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each— 8. d. 
1159 Romulea speciosa, a graceful little bulbous plant, with grassy foliage, and deep carmine 
flowers, charming for sunny nooks in rockeries, &c., £ ft ••• .. ... ••■P er doz. i/o 
1450 Sanguinaria canadensis major, white flowers in spring, borne abjve the coltsfoot-like leaves, truly 
charming ; plant in moist peaty soils and shady places ; perfectly hardy, ^ ft per doz. 3/ o 4 
1161 Schizostylis coccinea produces Gladioli-like spikes of rich scarlet flowers in autumn. It is quite 
hardy, and delights in a sheltered situation amongst trees and shrubs. Established masses 
lifted in Autumn and potted, flower freely under glass for months, ft., p. 100, 10/6 ; p. doz. 1/0 
1468 Tropaeolum Jarrattii. scarlet, orange, and black • 5/6 0 6 
1470 ,, polyphyllum, golden-yellow flowers in long trusses, quite hardy <> 5/0 o o 
1471 ,, apeciosum, rich scarlet flowers in clusters, quite hardy ; pots, full of roots, 
per doz. 7/6 Sc 10/6; 9d., 1 /- & 1 o 
1472 * ,, tuberosum yellow and red, very distinct, quite hardy. Plant in Spring, p. doz. 3/6 o 4 
These Tropseolums are all beautiful climbers. Jarrattii is recommended for the greenhouse to trail over 
trellises , round pillars, etc. Polyphyllum revels on a sunny rockwork. Tuberosum likes a sunny situation 
and poor soil, and is most at home scrambling over branches and old tree stumps. Speciosum is one oj the mos 
lovely of hardy climbers, and may in the \ouih be successfully grown if planted in a cool, moist situation, away 
front the sun's rays ; it delights in a shady place, and especially near a stream where its roots can enjoy the wa er. 
Zephyranthes Candida, see Amaryllis, page 19. 
PART III. 
BARK’S 
HARDY DAFFODILS, DAFFADILLIES, D AFFODO WNDILLIES. 
To these was Awarded the only Gold Medal of the Daffodil Conference, held in the Chiswick 
Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, April 16th, 1890. 
Extract from " The Gardeners' Magazine," 19th April, 1890. 
The Editor (the late Mr. Shirley Hibberd, remarks .. Daffo-Rl. 
to be collected, and cultivated, and exhibited, and tilkcd about, for, wit . f SJ)rill ^ flower that engage the 
group of beauties is unequalled for splendour of appearance, and a 1 the q ual.t “ye." 
moral nature in a series of wholesome sympathies, to augment the delight t 0 
Extract from "The Gardeners' Chronicle," 12th April, 1890. 
THE “DAFFODIL KING” 
“ There will be few, if any, who will be disposed to quesHon the ^kiosm and Dr^ H.'u [Hale's EdenfkuVwa 
Previous to his accession, Daffodils were few in number. G era . w]lo . c mel its as a botanist are better appre- 
few varieties. Later on Haworth entered the arena. Dea -'^® npr i men ted with them. Leeds and Backhouse and 
ciated by bis successors than they were by his contemporo ties, ®* pe ^“ 0 who cau look back tweuty or twenty-five 
Nelson won repute as hybridists But in spite of these Wourerf, 1)0 coun ted by units, whereas scores or even 
years will remember that the sorts generally Barr to take up the subject we do not know ; certain 
hundreds would now be required. W hat originally imlime V, : , patting commercial considerations on one 
it is that he has taken it up with the mdomuable zeal of an wad S| e lf to be governed by his love of 
side, as of secondary importance, be, though a man of ][,. ba s made long and tedious journeys in 
Daffodils, and has spared neither labour nor “° n ey in their o e t o^^ ^ n<)t seldom beeu the rock, the sky 
rough countries inquest of bis favourite plants. ° D ,K“f| ° c . peculiarities has been, and is, a perfect passion 
his coverlet. Nor has collection been his only aim. Stndy of their P ec ' lu ''' f n k \ owIed g ei for truly nothing relating to 
with him. Observation and research are continually increasing ms store 
Daffodils is foreign to Mr. Barr.” 
Extract Condensed from the "Journal of Horticulture," May 14th, 1891. 
BARR’S DAFFODILS. 
“ DAFFODILS PBOJI BARR'S are to be found in gudena aU overt TTthl'do'sp^chvUsts 
Barr's own Daffodils are only to be seen in all their diverse hoaai.y * not' only to admire the floral feast, but 
and lovers of this great, family of spring flowers i wend their way ^n ^the season, ^ J an(je of the Master . Mr. Ban- 
to gain information, and study the characters of the diffeieut - t co neotiou in the world, and, s-econdly, by 
is a Master of Daffodils in a double sense -first, as the 1 P° s8 ®“^ critical observation. The Daffodil 
the great knowledge ho has acquired throng wsettch. tra^e •* . London and Sou th Western Railway, reached m 
fields are now about ten minutes walk h*om Surbiton ^re fifteen acres and at the least half the ground is closely 
about twenty minutes by express from Waterloo. There are i fl te a ^ Burr s name will be associated for 
planted with 500 species and varieties of the floweis, with seveiai oi wmeu ah. 
generations to come.” 
Extracted from the "Daily News," March 27th, 1893. 
DAFFODO WNDILLIES. 
“You are a little early," says Mr. W. Barr, as ho leads the way out into the open g to u “ds llt Long Dltton ’ 
•ilreadv ablaze with colour— “ a little early. In a fortnight's time we shall have more to show yoi . 
It is just as well to be a little early. The flowers that aro comiag on, 
to show signs of exhaustion and decline. And the Daffodils 
themselves are early this year— the Daffodils 
That come before the swallow dare3, and take 
The winds of March with beauty. 
has W SSKTiiC 
King Street, Coven! Garden, 1893.] 
