4 BARR’S HARDY DAFFODILS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
„ . * rtf TYaffn^ils form a natural succession. In mild seasons, the 
Out-of-doors the various 1 Qbvallaris flower early in February, and these arc followed by others 
ta"c 2 £t ru^eli^tflUhe^doubi; white Gardenm-fWied ^dij doses the ^ 
Johnston! group, Mrs. George Cammell, Pelayo, 
and Queen of Spain, are 2 re “* garden or in potting up for indoor decoration, it is well to 
fl T ( r i! ne S,„^ ^ lr \r=«»ate- fl owerin g Poeticis, late-flowering Burbidgei 
S&testS; eist ars ssi“*S£ ss-rarrs 
^fheVl d^lfnguishedTy' V V** »? d t- -Those Daffodils which 
havfbeenTwaSed^ Fi?st Class Certificates are distinguished by — . T he raising^ New Daffodils 
is the work of many years, and the amateurs who raised the new Daffodils marked with , , an i t. 
, c _ . , . l,.,. ] ,f | behind them glorious memories, not of ephemeral productions, but 
passed from our mtds , flower gardens for centuries, as the older Daffodils have done 
• things of heauty, that will e P ‘ G 0 f the Daff odil than is recorded in these pages, 
from very rcmotc^nods t0 interest them in the literature poetry and 
* 1 ' 1 *"*“ Y ‘ Purchasers of Daffodils to the value of 2is. and upwards, will have enclosed 
fn the‘ package^ two large illustrations of groups of Daffodils, sketched and arranged by Miss Agnes Barr, 
a StTlSS— I. tto following pages, eonsp.lsc all .he tmmf 
The Daffodils ^or ^arciss! enurie varieties which we have been introducing annually, of hybrids 
anTvaiTeUes "raised b, the late Mr. William Baekhoa.e, turn* £££.“3 S”" ™ 
ana f, are new varieties mostly ras y afterwards revised by the Committee, appointed for that purpose, 
tKr The two Separate Lists ok Daffodils prepared for this Catalogue, comprise 
ist. No. i List embracing only highest class flowers, and a few specially distinct species or varieties. 
2nd No 2 List including those we have large stocks of, and these arc offered at reduced prices 
to those who plant extensively for cut flowers, whether under glass or out-of-doors, also those 
who desire to naturalize Daffodils in grass, shrubbery borders, etc. 
rtlTTIIRE AND ADAPTATION OUT OF DOORS.— The Daffodil may be grown in any soil and situation but 
its sire ; but when grown in for such purposes, taking care the drainage. 
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bularias however, should be annually lifted in July, and replanted in October. 
season, plant thickly, in boxes 15 inc e y • i , nd cover ed with 6 inches of the same material, or 
boxes should then be placed, out ' of doors on a < M ant werM „ boxes should remain out of doors 
covered with cocoa fibre, which is pr Portions mav then be removed indoors, in succession, and 
daced^ina" ^ist'bmng-h^fe, and plentifully supplied with water, care being taken that the plants do not 
get drawn, from an insufficient supply of air. 
begin flowering out of doors in March, a d s Daffodils &c ^out of doors, commence flowering early in 
Aprih'a^fumis^aOTCMSsiT^orblossom^tiifjune. 6 ^ When funder g lass, all the Daffodils flower m ueU 
earlier than the Periods above named. 
cut blooms of Daffodils are always 1 useful and ^tand«ce« 
They also supplement and associate admirably w ( b exhibited at the various London Flower 
months in Spring, cut flowers from our “‘^‘’“VoRTmutTURAL Society, also at the Spring Flower Shows 
heTd W a S ."he Rotal CRYSTAL PALACE, Royal Aquar.um, and many other places in town 
and country. 
«?s~ At the above-named places we have been awarded numerous Gold and Silver Medals, 
Prices, Certificates, Votes of Thanks, etc. Our Grand Display of ’Da J^ at * e ® e “£ d D ° r * a ‘ 
Daffodil Conference, held April 15th to i8th, 1890, was awarded the ONLY GOLD^MEDAL 
