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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1916. 
Barr’s Famous Tulips 
Have received the following High Awards : 
Nine Gold Medals by the Royal National Tulip Society, 
Four Gold Medals and Silver-Gilt Cup by the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Tulips are extremely hardy, and of easy culture, flowering freely in either 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. Charming effects 
may be obtained by associating with the Tulip, crimson, yellow and white Polyanthus 
Primroses (see page 6), blue Forget»me=not (see page 6), and purple, lavender, white, 
and yellow Violas (see page 6), etc. The large breadths of Darwin and Cottage 
Tulips in bloom at our Nurseries in Spring are a sight worth seeing, and attract 
a great many visitors. At the Kinemacolor Theatre, London, views of our Tulip fields at 
Taplow, and also individual flowers, in natural colours, have recently been one of the features 
of the programme. 
Owing io the total prohibition of Dutch bulb imports we have this season to rely entirely 
upon our own country's supply of Tulips. In the case of the Early Single and Double Tulips 
the home supplies arc small and prices are consequently higher this year than last. Of some 
sorts there are no supplies available. IVe would urge prospective buyers to send in their orders 
early , as the small supplies in hand will soon be exhausted. 
Early Single Tulips — British-grown Bulbs. 
Culture Outdoors. — Any ordinary garden soil enriched with old stable manure, with a sprinkling 
of quicklime dug in while fresh, suits the Tulip. Planting out of doors should take place from October to 
November , not earlier. On light soils the bulbs should be planted 4 to 5 inches deep ; on heavy soils 3 to 
4 inches deep. Early Single Tulips should not be planted two years running on the same piece of ground. 
Time of Flowering.— The order of flowering is indicated by (1), (2I, (3), (4), or (5) after the name. 
The difference in lime of flowering between each number is not great, so that (1) and (2) may be bedded 
together, also (2) and (3), and so on. 
Collections of Early Single Tulips for Pots and Selected Flower Borders. . 
s. d 
10 each 15 fine distinct varieties 18 6 
5 each 15 ,, „ ,, 9 6 
3 each 15 „ ,, „ 6 o 
3 each 10 „ ,, ,, 40 
per too per do z. 
s. ti. s. ft 
Artus (2), bright deep scarlet, showy , ht. 9 in 8 6... I 3 
Bacchus (l), rich dark crimson, ht. 10 in 8 6...1 3 
Brilliant Star (1), flowers rich dazzling scarlet with large yellow centre marked black, 
a valuable forcer, ht. 12 in — ...3 6 
Brunehilde (syn. L’Unique) (1), a lovely variety , very large bold flower with broad 
petals, white, flushed soft yellow, ht. 11 in., scarce. Award of Merit R.H.S. each 8rf. — ...7 6 
Chrysolora (1), pure yellow, handsome, ht. 12 in 15 0...2 3 
City of Haarlem (4), a fine luge handsome flower, rich crimson-scarlet, of erect 
habit, a grand bedder, ht. 15 in 7 6... I 3 
Cottage Maid (3), beautiful rose, with white flush, ht. 9 in 12 6...1 9 
Couleur Cardinal (4), a grand bedding Tulip, of fine erect habit, and flowers of a 
very rich crimson-scarlet, with a plum-crimson shading on outer petals, ht. 1 1 in. 
Award of Merit R.H.S 21 0...3 o 
Cramoise Brilliant (syn. Sparkler) (3), a very elegant flower of a rich glowing 
scarlet, producing a brilliant effect in flower beds and borders, ht. 13 in 21 0...3 o 
Duchesse de Parma(3), bright scarlet, margined and flushed gold, a showy handsome 
variety, ht. II in 18 6.. .2 S 
Eleonora (3), a handsome showy variety, flower large, brilliant crimson-cerise, shading to 
silvery white at margin, ht. 14 in., fine for bedding by itself 21 0...3 o 
Golden Queen (1), beautiful bright yellow, very large handsome globular flowers, 
hi. 15 in., the finest yellow bedding Tulip and agood forcer. Award of Mf.rit R.H.S. 25 0...3 6 
Hector (3), a grand exhibition flower, soft orange-red, bordered yellow, large and hand- 
some, ht. 12 in 25 0...3 6 
