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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1898. 
TROP-flSOLUM — continued. each— j. it. ' 
azureum, a rare bulb, flowers rich violet-blue, with white centre, very lovely... per doz. 24 /- 2 6 
Jarrattii, flowers scarlet, orange, and black, an exceedingly showv species ... ,, 3/6 0 4 
polyphyllum, golden-yellow flowers in long trusses, quite hardy . ,, 3/6 ° 4 
speciosum, bright vermilion-scarlet flowers m clusters, quite hardy ; grow in northern 
aspect and moist soil, or shady position, established pots, full of roots 
per doz. 7/6 & io/6; 9 d., 1 /- & 1 6 
♦tuberosum, flowers yellow and red, very showy ; plant in Spring and lift in Autumn ; 
the roots are eaten by the natives of Peru, and have been found, in this country, to form an 
agreeable dish when boiled fine bulbs, per doz. 4/6 o 5 
TUBEROSE. This valuable sweet-scented flower is too well known to need description, for 
early flowering pot the bulbs as soon as received, and plunge the pots in a temperature of 
about 60 degree^. Th'e bulbs for succession keep dry, or pot at once to make root growth ; 
in either case the temperature should not be below 50 degrees or the bulbs will suffer. 
♦Double American Dwarf, ‘Excelsior Pearl;’ comparatively dwarf, with pure 
white double flowers; Strong forcing roots, ready from January. 
per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
„ Extra Early African, flowers pure white, very double; bulbs ready from 
September large bulbs, per ioo, 15/-; per doz. 2/6 ... 
monster bulbs „ 3/6 ° 4 
BARR’S FAMOUS TULIPS. 
AWARDED MANY GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER MEDALS AND PRIZES AT THE LONDON 
SPRING FLOWER SHOWS. 
{See Illustration, page 40, and on back cover.) 
Tulips are extremely hardy, and of easy culture, flowering freely in either sunny or shady situations, 
and developing their handsome showy flowers even in a confined town garden. By a judicious selection of 
Single, Double, and May-flowering Tulips, a most brilliant display of colours may be maintained in the 
garden from early April to end of May. In gardens where the flower beds must be kept gay from the 
earliest dawn of Spring, plant between the Tulips Scilla Sibirica, Chionodoxas, Snowdrops, and 
Crocuses ; these flower first, and when out of bloom the leaves form a charming green groundwork for 
the blossoms of the Tulip. Our large breadths of Tulips at the Long Ditton Nurseries in 
Spring create much comment and elicit the- greatest admiration from all who see them. (See Illustration on 
Bach Cover.) 
BARR’S EARLY SINGLE TULIPS. 
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY’S SPRING EXHIBITION, 
LONDON, 1898. 
Those alone who have massed the different varieties of Single Tulips (planting the bulbs 4 inches 
apart) can form an idea of their great beauty and the rich diversity there is in shade and- colour, and the 
grand effect they produce grouped in flower beds or borders. The Single Tulip is extensively grown for 
indoor decoration (three or five bulbs in a pot) and cultivated indite saute way as the Hyacinth for early 
flowering and succession. 
The varieties of the little early Due Van Thol Tulips (with exception of the scarlet-edged yellow 
variety , which flowers first) bloom together, and are of the same height, which renders them valuable for 
beds and borders, where a very early Spring display is required, also for early forcing with the Roman 
Hyacinth, &c. 
Hints as to the arrangement of Early Tulips in beds, &e. A difficulty is often experienced 
by Amateurs in knowing what kind of Tulips to select to bed together, seeing that they are not all the 
same height, and that some are earlier in flower than others. For the assistance, therefore, of purchasers 
we have taken special observations at our Nurseries as to the heights and the order in which the Early 
Single and Double Tulips flower. 
The Heights we give in inches, and the order of flowerin g is indicated by (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 
after the" name. It will be noticed that the Double Tulips generally ar e a little later-floweri n g than th e 
Singles. The difference in time of flowering between each number is not great , so that (I) and (2) may be 
bedded together, also (2) and (3) , and so on. The varieties of Due Van Thol are not numbered, as 
I hey flower before any of the o thers. 
Arrangement Of Colours in Bedding.— The following varieties if bedded together produce 
charming effects; Princess Marianne, Ophir dor and Wouverman ; Pottebakker Scarlet, Pott ebakker 
White and Chrysolora ; Prince of Austria, President Lincoln and Chrysolora ; Rose Crisdeline and 
Princess Marianne ; Pottibakher Yellow and Thomas Moore ; Chrysolora and Dusart ; Princess Ida and 
Rosamundi ; Duchesse de Parma and Fabiola ; Rosnmundi and Rose Superbe ; Coulcur Cardinal makes 
a grand show bedded by itself, but Snowdrift goes well with it ; Kctzerskroon makes a fine bed with 
Queen Victoria as an outside border. 
Barr’s Selections of Early Single Tulips for Outdoor or Pot Culture. 
s. d. 
5 each 30 splendid named vars. ... 15 o 
3 each 30 ,, ,, ,, ... to 6 
3 each 20 ,, ,, ,, ... S 6 
3 each 10 „ „ ,, 3/6 & 4 6 
5. a. 
10 each 20 beautiful named vars. 19 6 
5 each 20 „ ,, ,, 10 6 
3 each 20 ,, ,, ,, 6 6 
1 each 20 ,, ,, „ 3 ® 
