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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1910. 
COTTAGE TULIPS AND TULIP SPECIES— continued. 
* Praestans, a fine species from 
Bokhara, with large bright orange- 
red flowers in April, sometimes 
4 or 5 on a stem, ht. 14m. Award 
of Merit R.H.S., April 7th, 1903 
per 100, 30/- 
Primrose Beauty (5), ele- 
gantly formed flower, opening a 
delicate soft primrose and passing 
off cream, sweetly scented, a good 
forcer, ht. 16 in per 100, 15/- 
4> Pulchella, a charming little 
species from Asia Minor, 
producing in April pretty 
Crocus - like flowers ranging 
from brilliant glowing crim- 
son-carmine to carmine-rose 
with blue centre 
<f> „ iycaeonica, flowers a 
prei ty rose colour ... p. 100, 21/- 
Quaintness. See Novelty 
List, page 9. 
Queen Alexandra (3), a 
very beautiful variety with goblet- 
shaped flowers of a soft delicate 
primrose shaded orange, anthers 
black, ht. 24 in per 100, 8/6 
Queen Mary. See Novelty 
List, page 9. 
Retroflexa (1), beautiful yellow 
flowers, petals elegantly recurved, 
ht. 17 in per 100, 7/6 
Retroflexa superba. See 
Novelty List, page 9. 
Rosalind (5), beautiful clear 
cherry-rose, with clear white base, 
sweet-scented, ht. 21 in. 
per 1000, 42/- ; per 100, 4/6 
Rose Beauty (2), having hand- 
some broad foliage and large bold 
flowers with broad petals, colour 
rich brilliant rose with large snowy 
white centre margined rich blue, 
very striking, ht. 30 in., per 100, 35/- 
Rose Pompon (4), semi- 
double flowers speckled and flushed 
rose on a cream-coloured ground, 
ht. 19 in per 100, 7/6 
Rosetta (4), fine globular flower, 
rich soft rose, occasionally flaked 
crimson and with slight salmon 
flush at margin, ht. 24 in. 
per 100, 7/6 
Royal Crown (2), large hand- 
some flower, rich scarlet, broadly 
margined bright yellow, very showy, 
ht. 17 in per 100, 8/6 
Salmon Prince (4), a very 
beautiful Tulip with fine globular 
flowers, apricot-orange, shaded gold, 
very showy, ht. 24 in., per too, 15/- 
* Saxatilis (1), a real gem, flowers 
delicate rose with large bright 
yellow centre, very beautiful. 
Award of Merit R.H.S., ht. 8 in. 
per 100, 21/- 
Scarlet Emperor (3), agrand 
border Tulip with very large hold 
flowers of a brilliant glowing scarlet, 
with rich clear yellow centre and 
black anthers. First-Class Cer- 
tificate R.H.S., May 17th, 1904. 
per 100, 55/- 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d 
4 0...0 5 
2 3...0 3 
3 6...0 4 
3 0...0 4 
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3 0...0 4 
7 6 .0 8 
Shahzada (3), a long flower, 
rich blood-crimson with centre 
yellow margined dark bronze, ht. 
19 in per 100, 7/6 
Snowdon (2), pure white, 
changing to silvery pink, of 
beautiful goblet form, ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 7/6 
$ Sprengeri, a beautiful and very 
showy species, and the latest of all 
Tulips to bloom ; the flowers are of 
a fiery orange-scarlet with golden 
anthers, ht. i£ ft 
4> Stellata ( 1), a lovely little Hima- 
layan Tulip bearing elegant dainty 
flowers with a soft pale yellow 
interior and outside shaded rose, 
ht. 4 in per 100, 30/- 
4 Strangulata type ( 1 ), soft 
primrose-yellow, outer petals more 
or less faintly flushed rose, and 
centre sometimes having green 
and blackish markings, ht. 15 in. 
Collected in the Val d' Arno, 
per 100, 7/6 
$ Strangulata maculata 
( 1 ), soft primrose-yellow, occa- 
sionally flushed rose, with 
conspicuous black centre, very 
handsome, Award of Merit 
R.H.S., ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 7/6 
4’,, prim ulina( 1 ), beautiful self 
soft primrose-yellow, ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 10/6 
$ ,, picta (t), primrose-yellow, 
shaded rose on outside petals, 
and with large greenish-black 
centre, pretty, ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 7/6 
Striped Beauty (syn. Sum- 
mer Beauty) (5), rose, flaked deep 
crimson and white, large and showy, 
ht. 20 in. Florae Certificate 
R.B.S per 100, 12/6 
Sunset (2), golden-yellow deve- 
loping to a fiery red, flushed yellow, 
large and very showy, ht. 1 3 in. 
per 100, 10/6 
Sweet Nancy (3), white pass- 
ing to silvery pink, blue base and 
violet anthers, slightly fragrant, ht. 
18 in per loo, 4/6 
4* Sylvestris (syn. florentina), 
(1). the Sweet-scented 
Wild English Yellow 
Tulip, suitable for naturali- 
sing, it requires to become 
established a year before 
flowering, ht. 18 in. 
per 100, 7/6 
$ „ major (1), a robust-growing 
variety with larger flowers 
than the above and a much 
freer bloomer... per 100, 30/- 
The Fawn (4), long egg-shaped 
flower opening a rosy fawn and 
turning to blush-rose flushed white, 
beautiful, Award of Merit 
R.H.S per 100, 15 /- 
per doz. 
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