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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1916. 
x BEGONIAS, SINGLE CRESTED, a very beautiful distinct strain, flowers elegantly 
fringed and heavily crested, colours ranging from scarlet, rose, orange, salmon, and primrose to 
pearly white and pure white. Specially suitable for pot culture. each - 
Separate Colours, scarlet, rose, salmon-rose, salmon, yellow, orange, and white 
each colour, per ioo, 35/- ; per doz. 5/- 
Mixed shades of colour 3%; >> 4 ■/- 
For other varieties of Begonias see our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers. 
BELLADONNA & GUERNSEY LILIES. See Amaryllis, page 14, Nerine, page 50. 
BRODI/EA (Californian Hyacinth), a very beautiful family of hardy bulbs, well deserving 
a place in every choice border, or for select nooks on rockwork. June-July flowering. 
Plant October to November ; when planting surround the bulbs with sharp sand. 
cocci nea (Scarlet Fire-Cracker of California), a remarkably handsome plant bearing 
graceful umbels of long tubular blood-red flowers, tipped green, 2 ft per doz. 6/6 o 
grandiflora, a most valuable dwarf early Summer flower for edgings, masses, etc., 
colour bright blue, ht. * ft P« 8 / 6 1 P er do f' */3 0 
Howellii lilacina, bearing clusters of elegant tubular flowers, pale lavender, tipped 
white, remarkably beautiful. First-Class Certificate R. II. S 1 
hyacinthina, an elegant species bearing at the top of a tall wiry stem an umbel of many 
flowers, opening milky white with small green stripe and dying off lilac, ht. l| ft o 
laxa ( syn . Triteleia laxa), bearing umbels of large rich Tyrian purple flowers, veiy 
handsome, ht. 1 ft I00 ' 7 / 6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 
Murrayana, producing branching umbels of large deep violet-blue flowers, veiy handsome , 
a free grower and a good bulb to naturalise, ht. 9 in 1 
peduncularis, a handsome species with umbels of china-white flowers on long pedicels 
per doz. 5/6 o 
x CALADIUMS, perhaps the most beautiful and picturesque of foliage stove plants. 
12 beautiful named varieties, 18/-, 24/-, 30/- & 42/- ; 6 ditto, 9/-, 12/-, 15/- & 21/- 
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CALLA, or Arum Lily. See Richardia. 
CALOCHORTUS, popularly known as the Butterfly or Mariposa Tulips, Globe Tulips 
and Star Tulips. These lovely Californian bulbs, although belonging to the same Natuial Cider 
as the Tulips of our gardens, bear little resemblance to them ; they flower through June and July, 
and for delicacy of texture and brilliancy of colour are unsurpassed ; they deserve a place in every 
hardy flower border and rock garden. The Mariposa or Butterfly I ulips are especially valuable foi 
cutting, having long stems and being profuse continuous bloomers. 
Culture Outdoors. — The Calochorli are 
all quite hardy. The “ Mariposa ” and “ Star 
Tulips” require a sunny position and light gritty 
or sandy soil on slightly raised beds to ensure 
perfect drainage; plant from October to end 
of November, 2 to 3 inches deep, and 3 inches 
apart. Cover the beds after planting with straw 
or cut heather, to keep surface sweet and as a 
protection in case of early growth; remove the 
covering in March. A position facing south 
and sunny spots on the rockery are specially 
suitable. When in full growth give occasional 
soakings of water, but not too frequently. After 
flowering, tipen off by placing glass over them, 
and take up when foliage dies down. T he “Globe 
Tulips,” being woodland plants, like partial shade 
and a porous soil composed principally of leaf 
mould. 
Culture in Pots —T he Calochorti all 
make charming pot plants (plant l£ to 2 inches 
apart), and are easily grown in a cold greenhouse 
butterfly tulips (cAi.ocuoRTUs venustus var.) or c0 ](l frame with south aspect. After potting 
moisten the soil and then plunge pots for six weeks in a bed of peat or cocoa-fibre to induce root action, 
and then place in a warm sunny situation. 
ifii' In the following List the numbers after the names indicate their relative order in time of flowering : 
thus those marked (I) are the earliest to bloom, and those marked (6) the latest. The heights we give are 
an average ; under exceptionally good or poor conditions the plants may grow taller or dwaiter. 
