plumes a pretty lilac-rose 
,, Peach Blossom, bearing graceful plum s of delicate flesh-rose flowers, 
23 ft per doz. 7/6 
Queen Alexandra, having large plume? of pretty light rose flowers, 3 ft. 
per doz. 7/6 
Rose Perle, delicate pale pink 
Salmon Queen, bearing plumes of pretty salmon-pink flowers, lit. 4 ft. 
per doz. 7/6 
,, Venus, bearing pyramidal spikes of deep purplish rose ... ,, 21/- 
,, Walkure, plume, of deep rose-lilac 10/6 
Thunbergii Moerheimi, bearing enormous plumes of pure white flowers, lit. 4 ft. ; a 
fine plant for the water side per doz. 6/6 
japonica. See Spiraea japonica, page 56. 
BABIANA (Baboon-root), the flowers range in colour from blue to the richest crimson magenta, 
and are set o(T by a dark green hairy foliage. They have a fine dwarf compact habit, and 
are of great value for pots, rockeries, or the front of borders. Culture same as for the Ixia. 
Extra Choice mixture of many beautiful colours per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
x BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED SINGLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, rich vermilion scarlet, glowing crimson, pure 
yellow, full rose, pale rose, salmon-rose, salmon, and white, flowers large and handsome 
each colour, per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, all colours ,, 25/-; ,, 3/6 
Barr’s Choice Exhibition Varieties, for pot culture, all having a fine stiff erect 
habit and large round-petalled flowers of finest form and substance, cannot be surpassed, 
In separate selected colours, per doz. 9/- and 18/- 
X BEGONIAS, LARGE-FLOWERED DOUBLE. Pot Feb. to March, or plant out in April. 
Separate Colours for Bedding, rich scarlet, glowing crimsonr, pure yellow, full 
rose, pale rose, salmon-rose, salmon, and white, flowers very large and handsome 
each colour, per 100, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- 
Choice Mixture for Bedding, in good variety of colours ,, 30/-; ,, 4/- 
Exhibition, for pot culture, a grand strain, flowers of beautiful form, equalling Camellias 
in symmetry ; colours — coral-pink, blush, yellow, cream, scarlet, etc. 
12 in 12 choice varieties 12/- 
12 in 12 extra choice varieties 21/- 
X BEGONIAS, SINGLE FRILLED. 
New Large-flowered Single Fringed, a beautiful new race, with very large 
handsome flowers borne on stiff erect stems well above the foliage, the petals having 
their edges elegantly crimped and fringed ; they are freer blooming than cither the double 
or single Begonias, and we can strongly recommend them for bedding or for pots. 
Separate Colours, scarlet, orange, yellow, crimson, rose, salmon-rose, salmon, 
and pure white each colour, per 100, 3s/- ; per doz. 5/- 
Mixed shades of colour 30/-; ,, 4/- 
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