BARR & SONS, 11 , 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 75 
Barr’S Famous Tulips 
Have received the following High Awards : 
Nine Gold Medals by the Royal National Tulip Society, 
Two Gold Medals, Royal Horticultural Society, 1914, 
Two Gold Medals, Royal Horticultural Society, 1915. 
Silver-Gilt Cup at the Great Chelsea Show, May I8th, 1915. 
Tulips are extremely hardy, and of easy culture, flowering 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, Chionodoxas, 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. At the Kinemacolor Theatre, 
London, views of our Tulip fields at Taplow, and also individual flowers, in natural colours, 
have recently been one of the features of the programme. 
Early Single Tulips recommended for Forcing. 
For full descriptions see General List of Early Single Tulips, pages to 79. 
When forced the colours generally come softer. 
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. We indicate by numbers in brackets the varieties 
most suitable for earliest and later forcing. The “ Due van Thol " Tulips are prized for their 
dainty little flowers but are only suitable for pots. They are remarkably early and can easily be brought 
into bloom before Christmas. 
(1) 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. 
per 100 per doz. 
s. d. s. d 
Belle Alliance (2, 3) 7 6...1 3 
Brilliant Star(i) 25 0...3 6 
Couleur Cardinal (3) 10 6...1 6 
Due Van Thol, scarlet (1)... 8 6...1 3 
,, scarlet, 
edged yellow (1) 6 6...1 o 
,, Cochineal (1), rich ver- 
milion, the earliest of all 12 6...1 9 
„ yellow (1) 9 6 . ,.i 4 
„ rosy blush (1) 7 6...1 3 
,, orange (1), orange and red 
striped 10 6...I 6 
„ white (1) 7 6... 1 3 
„ purple -cerise edged 
white (1) 6 6... I o 
Duchesse de Parma (2, 3) 7 6...1 3 
Etheldreda (2, 3) 21 0...3 o 
Flamingo (2) 21 0...3 o 
Golden Queen (2) 15 o ..2 3 
Joost van Vondel (2, 3) 10 6...1 6 
„ „ ,, white (2, 3) 17 6. . 2 6 
Keizerskroon (3) 10 6...1 6 
King of Yellows (2, 3) 9 6...1 4 
per xoo per doz. 
s. d. s. d 
La Reine (Queen Victoria) (2) 
per iooo, 45/- 5 0...0 9 
La Riante (i, 2) 17 6. ..2 6 
Montresor (1) 10 0...1 6 
Pottebakker white (t, 2, 3)... 12 6...1 9 
,, yellow, recommended instead 
Golden Queen. 
Primrose Queen (2) 10 6...1 6 
Prince de Ligne (1, 2, 3) ... 8 6...1 3 
Prince of Austria (2, 3) 8 6...1 3 
Princess Helene (2) 12 6...1 9 
Proserpine (1) 15 0...2 3 
Queen of the Nether- 
lands (1) 10 6... 1 6 
Rosamundi (2) 6 6...1 o 
Rose Grisdelin (2,3) 6 6...1 o 
Rose Luisante (3) 12 6...I 9 
Sparkler (2) 8 6...1 3 
Thomas Moore Improved 
(1) per 1000, 60/- 6 6... 1 o 
Vermilion Brilliant (1, 2, 3) 12 6. 1 9 
White Falcon (3) 12 6...1 9 
Yellow Prince (2, 3) 
per iooo, 60/- 6 6...1 o 
