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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1898. 
Hints to Exhibitors and Tulip Amateurs.— As the English Tulip often suiters much from 
hail- and wind during Spring it is a good plan to 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 loo. By this means hail and rain 
and very hot drying sun are kept off and the flowers open in all their purity, and it prolongs the period of 
flowering by some weeks. Most lovers of the English Tulip adopt some plan similar to the above, and 
the beauty of these lovely flowers is quite fascinating enough to repay the trouble of giving them this extra 
attention. 
A still easier means of protection is to hoop the bed over and cover with calico, or to use garden lights, 
but in all cases care must be taken that the plants do not get drawn. 
BARR’S ENGLISH MAY = FLOWERING TULIPS, 
Bizarres, Bybloemen, and Roses. 
BAER & SONS’ SELECTIONS 
100 in 100 Beautiful Varieties 
50 in 50 ,, ,, 
25 in 25 ,, ,, 
12 in 12 ,, ,, 
3 each 50 Exhibition Varieties f 
om specially 
£5. 5s., £7. 7s. 
21/-, 42 /-, 63/-, & 84/- 
10/6, 15/-, & 21/- 
3/6, 5/6, 7/6, 12/6, & 21/- 
sclected stocks ... ... £ 12 . 12 s. 
1 „ 50 „ „ „ £5- 5s. 
3 „ 25 „ „ „ £5. 5s. 
1 „ 25 „ „ „ £2. 2s. 
3 „ 12 „ „ ,, £3. 3s. 
1 „ 12 „ „ „ £ 1 - 10 s. 
Barr's Choice Mixture of Beautiful English May-flowering Tulips, in great 
variety, comprising Bizarres, Bybloemens, and Roses. When massed in quantity 
in beds and borders these beautiful Tulips present a brilliant picture, resembling a richly 
coloured Persian carpet per 1000 , 95 /-; per 100 , 10 / 6 ; per doz. 
Bybloemen Rectified Tulip ‘Lord Denman,’ a grand variety for bedding and 
massing, large bold flowers, beautifully marked puce-purple on a clear white ground, very 
effective, handsome and free-flowering per 100 , 10/6 ; per doz. 
Explanation of the terms ‘Breeder’ and ‘Rectified.’ 
‘ Rectified ’ Tulips are those in whicli the original self-colour has changed, or, as it is termed by 
Tulip Amateurs, broken into a flamed or feathered variegation. 
‘ Breeder ’ Tulips are those with self-colours which have not yet changed from the original seedling 
stage, or, as Tulip Amateurs term it, broken into a variegation, but at any time they may become Rectified. 
‘ Extra Selected ’ are specially selected flowers of superior excellence in their markings. 
Those varieties offered by the dozen make attractive beds, and are exceedingly effective when 
grouped and massed in the permanent Hardy Herbaceous Plant border. 
BIZARRES, RECTIFIED OR VARIEGATED. 
Colours — orange, scarlet, crimson, and many shades of black and brown on a lemon, deep yellow 
or golden-yellow ground, with a stainless yellow centre or base. 
each— s. d. 
Accuracy, maroon-brown on gold 1 6 
Ajax, rich chocolate on yellow 1 6 
Caliph, black on lemon, very decorative... o 4 
Colbert (Slater), chocolate on bright golden- 
yellow, dwarf and very showy, per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Criterion, deep maroon on gold o 6 
Dr. Colenso, rich orange on bright lemon, 
dwarf I O 
Dr. Hardy (Storer), beautifully marked, 
dark scarlet on bright orange-yellow, 
flowers of great substance and perfect form 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
extra selected strain 1 o 
Dr. Hutcheon, dark chocolate on yellow 1 6 
Duke of Devonshire, chocolate-black 
on lemon, large showy decorative variety 
per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Excelsior, chocolate on yellow ,, 5/606 
George Hayward, rich crimson-maroon 
on gold, large and handsome, a grand 
bedder per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Goldcup, brown on gold o 6 
James Wild, black on lemon, handsome 2 6 
John Heap, bright red-brown on yellow o 4 
Lord Lilford, dark chocolate on yellow 
per doz. 2/6 o 3 
each — 1. d. 
Lord Frederick Cavendish, bright 
mahogany on gold I o 
Lord Stanley, mahogany-crimson on 
yellow, short broad-petallcd perfectly 
formed flower 1 6 
Major Chard, red-brown on orange- 
yellow 1 o 
Masterpiece, black on yellow, per doz. 3/6 o 4 
selected fine feathered strain 1 o 
Michael Angelo, maroon-black on canary 
yellow 3 6 
Mr. Pickwick, maroon-brown on pale 
yellow 1 6 
Pilot, deep brick-red on yellow, per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Richard Yates, scarlet-maroon on gold, 
very prettily marked flower o 6 
Samuel Barlow (Storer), glowing scarlet- 
crimson on glittering golden ground, of 
perfect form, extra fine io 6 
Sir Joseph Paxton, handsome maroon- 
black on lemon per doz. 3/6 o 4 
extra fine flamed- strain 1 o 
beautiful feathered strain 5 6 
Sir Moses Montefiore, handsome dark 
brown on gold, extra fine 3 6 
