BARR &. SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Carden, London. 83 
COTTAGE TULIPS AND TULIP SPECIES— eon/iiiittd. 
* Persica (The Persian Tulip), 
several flowers borne on branched 
stems, inside brilliant yellow, outside 
golden bronze, very fragrant; dwarf 
habit, a gem for edgings and rock 
gardens, very free-flowering, ht. 3 in. 
per too. 25/- 
Picotee (r/«. Maiden’s Blush) 
(3), large white gracefully recurved 
petals, margined rose, very elegant, 
ht. 20 in.. ..per 1000, 42/- ; 100, 4/6 
Platysti£fma, a .shy bloomer ; 
we recommend in preference 
Cassandra. 
‘i’ Praecox (erroneously called 
Oculus Solis), crimson wi:h 
black centre 
# ,, Dammanni,brilli.ant scar- 
let, with large pointed black 
blotches in centre, ht. 17 in. 
'!> Prasstans, a fine species from 
Bokhara, with large bright orange- 
red flowers in April, sometimis 
4 or 5 on astern, ht. 14 in. Award 
OF Merit R.H.S., April 7th, 190.3 
Primrose Beauty (5), ele- 
gantly formed flower, opening a 
delicate soft primrose and passing 
off cream, sweetly scented, a good 
forcer, ht. 16 in per 100, 32/6 
“h Pulchella, charming little 
species from Asia Minor, produc- 
ing in April flowers ranging from 
brilliant glowing crimson- carmine 
to carmine-rose with blue centre ... 
Quaintness. See Novelty 
List, pa^e 8. 
Queen Alexandra (3), a 
very beautiful variety with goblet- 
shaped flowers of a soft delicate 
primrose shaded orange, anthers 
black, ht. 24 in per 100, 40/- 
Rainbow (3), a charming Tulip 
from Savoy, flowers deep carmine- 
rose, flushed salmon-orange, centre 
electric blue-green and yellow, ht. 
16 in per 100, 12/6 
Retroflexa (l), beautiful yellow 
flowers, petals elegantly recurved, 
ht- 17 iu_- per 100, 7/6 
Rosalind (5), beautiful clear 
cherry-rose, with clear white base, 
sweet-scented, ht. 21 in. 
per 1000, 30/- ; per 100, 3/6 
Rose Beauty (2), having hand- 
some 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 
Rose Doree. See Novelty 
List, pa^e 8. 
Rose Pompon (4), semi- 
double flowers speckled and flushed 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d 
3 6...0 4 
0 8... — 
2 6...0 3 
4 6...0 5 
10 6... I o 
4 6...0 5 
2 6...0 3 
5 6...0 6 
1 9...0 2 
I 3...0 2 
o 6... — 
15 0...1 6 
rose on a cream-coloured ground, 
ht. 19 in per too, 7/6 i 3...0 2 
Rosetta (4), fine globular flower, 
rich soft rose, occasionally flaked 
crimson and with slight salmon 
flush at margin, ht. 24 in. 
per 100, 15/- 2 3...0 3 
Royal Crown (2), large hand- 
some flower, rich scarlet, broadly 
margined bright yellow, veiy showy, 
ht. 17 in per 100, 10/6 
Ruby (3), flowers of a pretty dark 
ruby colour, with slight orange flush, 
ht. 23 in., (a striking effect can be 
obtained hy planting Kuby and 
Vtlellina together) per lOO, 6/6 
Salmon Prince. iVe Novelty 
List, page 8. 
‘ 1 ’ Saxatllls, a real gem, flowers 
delicate rose with large bright 
yellow centre, very beautiful. 
Award of Merit R.H.S.,ht. ii in. 
{Coloured Plate, price 6d.) 
per 100, 21/- 
Scarlet Emperor. See 
Novelty List, page 8. 
Shahzada (3), a long flower, 
rich blood-crimson with centre 
yellow margined dark bronze, ht. 
*9 in per 100, 1 $/- 
Snowdon (2), pure white, 
changing to silvery pink, of 
beautiful goblet form,ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 8/6 
<I> Spreng^erl, a beautiful and very 
showy speeies, and the latest of all 
Tulips to bloom ; the flowers are of 
a fiery orange-scarlet with golden 
anthers, ht. I.J ft. {Coloured Plate, 
price 6d.) per lOO, 30/- 
‘h Sid lata, a lovely little Hima- 
layan Tulip bearing elegant dainty 
flowers with a soft pale yellow 
interior and outside shaded rose ... 
4> Strangulata type (3), soft 
primrose-yellow, outer petals 
more or less faintly flushed 
rose, and centre sometimes 
having green and blackish 
markings, ht. 15 in. Collected 
in tlieVal d^ Ai no, per 100, 7/6 
„ maculata(3). soft primrose- 
yellow, occasionally flushed 
rose, with conspicuous black 
centre, very handsome, 
Award of Merit R.H.S., 
ht. 15 in per 100, 15/- 
‘h „ primulina(3), beautiful self 
soft primrose-yellow, ht. 15 in. 
'h ,, p I eta, primrose - yellow, 
shaded rose on outside petals, 
and with large greenish-black 
centre, pretty, ht. 15 in. 
per 100, 10/6 
Striped Beauty (5), rose, 
flaked deep crimson and white, large 
and showy, ht. 20 in. Floral 
Certificate R.B.S., per 100, 17/6 
Sunset (2), golden-yellow deve- 
loping to a fiery red, flushed yellow, 
large and very showy, ht. 13 in. 
per ICO, 25/- 
Sweet Nancy (3), white p.ass- 
ing to Silvery pink, blue base and 
violet anthers, ht. iS in. , per 100, 7/6 
per doz. each 
r. d. s. d 
I 6...0 2 
1 O... — 
3 0...0 4 
2 3--0 3 
I 3...0 2 
7 0...0 8 
5 6...0 6 
1 3...0 2 
2 3...0 3 
5 6...0 6 
1 6...0 2 
2 6...0 3 
3 6-0 4 
1 3...0 2 
