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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1916. 
F R E E S 1 A — continued. 
water. When the flower buds are opening, a little weak liquid manure water will be found 
beneficial. If required for Christmas decoration the corms should be potted up in August, 
grown out of doors as described above, and be brought into a gentle warmth from the end of 
November to the beginning of December. By bringing into warmth successive batches 
during November, December and January a succession of bloom can be easily maintained. 
The coloured Freesias offered are wonderfully decorative. each — s 
Ca.na.ri, flowers very large, pale soft chrome-yellow shading to primrose with golden mark- 
ings on lower petals, very beautiful Crop foiled 
Chapmanii, elegant racemes of soft yellow flowers with golden shading and a brilliant 
deep orange blotch, delicately fragrant per ioo, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- o 
Dainty Maid, a remarkably pretty new hybrid with habit of F. refracta alba, bearing 9 to 
12 well-formed flowers on a raceme, silvery rose-lavender with coppery tinge, having a 
white centre and a bright yellow spot on lip per doz. 6/6 o 
Excelsior (new), bearing on erect spikes flowers of remarkable substance, cream-coloured, 
with faint touches of orange, very fragrant, of strong vigorous growth 
per too, 15/-; per doz. 2/3 o 
Fairy Queen, a fine new variety, flowers white with a very handsome blotch of reddish 
orange on lower petals, a remarkably striking flower per doz. 7/6 o 
Leichtlini superba, flowers creamy white with orange blotch, ij- ft. 
per 100, 8/6; ,, 1/3 o 
Purity, a fine new strain of tall robust habit, with large pure white flowers, having a very 
faint lemon blotch on lower petal, deliciously scented ; strongly recommended 
per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 
refracta, white with soft yellow blotch, robust grower and free bloomer ; the best variety 
fur general forcing targe bulbs, per 100, 6/6 ; per doz. 1/- 
„ Very targe bulbs, ,, 9/6; ,, 1/4 o 
„ alba (true), a very beautiful and graceful variety, bearing sprays of snowy 
white flowers, of more slender habit than F. refracta, highly prized for cutting, 
1 ft Selected bulbs, per 100, 9/6; per doz. 1/4 o 
Rosa Bonheur, flowers bright rose developing to carmine-rose with rich yellow blotch 
on lower petals, beautiful per doz. 10/6 1 
Rose Queen, a beautiful variety, flowers brilliant carmine-rose deepening in colour with 
age. Award OF Mbrit R.H.S per doz. 10/6 1 
Barr’s Beautiful New Hybrids, a charming strain containing a great variety of 
colours — rose, pink, ruby, salmon, coppery bronze, apricot, yellow, primrose, lavender, etc., 
all delightfully scented per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/3 o 
Choice mixed varieties, sweet-scented flowers ranging from white to pink, rose, 
crimson, and yellow per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 
- Sec also Novelty List, page 9. 
FRITILLARIA, an extremely elegant family of hardy 
plants, bearing graceful drooping bell-shaped flowers in 
May. The large-flowered varieties are charming for 
grouping in borders and for clumps on rockwork; while 
the smaller-flowered dwarf kinds, like aurea and 
recurva, etc., are gems for warm sheltered nooks on 
the rockery, where they should be planted 2 to 3 inches 
deep. The Meleagris vars. produce a pretty effect 
naturalised in grass in shady glens or under large trees. 
Plant the bulbs about 6 inches deep (the lighter the 
soil the deeper), placing a little sharp sand around the 
bulbs. As pot plants (several in a pot) they are very 
pretty. 
meleagris (the true old Large Snake’s-Head Fritil- 
lary), flowers dtisky rosy claret, prettily chequered, 
FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS ALBA. lit. § ft per IOO, 10/6 ; per doz. l/6 O 
meleagris alba, flowers, pure white, graceful and beautiful, ht. § ft. 
per ioo, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 o 
aurea, a very lovely dwarf species from Asia Minor, bearing in April handsome rich golden- 
yellow flowers, with brownish mottling inside; charming alike in pots, or on rockwork, 
ht. j ft. (a Coloured Pla'e sent post free for 6 d.) per doz. 21/- 2 
