BARR’S DAFFODILS. 
THE FAVOURITE HARDY FLOWERS OF SPRING. 
DAFFODILS are the most graceful and beautiful of 
all Hardy Spring Garden Flowers, and withstand uninjured 
our severest winters better than any other flower. The 
cut blooms are always acceptable, and are in abundance 
out of doors at a season when other flowers are scarce. 
They supplement and associate admirably with hot-house 
flowers. 
BARR’S DAFFODILS have been Awarded 
A MULTITUDE OF MEDALS (Gold, Silver-Gilt, 
and Silver), PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES, in- 
cluding the only GOLD MEDAL of the Great 
Daffodil Conference of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, April 15, 1890, and the GOLD MEDAL 
at the Wolverhampton Spring Show, April 9, 1896. 
n. joiinstoni Numerous Awards and First-Class Certificates have 
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also been given to individual varieties . 
PRESS NOTICES OF BARR’S DAFFODILS, 1898. 
Extract from the ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ April 21, 1898. 
‘Daffodil Land.’ 
‘Some readers may imagine from the above title that these notes will deal with Daffodils in Spain and 
Portugal, or in the Isles of Scilly. Such, however, will not be the case. The Daffodil Land of which 
mention is now about to be made is much nearer home ; indeed, it is within a dozen miles of our great 
metropolis. What need is there now to say that the title is applied to the Long Ditton Nurseriesof 
Messrs. Barr & Sons? None at all. It is, indeed, Daffodil Land, as all travellers on the S.W.R. main 
line know so well, for there are millions of bulbs producing more millions of flowers. A glorious spectacle 
indeed is this. The eye wanders over waving masses of golden Daffodils — some large, some small, but all 
beautiful as well as useful for the adornment of our gardens and homes during April and May. Who does 
not admire the “nodding Daffodil”? Everyone, beyond a doubt. Then let all who can visit these 
grounds at once, and they will still be in time to see thousands of flowers of more than passing beauty. 
1 Though the headquarters of the firm are in Covent Garden, one of the chiefs, Mr. William Barr, can 
almost invariably be found at Ditton, and a walk through the nurseries in his company is more than 
interesting — it is instructive. Familiar with the geography of the Narcissus, he can tell where this variety 
is found ; where another was discovered by his father, Mr. I’eter Barr ; and what with the conversation 
and admiring the many varieties, the time will pass all too quickly. 
‘ As an example of the magnitude of the stock held by the firm it may be noted that in one mass there are 
upwards of 50,000 bulbs of Barrli conspicuus, and this does not represent more than half the number of 
this variety alone. True, it is one of the most popular Narcissi in cultivation, but the example is a fair one 
nevertheless, for all others are as large in proportion to their popularity. In all there are 17 acres under 
cultivation, of which the major portion is devoted to Daffodils. Though we occasionally hear of disease 
among Narcissi, the plants at Ditton are healthy and vigorous, and produce flowers of splendid substance 
and very rich in colour. It is possible they have never been better than this year in these two respects, 
and if excellent top growth may be taken as a criterion, the bulbs will be of the best quality when they are 
lifted. 
‘ A Few of the Choicer Varieties. 
‘ If we take the choice and new varieties into consideration it would be quite safe to say that nowhere 
can such a collection be found. Others have some of them perhaps, but no one in such numbers as those 
