BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 Kins Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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Barr’s New Seedling Daffodils 
for 1912. 
The following list of Daffodils comprises some of the finest novelties, and includes new 
seedlings of our own raising and many of the best raised by the Rev. G. H. Engleheart, 
the Rev. G. P. Haydon, Mr. E. M. Crosfield, Mr. J. C. Williams, Mr. P. D. Williams, 
Mrs. Backhouse, Mr. Henry Backhouse, Mr. Cave, Mr. Philip Worsley, and Mr. Dawson. 
We would specially draw attention to the following grand exhibition kinds : Ariel, Bedouin, 
Caesar, Charm, Cossack, Dione, Dresden, Empire, Eros, Florizel, Furnace, 
Jasper, Lewis Carrol, Lord Kitchener, Loveliness, Marie Louise, Memory, 
Mermaid, Messina, Michael, Michael Angelo, Mrs. George H. Barr, Pandora, 
Peter Barr, Red Beacon, Rhoda, Ruby, Seraphine, Sigismund, Silvia, Sirdar, 
Sir Galahad, Snow King, Socrates, St. George, Timon, Volcano, and Zephyrus 
— all of great beauty. We would mention that we purchased in 1910 from Mr. Charles Dawson 
(who has given up growing Daffodils) his “ Rosemorran” Daffodil Seedlings, con- 
taining many beautiful varieties, and at the same time took over his Daffodil garden for the 
rearing of our new seedling varieties. Visitors at the London and Birmingham Shows will 
well remember the high quality of Mr. Dawson’s “Rosemorran” flowers. We have also now 
removed from our Surbiton Nurseries to Taplow, where in future a fine display of our Daffodils 
and Tulips may be seen in Spring. 
(tv)" Where we have a record, we give in inches the heights as registered at our Nurseries. 
The relative qualities as we judge them are indicated by xx, xxx, xxxx, the highest quality flower 
being given the most marks. The figures after the names indicate the relative period of flowering, 
(1) being earliest, (5) being latest. 
each. 
Adrastus (Incomparabilis), xxx, new 1912, a handsome flower with white perianth and £ s. d 
bold globular bright yellow cup, having a green centre and golden central halo, very late 
bloomer, ht. 21 in o 7 6 
Aglaia (Leedsii), xxx, new 1912, an elegant flower, perianth white, cup pale primrose with 
sulphur centre, margin fluted, very late bloomer, ht. 19 in 076 
Ailsa (Trumpet Daffodil), xxxx, raised by Mr. E. M. Crosfield, a beautiful chaste flower, 
perianth pure white, trumpet white, large and bold with recurved margin. Award of 
Merit R.H.S., 1907 5 5 ° 
Alabaster (Triandrus Hybrid), xxxx, new 1912, a very beautiful hybrid of Minnie 
Hume x Calathinus, flowers snowy white with large elegant cup and broad perianth, tall... I 15 o 
Arctic Light (Leedsii), xxxx, new 1911, a lovely flower of a cool shade, having a snowy 
white perianth and large flatfish lemon crown with green centre, ht. 14 in 5 5 o 
Ariel (Triandrus Hybrid) (3), xxxx, new 1912, a beautiful refined snowy white flower 
Resembling Dione but a shade smaller, of very elegant form, ht. 17 in 2 2 o 
Bernardino (Incomparabilis) (3), xxxx, a grand flower, with very large creamy perianth 
and a very large pale cup, prettily fluted and heavily stained deep orange-apricot 3 3 O 
Bloodstone (Barrii), xxxx, new 1911, raised by Mr. C. H. Cave, a very lovely flower, with 
ample round snowy white perianth, and a deeply flanged cup of fiery orange with greenish 
centre 5 5° 
Caesar (Poeticus) (5), xxxx, new 1911, a remarkably fine flower of perfect form, measuring 
slightly over 3 inches across, with very broad rounded solid white perianth, the petals all 
of equal size and well imbricated ; large lemon-yellow eye edged dark madder-red ; flowers 
erect and borne on long stout stems, ht. 16 in 5 5 0 
Cardinal Wolsey (Barrii), xxxx, new 1910, a very lovely flower with broad snowy white 
perianth, slightly reflexing and a very flat large fluted crown of a brilliant orange-apricot ... 2 2 o 
Challenger (Barrii), xxxx, new 1910, a magnificent flower measuring more than 3 in. 
across, of fine form, solid Poeticus-white perianth and much expanded crown measuring 
about I in. across, soft canary with a striking broad margin of brilliant fiery red 32 10 o 
Chameleon (Trumpet Daffodil), new 1911, a beautiful and unique little Daffodil of 
“ Apricot ” breed, perianth delicate pale primrose shading down to blush-white, erect, 
slightly twisted and pointed, trumpet pale shell-pink shading to sulphur ; quite a new break 
of colour, which may be valuable to the hybridist, ht. 14 in 660 
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