BARR’S New Seedling Daffodils, 1905. 
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Barr’s New Seedling Daffodils 
FOR 1905, 
Including several which are offered for the first time. 
The following list of Daffodils includes the best of the new seedlings recently raised by ourselves 
and others, and purchasers cannot fail to be pleased with them. In point of quality they all rank 
high, while a robust healthy constitution renders them additionally valuable. They will well repay a 
£001/ (ulture by the size and beauty of their flowers. 
SvS" Where we have a record, we give in inches the heights as registered at our Ditton Hill Nurseries. 
The relative qualities as we judge them we have indicated by xx, xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, the highest 
quality flower being given the most marks. • 
PETER BARR, 
THE KING OF WHITE TRUMPET DAFFODILS, XXXXX. 
Awarded First-Class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society, April 8th, 1902. First-Class Certlllcate, 
Cornwall Daffodil Society, March 31st, 1903. Awards of Merit by the Devon Daffodil Society, April 12th, 
1904, and the Royal Botanic Society of London, April 13th, 1904. 
This is without doubt the King of White Trumpet Daffodils. The flower is large and 
bold, of beautiful symmetry and fine substance, with pure white campanulate perianth and 
large handsome white trumpet of elegant outline. It is a strong grower and free bloomer, 
with handsome deep bluish green foliage. Narcissus Peter Barr was raised at our Ditton Hill 
Nurseries, and was offered for the first time in 1903. £42 each. See Illusiraiion, page 9. 
Extract from “ Gardener’s Chronicle,” May 3rd, 1902. 
“ Peter Barr is not the only white Ajax or large trumpet variety that has been raised, but it is 
certainly the best and inudi the best. ... In colour the flower is described as white, but it snust be 
understood that by this is not meant the pure white which is seen in Narci.ssus I’octicus. No trumpet 
Daffodil is yet so pure, but Peter Harr is the very palest sulphur-white, the perianth being a shade purer 
than the trumpet, and the whole whiter than any existing Ajax variety. It is said to have been raised 
from Monarch and Madame De Graaff, and will be a fitting memorial of a man whose life has been spent 
in developing and popularising the Daffodil. It blooms a day or two later than mid-season.” 
each. 
ADMIRAL MAKAROFF (Trumpet DafToclil), xxx, new 1905, fine large bold C e. d 
flower of Emperor type ; perianth primrose, broad, smooth and imbricated, trumpet 
straight, soft yellow, very handsome, ht. 20 in I I o 
AGNES HARVEY (Leeds!!) (4), xxxxx, new 1902, a beautiful new seedling, having 
Triandrus blood in it, perianth pure white, cup of exquisite form, pure white sometimes 
flushed soft apricot, one to three blooms on a stem, slightly drooping, very beautiful, ht. 13 in. 
Award of Merit R.H.S., 1902 , and Piymouth, April 12 th, 1904 i 10 o 
ALICE KNIGHTS (Trumpet Daffodil) (l), xxxx, raised at our Ditton mil 
Nurseries, the earliest of white Trumpet Daffodils and a beautiful flower ; perianth 
white, trumpet creamy white of elegant form with prettily frilled open mouth ; the whole 
flower is of great substance and lasts well, whether cut or on the plant; of good constitution 
and a free bloomer, ht. 12 in. Award of Merit R.H.S., April 11 th, 1905 3 3 o 
AMAZON (Leeds!!) xxxx, a rem.arkably handsome flower of fine form and great 
substance, perianth pure white, cup canary, a strong grower and free bloomer often coming 
with two flowers 076 
APRICOT PH(£NIX (Double Incomparabllts) (3), xxxxx, new 1905, a great 
acquisition to the Double Rose-shaped Daffodils ; the flowers arc large and of great beauty, 
being fully double with a creamy white perianth and a pretty apricot-buff centre 990 
ARIADNE (Leeds!!) (3), xxxx, a flower of refined beauty and the admiration of .all ryho 
have seen it ; perianth white, cup ivory-white, very large, saucer-shaped, wide and spreading, 
prettily frilled at margin, a striking flower, lasting long in bloom, ht. 15 in. Award 
of Merit Birmingham, 1902 ; Truro, April 8th, 1904 ; Plymouth, April 12 th, 1904 ; 
R.H.S., March 28 th, 1905 . ( 5 <re illustration, page 10) per doz. 84/- 076 
ATALANTA (Trumpet Daffodil), xxxx, new 1904, broad pure white perianth, 
trumpet cream, prettily fluted, a very elegant flower of fine substance 15 ° ° 
AVALANCHE (Trumpet Daffodil), xxxx, new 1904, perianth snow-white, broad, 
plicate, and campanulate, long straight pure white trumpet, very elegant 20 o o 
BEACON (Burbldgel) (3), xxx, broad circular creamy white perianth, cup brilliant fiery 
red, very striking and beautiful. First-Class Certificate R.H.S o 15 o 
BLOOD ORANGE (Burbld£el), xxx, broad creamy perianth, cup brilliant orange-red, 
very showy ° 0 6 
CALPURNIA (Trumpet Daffodil) (4), xxxx, new 1903, raised at our Ditton Hill 
Nurseries, white campanulate perianth, and long, straight, elegant trumpet of a soft primrose 
shade, very beautiful 4 4 ° 
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