BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1899. 
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TULIP SPECIES— continued. 
fEichleri, very large, handsome, 
brilliant scarlet flowers, early , 10 in. 
fGreigii, large brilliantly coloured 
flowers, orange-scarlet to golden- 
yellow, with black-spotted centre, 
foliage beautifully spotted, hand- 
some, 9 in 
fKaufmanniana. See 
Specialties , page 6. 
jKolpakowskiana, large hand- 
some brilliant vermilion, black 
centre, 20 in 
fLanata (true), large, beautiful 
scarlet, 8 in 
fLeichtlini, white inside, outside 
bright coral-red, very pretty 
fLinifolia, beautiful dwarf species 
with glowing scarlet flowers, 7 in... 
fOrphanidea, from Greece, bright 
orange-yellow, with black centre... 
Praecox(erroneouslycalled Oeulus 
Solis), crimson with black centre 
per 100, 15 /- 
Praecox Dammanni, brilliant 
scarlet, with large pointed black 
blotches in centre, 17 in 
per doz. 
s. d. 
each 
d. 
5 6...0 6 
4 6 
2 3 
7 6. 
•o 3 
..o 8 
per doz. each. 
fPersica (The Persian Tulip), 4. s. d. 
several flowers borne on branched 
stems, inside brillian yellow, out- 
side golden bronze, very fragrant, 
habit dwarf, a gem for edgings 
and the rock garden, very hardy 
and free-flowering per 100, 6/6 I o 
1 Pulchella, charming little species 
with cherry-rose-coloured flowers... 7 6...0 8 
fSaxatilis. : _ ' . , . 
fSprengeri. j See 6. 
t S trangulata, soft primrose-yellow, 
centre more or less with black 
markings, outer petals faintly flushed 
rose, 15 in., collected from the Val 
d'Arno 7 6...0 8 
fSuaveolens, large, brilliant scar- 
let, very handsome, foliage covered 
with down 3 6 
fUndulatifolia, pretty bright red 
flowers, 6 in 3 6...0 4 
,, Boissieri, scarlet, centre 
black and yellow, 6 in o 9 
fYiolacea (new), the earliest of all 
Tulips, flowers brilliant deep car- 
mine-red, dwarf and beautiful, 6 in 2 6 
BARR’S BEAUTIFUL ‘GOLD MEDAL’ ENGLISH TULIPS. 
MAY-FLOWERING. 
Ssp® To those who wish to know all about the 
English Tulip, we recommend ‘ The 
English Tulip,’ a little pamphlet containing 
the lectures delivered on this flower at the 
Great Tulip Conference of the Royal National 
Tulip Society, held at Royal Botanic Society's 
Gardens , May 12th, 1897 — namely, ‘ The 
History and the Properties of the Florist 
Tulips by J. W. Bentley ; ‘ Seed and 
Seedlings of the Florist TulipS by the Rev. 
F. D. Horner; ‘ The Cultivation of the 
Flonst TulipS\sy C.W. Needham. Price i/-. 
Awarded Four Gold Medals by the Royal National Tulip Society, 
1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899. 
These Beautiful English Tulips we can confidently recommend to amateurs for select places 
in th; garden, and for massing in flower beds and borders. They form a valuable succession to the 
Early Tulips, while for symmetry of form and beauty 
of marking they far surpass them. 
Our Long Ditton Collection of English 
Tulips is the largest one in existence and well worth 
a visit in May, when the flowers may be seen in all 
their beauty. 
bark’s ENGLISH TULIPS, 
Representing a Breeder, a Flamed, and a Feathered variety. 
Culture of English Tulips. — Any good 
loamy garden soil suits the ‘ English Tulip.’ The 
bulbs should be planted three inches deep and four 
inches apart, from the end of October to early in 
November, choosing a day when the ground is in 
nice friable condition ; avoid planting when the 
ground is wet. 
Hints to Exhibitors and Tulip Amateurs. 
As the English Tulip often suffers much from hail 
and wind during Spring it is a good plan io erect 
over the bed a skeleton framework on which a 
covering of calico or white canvas is fastened in 
February or March, leaving the sides open until the 
buds show colour, when the covering may be brought 
down over the sides too. By this means hail, rain 
