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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1900. 
TULIPS (ENGLISH MAY-FLOWERING)— continued. 
inches apart, from the end of October to early in November, choosing a day when the ground is in nice 
friable condition ; avoid planting when the ground is wet. 
Hints to Exhibitors and Tulip Amateurs. — As the English Tulip often suffers much from hail 
and wind during Spring it is a good plan, when choice named sorts are grown, to erect over the bed 
a skeleton framework on which a covering of calico or white canvas is fastened in February or March, 
leaving the sides open until the buds show colour, when the covering may be brought down over the 
sides too. By this means hail, rain and very hot drying sun are kept off and the flowers open in all their 
purity, while the period of flowering is prolonged by some weeks. Most lovers of the English Tulip adopt 
some plan similar to the above, and the beauty of these lovely flowers is quite fascinating enough to repay 
the trouble of giving them this extra attention. 
BARR’S ENGLISH MAY-FLOWERING TULIPS. 
Bizarres, Bybloemen, and Roses. 
50 in 50 Beautiful Varieties ... 
25 in 25 ,, ,, 
12 in 12 ,, ,, 
... 32/-, 63/-, & 84/- 
... 10/6, 15/-, 21/-, & 42/- 
... 3/6, 5/6, 7/6, 12/6, & 21/- 
3 each 50 Exhibition Varieties from 
1 ,, 50 ,, ,, 
3 ,, 25 ,, ,, 
1 I, 25 ,, ,, 
3 » 12 ,, ,, 
1 ,, 12 
specially selected stocks 
£12. 12s, 
£5. 5s. 
£5. 5s. 
£2. 2s. 
£3. 3s. 
£1. 10s. 
Barr’s Choice Mixture of Beautiful English May-flowering Tulips, in great 
variety, comprising Bizarres, Bybloemens, and Roses. When massed in quantity 
in beds and borders these beautiful Tulips present a brilliant picture, resembling a richly s . d. 
coloured Persian carpet per 1000, 95 /-; per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. 1 6 
English Tulips, Bizarres mixed, very attractive in beds and borders 
per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2 3 
English Tulips, Bybloemen mixed, very attractive in beds and borders 
per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2 3 
English Tulips, Roses mixed, very beautiful in beds and borders. ..per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2 6 
English Tulip ‘Lord Denman,’ a grand variety for bedding and massing, 
large bold flowers, beautifully marked puce-purple on a clear white ground, very effective, 
handsome and free-flowering per 100, 10/6 ; per doz. I 6 
Explanation of the terms ‘Breeder’ and ‘Rectified.’ 
‘ Rectified ’ Tulips are those in which the original self-colour has changed, or, as it is termed by 
Tulip Amateurs, broken into a flamed or feathered variegation. 
‘ Breeder ’ Tulips are those with self-colours which have not yet changed from the original seedling 
stage, or, as Tulip Amateurs term it, broken into a variegation, but at any time they may become Rectified. 
‘ Extra Selected ’ are specially selected flowers of superior excellence in their markings. 
Those Varieties offered by the dozen make attractive beds, and are exceedingly effective when 
grouped and massed in the permanent Hardy Herbaceous Plant border. 
BIZARRES, RECTIFIED OR VARIEGATED. 
Colours — orange, scarlet, crimson, and many shades of black and brown on a lemon, deep yellow 
or golden-yellow ground, with a stainless yellow centre or base. 
each — s. d. 
Caliph, black on lemon, very decorative... o 4 
Colbert (Slater), chocolate on bright golden- 
yellow, dwarf and very showy, per doz. 5/6 o 6 
Dr. Colenso, rich orange on bright lemon, 
dwarf 1 o 
Dr. Hardy (Storer), beautifully marked, 
dark scarlet on bright orange-yellow, 
flowers of great substance and perfect form 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
„ extra selected strain 1 o 
Dr. Hutoheon, dark chocolate on yellow 1 o 
George Hayward, rich crimson-maroon 
on gold, large and handsome, a grand 
bedder per doz. 3/6 o 4 
James Wild, black on lemon, handsome o 9 
Lord Lilford, dark chocolate on yellow 
per doz. 2/6 o 3 
each— i. d. 
Lord Stanley, mahogany-crimson on 
yellow, short broad-petalled perfectly 
formed flower 1 o 
Masterpiece, black on yellow, per doz. 3/6 o 4 
selected fine feathered strain 1 o 
Pilot, deep brick-red on yellow, per doz. 2/6 o 3 
Richard Yates, scarlet-maroon on gold, 
very prettily marked flower o 6 
Samuel Barlow (Storer), glowing scarlet- 
crimson on glittering golden ground, of 
perfect form, extra fine 3 6 
Sir Joseph Paxton, handsome maroon- 
black on lemon per doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, extra fine flamed strain 1 o 
,, beautiful feathered strain 5 6 
Sulphur (Birtwistle), mahogany-brown on 
yellow, delightfully sweet-scented, doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, extra fine flamed strain 1 o 
,, extra fine feathered strain 1 6 
