BARR & SONS, 11 , 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 71 
Barr’s Famous Tulips. 
AWARDED 
Six Gold Medals by the Royal National Tulip Society, and many other 
High Awards at the London Spring Flower Shows. 
Tulips are extremely hardy, and of easy culture, flosvering freely in either sunny or shady 
situations, and developing their handsome showy flowers even in a confined town garden. By 
a judicious selection of Single, Double, and May-flowering Tulips, a most brilliant display of 
colours may be maintained in the garden from early April to end of May. In gardens where 
the flower beds must be kept gay from the earliest dawn of Spring, plant between the Tulips 
Scilla sibirica, Chiouodoxas, Snowdrops, and Crocuses ; these flower first, and when out of 
bloom the leaves form a charming green groundwork for the blossoms of the Tulip. The 
large breadths of Tulips in bloom at our Nurseries in Spring are a sight worth seeing, 
and attract a great many visitors. See Illustration on back cover. 
BARR’S EARLY SINGLE TULIPS FOR FORCING. 
The following varieties of Early Single Tulips are the most suitable for forcing. As failure in 
forcing Tulips and other bulbs is generally due to bringing the pots into warmth too early or before 
the bulbs have rooted sufficiently, we have given on page 2 a few practical hints on general treat- 
ment which if followed will produce satisfactory results. 
(1) Indicates those varieties which should be used for earliest forcing to come in at Christmas and early 
January. 
(2) Varieties for second-early forcing to come in from end of January to early March. 
(3) Varieties for later forcing to come in from middle of March to early April. 
I®- For full descriptions see General List of Early Single Tulips, pages 72 to 74. 
per 100 per doz. 
s. d. 5. d 
Belle Alliance (2, 3), crimson- 
scarlet 10 6...1 6 
Couleur Cardinal(3), crimson- 
scarlet 8 6... I 3 
Due de Berlin (i), scarlet edged 
orange 9 6... I 4 
Due Van Thoi, scarlet 
edged yellow (I) 4 6 ..o 8 
„ scarlet (I) 7 6 -t 3 
,, yellow (I) 9 6. ..I 4 
„ rosy blush (i) 7 6...1 3 
,, orange (i), orange and red 
striped 5 6...0 lo 
,, white (i) 5 6...0 10 
,, purple-cerise edged 
white (i) 4 6...0 8 
The "Due van ThoV' Tulips are 
prized for their dainty little flowers. 
They are only suitable for pots; we 
do not recommend them for out-door 
culture. 
Duchesse de Parma (2, 3), 
scarlet and gold per 1000, 42/- 4 6 ..o 8 
Flamingo (2), rose shading to 
blush 21 0...3 o 
Golden Queen (2), yellow 10 6 ..i 6 
Joost van Voiidel (2, 3), rose- 
crimson flushed white 7 6...1 3 
per 100 per doz. 
s. d. s. d 
Joost van Vondel, white 
(2, 3) 12 6 ... I 9 
Keizerskroon (3), scarlet bor- 
dered yellow 5 6. -0 to 
La Reine (Queen Victoria) (2), 
white per 1000, 35/- 3 9...0 6 
Montresor (i), yellow 6 6...1 o 
Pottebakker white (r, 2, 3)... 7 6 ..i 3 
„ yellow(3) 9 6... I 4 
Primrose Queen (2), primrose- 
yellow 10 6... I 6 
Prince de Ligne (3), yellow ... 5 6...0 10 
Prince of Austria (2, 3), brick- 
red shaded buff-orange 6 6...1 o 
Proserpine (i), carmine-rose ... 12 6...1 9 
Rosamundi (2), pink and white 4 6...0 8 
Rose Grisdelin (2, 3), rose, 
flushed white 7 6 -.i 3 
Rose Luisante (3), rose 9 6...1 4 
Stanley (3), glowing rose 12 6...1 9 
Thomas Moore Improved 
(2), deep terra-cotta buff 5 0...0 9 
Vermilion Brilliant (i, 2, 3), 
scarlet 9 6...1 4 
White Swan (3), white 4 6...0 8 
White Falcon (3), white 9 6...1 4 
Yellow Prince (2), yellow 3 9...0 6 
BARR’S EARLY SINGLE TULIPS FOR BEDDING. 
Culture Outdoors. — Any ordinary garden soil enriched with old stable manure, with a sprinkling 
ot quicklime dug in while fresh, suits the Tulip. Planting out of doors should take place from October to 
November^ not earlier. On light soils the bulbs should be planted 4 5 ii^ches deep ; on heavy soils 3 to 
4 inches deep, Karly Single Tulips should not be planted two years running on the same piece of ground. 
Arrangement of Colours in Bedding. — The following varieties if bedded together produce charming 
effects: Princess AJarianne^ Ophir cCOr and Wouverman j Pottebakker White and Chrysolora ; Prince of 
Austria, President Pincoln Chrysolora ; Rose Grisdehn and Princess Marianne; Pottebakker Yellow 
and Thomas Aloore Improved ; Chrysolora and Dusart ; Princess Ida and Rosamundi; Duchesse de 
