BARR & SONS, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
BARR’S MAY-FLOWERING SINGLE ‘COTTAGE’ TULIPS. 
SHOWY AND BEAUTIFUL FORMS OF TULIPA GESNERIANA AND OTHER SPECIES. 
The name Cottage Tulips we have given to the following varieties on account 01 many of them 
having been discovered in very old cottage gardens in England, Scotland, and Ireland, where they have 
been in some cases growing for over fifty years. They are all very beautiful, and on account of their 
extreme hardiness are specially adapted for permanent borders, where they should be freely planted in 
large clumps and masses. They may also be naturalised in grass, wild gardens, &c., where in the early 
part of May they present a gorgeous appearance. Those who have visited Kew Gardens in Spring will 
have noticed these Tulips planted freely in grass, and also used largely in filling flower beds on the lawns. 
For cutting they are greatly prized, as the stems are long and a free graceful effect can be readily 
obtained by their use. 
In most cases we give the heights as registered at our Long Ditton Nurseries. 
In time of flowering, Elegans and Picotee open first, followed by Fulgens, Golden Beauty, BiUieliana, 
Golden Crown, Gesneriana, Macrospi/a, Goldfiake, Buenaventura, &c. , and the gorgeous Parrot Tulips 
and grand Darwin Tulips. A very pretty Tulip bed can be made with T. Picotee in the centre and 
T. Golden Beauty as a border. 
Acuminata (syn. cornuta), 
the Ragged-petalled Tulip, having 
yellow and red streaked, fantastic 
thread-like petals, 17 in 
Annie, offered for the first time 
1898, flowers of a beautiful rich 
deep golden and very late 
Billietiana, very pretty pointed 
flowers, yellow, strikingly 
margined at base rosy scarlet, 
showy, 19 in. ...per 100, 8/6 
,, nana, a pretty form of the 
above, a little later and 
dwarfer per too, 6/6 
Bridesmaid, cherry-rose, flaked 
and suffused white, centre bluish, 
beautiful, iSin per 100, 5/6 
Buenaventura, scarlet and gold 
flaked, handsome, a fine dwarf 
bedder, 12 in per too, 10/6 
Carinata rubra, a curious combi- 
nation of crimson and green, 12 in. 
per 100, 5/6 
Chameleon, pale plum colour, 
blotched maroon and shading to 
canary-yellow, striking and beauti- 
ful, 21 in 
Coquette de Belleville, pretty 
dark cherry-rose, deeply margined 
and flaked clear white, centre white 
per 100, 30 /- 
Dainty Maid, white ground, beau- 
tifully marked rosy lilac, fine deco- 
rative variety per too, 10/6 
Didieri, bright crimson-vermilion, 
indigo and primrose centre, 
20 in per 100, 8/6 
,, alba, a pretty creamy white, 
fragrant, 15 in. , p. 100, 30/- 
,, lutescens, pale satiny yellow 
with greenish-black centre 
Elegans (true), large dark crimson 
flowers, petals elegantly re- 
flexed, 14 in. ...per 100, 8/6 
,, variegata, crimson, striped 
gold, a large, showy, hand- 
some flower, 14 in. 
per 100, 8/6 
,, alba, rare and beautiful, large 
white reflexed petals thinly 
edged carmine, 21 in. 
Award of Merit R.H.S. 
Faerie .Queen, a unique and beau- 
tiful variety, large flowers, rosy 
heliotrope, broadly margined yellow 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
I 9...O 2 
21 0...2 O 
I 3...O 2 
I O...O 2 
0 10 
1 6...0 2 
0 10 
7 6...0 8 
4 6...0 5 
1 6...0 2 
1 6...0 2 
4 6--.o 5 
10 6... 1 o 
I 3...0 2 
1 3...0 2 
12 0...1 3 
6 0...0 7 
Firebrand, large broad - petalled 
flower, maroon-crimson, large blue- 
black centre with white halo, 18 in. 
Firefly, large flower, brilliant orange 
with striking centre of green and 
gold, fragrant, 14 in., per too, 25/- 
Flava, a tall noble Tulip, with large 
soft lemon-yellow flowers, late 
Fulgens, rich showy crimson, tall, 
20 in per 1000, 45/-; 100, 5/6 
Gala Beauty (syn. Columbus), 
blotched vermilion and golden yel- 
low, very handsome large showy 
flower. 1st Class Certificate 
R.H.S per 100, 12/6 
Gesneriana spathulata (syn. 
G. major), large rich crim- 
son-scarlet, with glittering 
blue-black centre ; a superb 
variety for distant effect 
massed in beds and borders, 
tall, 24 in. 
per 1000, 60/- ; per too, 7/6 
, , rosea, deep rose-carmine, dark- 
blue centre. ..per too, 6/6 
,, ,, ‘Stella,’ glowing deep 
carmine, centre having a 
dark-blue star-like blotch 
on a snowy white ground, 
very pretty. ..per 100, 7/6 
Golden Beauty (syn. Bouton 
d’Or), the richest and deepest 
golden-colotcred Tulip, 17 in. CeP- 
tifieate of Merit R.B.S., 1897 
per ioo, 8/6 
Golden Crown (erroneously called 
Golden Eagle), large yellow 
flowers, edged crimson, pointed pe- 
tals, anthers black, very showy, 
1 6 in per 1000, 30 /-; 100, 3/6 
Goldfiake, bright orange-scarlet, 
flaked gold, very showy, 1 7 in. 
per 100, 1 5/— 
Haageri, dark brick-red, black and 
yellow centre, very attractive, 16 in. 
Hatfield Pink, glowing deep rose, 
centre white and gold, petals 
pointed, very pretty, 13 in 
La Panachee, handsomely flaked 
clear white and brilliant cherry- 
crimson, striking and beautiful, 
foliage edged primrose, 1 2 in. 
per 100, 30/- 
Lion d’Orange, large, orange- 
scarlet, golden centre, 15 in 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
3 6...0 4 
3 6...0 4 
15 0...1 6 
0 10 
1 9...0 2 
1 3...0 2 
1 o 
1 3...0 2 
1 3...0 2 
o 6 
2 3-0 3 
4 6...0 5 
15 0...1 6 
4 6...0 S 
4 6...0 s 
