BARR’S Gold Medal Daffodils, 1902. 
marfiuccs. Here you arc under ihc open sky, in a space of sweet English country with its rich lanes and stately 
elm trees, wandering alone at your will amid constantly changing beauty, and the delicate perfumes the pure 
air wafts around you. What a world of good it does to body and brain and heart this hour or two’s translation ! 
And the longer you stay the more the charm of the place steals upon you. You cannot take the glory in at a 
glance. Neither art nor nature, and here are both interwoven, will give up its secrets to a careless, idle eye. 
You must look patiently and curiously, if you arc to appreciate what art and nature have been at work upon 
with subtle changefulness. It is in the turn of a petal, the inexpressible fresh shade of a colour, the dainty 
combination of some slightly strange form and tint, that the true lover of tiowers will find here his interest 
constantly awakened, his appreciation constantly won. 
" And this year, as in former years, there is no failure in the varieties Messrs. Barr present us with either in 
regard of number or distinction. Some of these are entirely new, not yet ready to be put on the market, some 
indeed are still waiting to be named. To be allowed a sight of these beauties before they are formally 
introduced to the world gives you a certain sense of intimacy with the very aristocracy of flowers, which one 
may be pardoned for feeling undeniably gratifying. The superb white trumpet daffodil, Peter Barr, is one of 
these, unrivalled for its combination of size and delicacy, and well named after the venerable founder of the 
firm, to whose enthusiasm and assiduous pains through so many long years all lovers of the narcissi owe 
so much. . . 
Extract from “The Westminster Gazette,” April 24th, 1902. 
“DAFFODILS AT SURBITON. 
■' It is sometimes said that it is impossible to realise what a million means. Elaborate calculations are then 
made as to the mileage which would be covered were a million golden sovereigns put in a row. But anyone 
living in or near London can just now obtain a very fair idea of what a million golden circles look like by going 
no farther than from Waterloo to Surbiton. Only, the gold is of the innocent kind w’hich Nature draws each 
April from the soil, and the circles are not coins of the realm, but daffodils of every imaginable size and tint of 
yellow. Far beyond a million bulbs were last autumn put into the ground at Messrs. Barr and Sons’ nurseries, 
ten minutes’ walk from Surbiton Station, and most of these are now in full and splendid bloom, standing above 
their beautiful bluish-green foliage in fresh and dewy sweetness. There are beds upon beds, each containing 
10,000 plants, and the sight is one which is unique in the length and breadth of the land. Over 200 varieties 
of daffodils form this collection, and between the stretches of golden-yellow there shine and gleam great squares 
of early tulips, flame-coloured, rosy pink, pure white, and delicate purple. Beds of hyacinths fill the air with 
their fragi’ance, and others of the dainty grape hyacinth give the eye a rest with their rich blue. 
“ In a special enclosure the new varieties form a feature of great interest, for here, after years of careful 
tending, new daffodils bloom for the first time. There are some very interesting flowers among this year's 
crop of novelties ; perhaps the most striking is a beautiful clear yellow trumpet datfodil standing two feet high 
on its graceful stem. Many other flowers and plants of interest to gardening folk are to be seen at Messrs. 
Barr’s bulb grounds ; and as the public are invited to visit the grounds while the present marvellous datfodil 
show is on, we hope many of our readers will avail themselves of this opportunity of 'seeing a million.’ 'Ihey 
will find that the show is well worth a visit." 
Extract from “The Garden,” April 26th, 1902, 
“DAFFODILS AT MESSRS. BARR AND SONS’. 
“At present it is almost superfluous to say it is daffodil time, and in the minds of many, daffodils and 
Messrs. Barr and Sons are inseparably associated, at least all who have had the pleasure of visiting the Surbiton 
nurseries during April and May will not hesitate to admit. 
“To-day there are some hundreds of thousands of daffodil flowers— amongst them many of the most 
beautiful varieties known — nodding their dainty heads to the breeze, and making a ripple upon a sea of yellow 
and green. 
" flower that we were particularly delighted with is Maggie May, the largest and most beautiful of the 
Lecdsii section ; this variety has also the merit of being a strong grower. Narcissus Weardale Perfection is a 
flower that will doubtless always be sought after. It is one of the finest of daffodils ; the perianth is large and 
while and the trumpet of great size, in colour a lovely pale primrose. Lucifer, with a large white perianth and 
an intense orange-red cup, is a bold and handsome flower, an< 4 the plant is a vigorous grower. 
“A daffodil that has been prominent lately is King Alfred, bearing very large yet refined flowers of an 
uniform rich golden colour. Sentinel (bicolor), with pure white perianth and short clear yellow trumpet, the 
flowers just overtopping the foliage; Willie Barr, a trumpet daffodil with a soft yellow-coloured perianth, the 
trumpet a deep yellow ; Phyllis (Leedsii), a lovely flower, having a white perianth and straight canary-coloured 
cup ; Monarch, one of the very best of the golden trumpet daffodils ; Madame de Graaff, a well-known 
beautilul while trumpet ; Glory of Leyden, another giant trumpet flower; J. B. M. Camm, a beautiful variety 
with a while perianth, and a trumpet of pale chrome-yellow, are a few remarkable flowers. 
“ I^erhapsas delicately beautiful and charming as any is the Narcissus known as Apricot. The flower is 
of moderate size, but its colouring is unique. The perianth is white, the long straight trumpet opening a soft 
primrose and passing to a rosy apricot buff ; the flowers are also sweetly scented. We were privileged to see 
some of the choicest and best flowers that the daffodil world can show in that part of the nursery devoted to 
seedlings, many yet unnamed. Prominent amongst many most beautiful flowers it is not diflicult to dis- 
tinguish the magnificent new Narcissus Peter Barr, a pure while trumpet. Our note concerning it when it 
was recently awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society will bear repetition. It cannot 
be compared to any other, it is longer in the crown than Madame de Graaff and rather less revolute at the 
brim, while the perianth impresses one with its greatness and its beauty. The flower Peter Barr has assuredly 
wrested the laurels from Madame dc Graaff .a variety that has long been considered the finest while trumpet 
in cultivation." 
