Barr’s “Gold Medal” Daffodils. 
DAFFODILS are the most graceful and beautiful of all Hardy Spring F'lowers, and withstand 
uninjured our severest winters better than any other flow’er. The cut blooms are always acceptable, and 
are in abundance out of doors at a season when other flowers are scarce. They supplement and associate 
admirably with hot-house flowers, 
Wc have been awarded the highest prizes for Daffodils during the Spring of 1908, including 
the Midland Daffodil Society's GOLD MEDAL on April 29th, and Ten other GOLD and SILVER 
MEDALS in London and Provinces, also several First-Class Certificates and Awards of Merit for 
individual varieties. 
PRESS NOTICES OF BARR^S DAFFODILS. 
Extract from “ The Times ’’ of April 26th, 1906. 
A SURREY DAFFODIL GARDEN. 
“Outside Holland it would be difficult to find a display of daffodils — the most graceful and beautiful 
of all hardy spring flowers— to equal that which may be seen in Messrs. Barr & Sons’ gardens at 
Surbiton. The broad stretches of golden-yellow flowers, broken here and there by patches of the deep 
blue Muscari and hyacinths and tulips of many tints, make up a charming scene ; and lovers of flowers will 
find, in addition to the floral picture, a great deal to interest them in Messrs. Barr’s methods of treating 
the various sections and of developing new varieties. The narcissus fields contain a great number of types 
and species, and in the houses and selected spots devoted to the work of hybridising there are several fine 
seedlings, most of which are not yet named. At the head of the newest varieties the Peter Barr 
Narcissus stands first as the Jtnesl while trumpet daffodil in existence. It is a noble flower of beautiful 
symmetry and possesses handsome bluish green foliage. Peter Barr was placed on the market in 
7903, and even now the growers are asking ;^30 per bulb ; it has been raised from Monarch and 
Mauame PE Graaff, the latter being a grand and graceful flower whether seen in beds or naturalised in 
grass. Ariadne, one of the best of the Leedsii varieties, is a flower of refined beauty, having a white 
perianth and a saucer-shaped prettily frilled white cup ; and Alice Knights is the earliest of white 
trumpets with a frilled open mouth. IIULDA makes a handsome show, the flower grows 18 in. high, 
measures four inches acioss, and has a broad white perianth and a large soft primrose trumpet. King 
Alfred, too, is a bloom of large size and great substance, and has an open deeply frilled mouth, the 
colour being a rich gold. Perhaps the finest of all the Poeticus Narcissi is Cassandra, a beautifully 
shaped flower with a broad clear white perianth and a cup deeply edged with dark red ; and Katherine 
Spurrell may be classed as the most beautiful of the Leedsii section, having a broad white perianth with 
a cup of delicate canary colour. These flowers, and many others, like Weardale Perfection, 
Duchess of Westminster, Admiral Togo, a large flower with a golden trumpet and canary-yellow 
perianth, and Lucifer, Mars, and Vesuvius, of the Incomparabilis section, when seen either in the mass 
or singly, are pretty and interesting. There are also many delightful specimens among the smaller sorts, 
such as Queen of Spain, which is a soft clear yellow flower with a reflexed perianth. A still smaller 
flower, also with a reflexed perianth, is Narcissus cyclamineus. This beautiful little daffodil is a rich 
self-yellow and looks well in pots or on rockwork. And then there is the White Hoop Petticoat 
Narcissus, which is valuable for the same purposes. Visitors may wander at will through Messrs. 
Barr’s gardens.” 
Extract from " The Garden ” of April 28th, 1906. 
A SURREY BULB FARM. 
“In Messrs. Barr & Sons’ Nurseries at Surbiton, several acres are planted with Daffodils 
and Tulips, and at the present time the quarters devoted to these bulbs are masses of rich colouring and 
delicate greenery, making a spring picture that is worth journeying far to see. Many old favourite 
Daffodils are grown by the thousand, and it is chiefly to these and the Tulips that the Daffodil nurseries 
owe their beauty now. We were, however, more interested in the newer and choicer seedlings which are 
growing in open frames and other more or less sheltered quarters. Undoubtedly the most remarkable 
Daffodil we saw was Peier Barr, the finest and largest of white trumiiets. This variety is most 
vigorous ; one bulb often produces three, and not infrequently four, flowers. Lady Janet Jodrell is a 
charming Leedsii form with white perianth and cream-white cup. Mrs. Betteridge is a small jnire 
while trumpet having a beautifully frilled edge, very free and strong, with bluish foliage. C. IL Curtis 
will doubtless become a popular Daffodil ; it has a large, bold, canary-yellow trumpet and lighter perianth. 
Beacon is a charming Burbidgei form, with broad cream-white iierianth segments and orange-red cup, a 
most effective flower. Strongbow (Nelsoni), white perianth and rich yellow cup ; Hon. Mrs. Jocelyn, 
rich yellow Ajax ; Mrs. George Barr, a beautiful small white Ajax, the long, narrow trumpet being 
most distinct. We were shown numerous seedlings yet unnamed in great variety of form and colouring. 
Among some of the better-known and popular sorts growing in the open fields are Gloria Mundi, best 
of the red-cupped sorts ; Ariadne (Leedsii), remarkable for its broad cup ; Lord Robert.s, a glorified 
Emperor ; Lucifer, with rich orange cup ; Victoria, the finest trumpet for forcing ; Alice Knights, 
a white trumpet, and one of the very earliest Daffodils to flower ; and Leedsii White Lady, one of the 
freest flowering, five, six, and sometimes seven flowers being produced by one bulb. 
“ Those who would see all that is best among Daffodils, and in such quantities as to make the 
nursery a field of flowers, painting the brown land with gorgeous and delicate shades of colour, should go 
to Surbiton and see several acres of Barr’s Daffodils and Tulips.” 
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