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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 arc extremely hardy, and of easy culture, flowering freely in cither 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. Our large breadths of Tulips at the Surbiton Nurseries in Spring 
create much comment, and elicit the greatest admiration from all who see them. See Illustration on 
back cover. 
BARR’S EARLY SINGLE TULIPS. 
Plant from October to November. 
Those alone who have massed the different varieties of Single Tulips {flaniing the bulbs e^ inches 
apart) can form an idea of their great beauty and rich diversity in shade and colour, and the grand effect 
they produce grouped in flower beds or borders. The Single Tulip is extensively grown for indoor 
decoration (three or five bulbs in a pot) and cultivated in the same way as the Hyacinth for early 
flowering and succession. 
The varieties of the little early Due Van Thol Tulips (with exception of the scarlet, edged yellow 
variety, which flowers first) bloom together, and are of the same height, which renders them valuable for 
beds and borders, where a very early Spring display is required, also for early forcing with the Roman 
Hyacinth, etc. 
Hints as to the arrangement of Early Tulips in beds, etc. — A difficulty is often experienced by 
Amateurs in knowing what kind of Tulips to select to bed together, seeing that they are not all the same 
height, and that some are earlier in flower than others. For the assistance, therefore, of purchasers we 
have taken special observations at our Nurseries as to the heights and the order in which the Early Single 
and Double Tulips flower. 
The Heights we give in inches, and the order of flowering is indicated by (i), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 
after the name. It will be noticed that the Double Tulips generally are a little later flowering than the 
Singles. The difference in time of flowering between each number is not great, so that (i) and (2) may be 
bedded together, also (2) and (3), and so on. The varieties of Due Van Thol are not numbered, as they 
flower before any of the others. 
Arrangement of Colours in Bedding. — The following varieties if bedded together produce charming 
effects: Princess Marianne, Ophir d'Or and Wouverman ; Pottebakher White and Chrysotora ; Prince oj 
Austria, President Lincoln &r\iX Chrysotora; Pose Grisdelin and Princess Marianne; Pottebakker Yellow 
and Thomas Moore; Chrysotora and Dusarl ; Princess Ida and Rosamundi ; Duchesse de Parma and 
Fabiola ; Rosamundi and Rose Superbe ; Couleur Cardinal makes a grand show bedded by itself, but 
Snowdrift goes well with it ; Keizerskroon makes a fine bed with Queen Victoria as an outside border. 
SINGLE TULIPS SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 
For flowering at Christmas and early January. 
Due Van Thol varieties, Mon Trisor, Pottebakker White, Proserpine, and Vermilion Brilliant. 
For decoration from the end of January to early March. 
Duchesse de Parma, Joost Van Vondel, La Belle Alliance, Pottebakker White, Primrose Queen, Prince of 
Austria, Queen Victoria(La Reine), Rose Grisdelin, Thomas Moore, Vermilion Brilliant, and Yellow Prince. 
For later forcing, to come in from middle of March to early April. 
Couliur Cardinal, Duchesse de Parma, Joost Van Vondel, Keizerskroon, La Belle Alliance, Pottebakker 
White, Pottebakker Yellow, Prince of Austria, Prince de Ligne, Rosamundi, Rose Grisdelin, Rose 
Luisante, Rose Superbe, Vermilion Brilliant, While Swan, and White Hawk. 
I®" For general directions for treatment of bulbs in pots, seepage 1. 
Soil and Time of Planting. — Any ordinary garden soil enriched with old stable manure, with a 
sprinkling of quicklime dug in while fresh, suits the Tulip. I’lanting out of doors should take place from 
October to November, not earlier. The bulbs should be planted with their tops 4 in. deep. 
BARR’S SELECTED SINGLE TULIPS FOR BEDDING. 
Rich Scarlet 
Crimson-Scarlet ... 
Brilliant Deep Rose 
Dark Violet 
Suitable to plant separately or to bed together. 
per 1000 per loa 
s. d. s. d 
95 O...IO 6 
55 o... 6 6 
75 o... 8 6 
95 0...10 6 
per 1000 per loo 
s. d. s. d 
Scarlet Flushed and Margined 
Golden 50 0...5 6 
Rose-pink and White 40 o . 4 6 
Pure Yellow 40 0...4 6 
Pure White 60 0...6 6 
