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May-Flowering Dutch and “English Amateur" Tulips, anJ Crocuses. 
SHOWY DUTCH MAY-FLOWERING FLORISTS* TULIPS FOR BEDS AND 
BORDERS. 8 . d . 
6 !6 D itch Florists' Tulips In Mixture. Bharres, Byb/cemens, and Selfs ...per roc, 71. 6 d., per doz. 1 3 
6^7 Dutch Darwin Tulips In mixture, reds, roses, violets, browns, etc per 100, i$s., per aoz. 3 
BARR’S BEAUTIFUL “ENGLISH AMATEUR TULIPS.” 
May-flowering. 
Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society a Silver Medal, May gt/i, 1893. 
Awarded at the Temple Show, the Royal Horticultural Society's Silver Cup, May 26 th, 1893 . 
These beautiful Tulips in the South of England commence flowering accordi ng to the earliness or lateness ; of 
the season, from the first to the last week in May. Dr. Hogg can testify that if looked after they ir lay be tenjoye ; 
for a month The “ English Tulip" is pre-eminently an amateur s flower, and has be„n so for upwards of 
t ,"“. London was at one time the centre of Amateur Tulip growers, Scotland then dividing he honour 
Tne Amateur element at the presint time is mainly centred in Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Yorkslu c. and in 
these counties many fine varieties have been raised during the last forty years. Amateurs who may be induced to 
take up Tulip culture will be pleased to read the follo wing extract from the ^X^eurVlups ”?- 
from the pen of the late Mr Samuel Barlow, one of the greatest authorities on English Amateur 1 clips . 
“The best Amateur Tulips known to exist, or that have ever existed, have been ratsed in England 
principally in the N uthern cour.txs — Lancashire, Yoikshtre, and Derbyshire. Over forty years ago the late 
Dr. Hardy, of Warrington, in a series of papers 10 the Midland Florist, completely settled all the P°'" ls 
excellence which go tu make a first-class Florist Tulip, and his definitions have never since been disputed. 
Since then the cultivation of Florist Tubps has much imp-oved, especially in the three counties named, although, 
^gular tVsay. tt has Zost died out in the South of England, where, fifty years ago, the most enthusiastic 
rtade London their centre for exhibitions. .There are ( 
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Amateur TuUp cultivator and of new varieties, read 
a valuable paper on “ Amateur Tulips " to the Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society. Apnl 19.189*. and 
which will be found in Vol. XV. , Parts 2 and 3, “ Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, page 99. We 
commend it for perusal by intending Amateur Tulip cultivators. , eir^i,cn Thhhq" wkirh 
In “ Hardy Florist Flowers," by Mr. James D mglas, there is a- ciapter on English Iuliis, which 
deals with the whole subject of planting, lifting, and general culture. 
- Our Woodcuts represent 
the upper sections only of 
Tulip petals. The one on 
the left shows what is termed 
a feathered flower, the colour 
being confined mainly to the 
edge of the petal. The right 
hand block represents a 
flamed flower, the colour 
runs round the edge of the 
petal, and in the centre breaks 
into a flame. 
The Woodcuts are simply 
v , - — — intended as representations of 
typical markings. But it is as 
well to state, however, ihat there is a certain variability in the colouring of these / Amateur Tuhps fr^ one year 
to another, and it is seldom a flower repeats exactly the same amount of colouring m us drew, but even ttis is 
not without its interest to Amateurs ; a feathered flower will sometimes become flamed, and a flamed flower 
- 
recommend to those about to become 1 ulip Amateurs. 
Barr and Son's Assortments of " English Amateur Tulips," half Bharres, half Byblesmens and Roses : 
628 60 in 60 beautiful varieties of “ English Tulips, rectified 
629 26 in 25 „ „ ' Vi'/Vi's/’, 21 to 30 
SU£iS :: :: v. :: 
AST Barr'S Prize Medals will be awarded in May and June for best exhibits of “ English Amateur 
Tulips. Particulars on application. 
CROCUSES. 
[Barr and Son, 
