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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1912. 
BARR’S “Gold Medal’’ ENGLISH FLORIST TULIPS. 
Awarded Seven Gold Medals by the Royal National Tulip Society. 
These beautiful May-flowering English Tulips have been pvized by all lovers of the true Florist’s 
Flower for over a century. The flowers are of perfect goblet form, and their beautiful and symmetrical 
markings quite unique. 
Culture of English Tulips. — Any good loamy garden soil suits the “ English Tulip.” The bulbs 
should be planted four inches deep and four inches apart, from the end of October to middle November, 
choosing a day when the ground is in nice friable condition ; avoid planting when the ground is wet. 
Hints TO Exiiuhtors and Tulip Amateurs. — As the English Tulip often suffers much from hail 
and wind during Sining, it is a good plan, when choice named sorts are grown, to erect over the bed 
a skeleton framework on which a covering of calico or white canvas is fastened in Februaiy or March, 
leaving the sides open till the buds show colour, when the covering may be brought down over the sides 
loo. liy this means hail, rain, and very hot drying sun arc kept ofl', and the flowers open in all their purity, 
while the period of flowering is prolonged by some weeks. 
ija)" To those who wish to know all about the English Tulip, we recommend “ The English Tulip,” 
a little pamphlet containing the lectures delivered on this flower at the great Tulip Conference of 
the Royal National Tulip Society, held at Royal Botanic Society's Cardens, May I2th, 1897, price u. 
BARR’S SELECTIONS OF ENGLISH FLORIST TULIPS. 
25 in 25 Beautiful Varieties, Bharres, Byblcemen, and Roses ...\oj 6 , 15/-, & 18/6 
12 in 12 ,, ,, ,, „ » ... 5/6, 7/6. & io/6 
In the above collections the Bizarres embrace the following colours, — self shades of red, crimson, 
scarlet, maroon, and chestnut ; also flakings of orange, scarlet, crimson, brown, and black, on a lemon or 
golden-yellow ground. The Bybloemens are made up of self shades of purple, violet, lilac, and heliotrope, 
all with a dazzling white centre ; also beautiful flakings of black, violet, purple, and lavender, on a clear 
white ground. The Roses contain lovely self shades of rose and rose-scarlet ; also pretty flakings of 
delicate pink, soft rose, glowing scarlet, and deep crimson on a pure white ground. 
A FEW GOOD NAMED VARIETIES OF ENGLISH TULIPS. 
Bizarres, Bybloemens, and Roses. 
In the following descriptions “breeder” indicates the self-coloured or seedling form, and 
“feathered” or “flamed” where the self colour has broken into a variegation. A “breeder” 
Tulip may at any time break into a feathered or flamed variegation. per cioz. each 
5. d. s, d 
Adonis, feathered, finely feathered purple and black on a dazzling white ground, extra fine 6 6...0 7 
,, breeder, rich violet-purple, handsome 5 6...0 6 
Agflaia, flamed and feathered, pretty rose on a white ground 7 6...0 8 
Andrew Hunter, flamed and feathered, purple on a white ground 10 6 ..i o 
„ „ breeder, self purple, handsome 8 6...0 9 
Annie McGregor, flamed and feathered, brilliant rose-scarlet on white 15 0...1 6 
Bessie, feathered, feathered hrilliant purple on a snowy white ground, dwarf, very striking 5 6...0 6 
„ flamed and feathered, brilliant purple on a snowy white ground, showy 5 6...0 6 
,, breeder, rich plum-purple, handsome 3 6...0 4 
Black Diamond, flamed and feathered, glittering black on a pureiVhite ground, tall 
and handsome 5 6...0 6 
Colbert, flamed and feathered, chocolate on a bright golden-yellow ground, dwarf and 
very showy 3 6...0 4 
Demosthenes, flamed and feathered, chocolate on a yellow ground 7 6.. o 8 
Duchess of Sutherland, flamed and feathered, lilac on a white ground, a finely 
marked strain — . I 6 
Dr. Hardy, flamed and feathered, dark scarlet on a bright orange-yellow ground, a 
very striking flower, producing a fine effect in flower beds and borders 3 6...0 4 
Dr. Hutcheon, flamed and feathered, dark chocolate on yellow ground 7 6...0 8 
Elizabeth Pegg, feathered, chocolate on a clear white ground, fine — ...i o 
,, breeder, soft heliotrope, beautiful 5 6...0 6 
Friar Tuck, flamed and feathered, purple on white ground, 7 6...0 8 
George Hardwicke, flamed and feathered, purjile and glistening black on snow- 
white ground 10 6...1 o 
George Hayward, flamed and feathered, rich crimson-maroon on gold, a very 
feathered, flowers featliered rich crimson-maroon on a golden- 
yellow ground, fine 7 6...0 8 
