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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1913. 
COTTAGE TULIPS AND TULIP SPEC\ES—coit/i>iued. 
Queen Alexandra. (3), a very beautiful variety with goblet-shaped flowers of a soft 
delicate primrose shaded orange, anthers black, ht. 24 in per too, 6/6 
Retroflexa (i), flowers light yellow, petals elegantly recurved (not a free bloomer), 
ht. 17 in per 100, 7/6 
Retroflexa superba, a handsome new variety which may be described as an 
improved Retroflexa, having light canary-yellow flowers with prettily recurved petals, 
ht. 20 in per too, 21/- 
Rosalind (5), beautiful clear cherry-rose, with clear white base, sweet-scented, 
ht. 21 in per looo, 45/- ; per too, $/- 
Rose Beauty (2), having handsome 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 too, 21/- 
Rose Pompon (4), semi-double flowers speckled and flushed rose on a cream- 
coloured ground, ht. 19 in per too, 6/6 
Rosetta (4), fine globular flower, pretty solferino-rose, occasionally flaked crimson, 
centre clear white, ht. 24 in per too, 5/6 
Royal Crown (2), large handsome showy flower, rich scarlet, broadly margined 
bright yellow, very showy, ht. 17 in per 100, 5/6 
Salmon Prince (4), a very beautiful Tulip W'ith fine globular flowers, orange-rose 
flushed bright yellow at margin, inside Persian yellow shading to orange-scarlet, centre 
golden, very showy, ht. 24 in per too, 21/- 
4 > Saxatilis (i), a real gem, flowers delicate rose with large bright yellow centre, very 
beautiful, ht. 8 in. Award of Merit R.H.S per 100, 15/- 
Scarlet Emperor (3), a grand border Tulip with very large bold flowers of a 
brilliant glowing scarlet, with rich clear yellow centre and black anthers, ht. 24 in. 
First-Class Certificate K.H.S per 100, 48/- 
Scarlet Mammoth (3), a grand bedding Tulip with large square-shaped flowers 
of a dazzling scarlet-crimson, ht. 16 in per lOO, 10/6 
Shahzada (3), a long flower, rich blood-crimson with centre yellow margined dark 
bronze, ht. 19 in 
Snowdon (2), pure white, changing to silvery pink, of beautiful goblet form, ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 6/6 
4 > 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.J- ft 
d* Strangfulata (i), a beautiful Tulip from the Val d’Arno, varying from soft primrose 
to primrose-yellow, more or less flushed rose, and generally having a blackish centre, 
ht. 15 in. A^vard of Merit R.H.S per 100, 5/6 
Strangulata “Primrose Gem” (i), beautiful soft primrose-yellow, a lovely 
bedder, ht. 15 inches per 100, 7/6 
Strangulata rubra (i), a very handsome variety, flowers mahogany-red shaded 
primrose-yellow, ht. 15 in. ; a fine bedder per 100, 21/- 
Striped Beauty (syn. Summer Beauty) (3), rose, flaked deep crimson and white, 
large and showy, ht. 20 in. Floral Certificate R.B.S per 100, 12/6 
Sunlight (4), a fine new Tulip, and one of the most brilliantly coloured ; the flowers 
are of elegant form, of medium size, intense geranium-scarlet with a glossy texture and 
well-defined black centre margined yellow, ht. 22 in per 100, 10/6 
Sunset (2), golden-yellow developing to a fiery red, flushed yellow, large and very 
showy, ht. 13 in per 100, 21/- 
Sweet Nancy (3), white passing to silvery pink, blue base and violet anthers, slightly 
fragrant, ht. 18 in per 100, 6/6 
4 > Sylvestris (syii. florentina) (l). Sweet-scented Wild English Yellow Tulip, 
suitable for naturalising, ht. 18 in. This Tulip requires to be established in one’s 
garden before blooming freely Crop failed 
<1> „ major (i), a robust-growing variety with larger flowers than the above and a much 
freer bloomer per lOO, 55/- 
The Fawn (4), long egg-shaped flower opening a rosy fawn and turning to blush-rose 
flushed white, centre rayed canary-yellow, beautiful, ht. 21 in. Award of Merit 
R.H.S per 100, 17/6 
The Moor (6), deep crimson-red with well-defined black centre, margined yellow, fine 
handsome flower, ht. 18 in per 100, 7/6 
Torch (3), fine globular flowers finely speckled, and more or less flaked rich rosy 
scarlet on a golden ground, very handsome, ht. 16 in per lOO, 16/6 
1 > Tubergeniana, a handsome new species from Bokhara, bearing about the middle 
of May very large handsome flowers opening out to a width of 8 to 10 inches, with 
reflexing petals, brilliant vermilion with dark blotches at base, ht. 20 in. Award 
OF Merit R.H.S 
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