December 18, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
243 
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE OF 
BARR’S B = UL DAFFODILS 
“Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty.”— Shakespeare. 
BARR’S HARDY DAFFODILS 
Arc acknowledged; to be the fairest among the forcers of Spring, and form a new and popular feature in Spring 
Gardening. They, have been awarded at different times many medals—gold, silver and bronze—besides many 
prizes and certificates, by the Royal Horticultural Society, Royal Botanic Society, Crystal Palace Company, etc., 
at their London Spring Shoves, where they have always formed the great centre of attraction. 
ALL AT CREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 
TRUMPET DAFFODILS. 
Per 100. Doz. 
LARGE YELLOW HOOP PETTICOAT, s. d. s. d. 
very beautiful.S 6 10 
ABSCISSUS, petals sulphur-yellow, long 
narrow trumpet . 2 0 
MINIMUS, the smallest of all Daffodils, 
petals and trumpet yellow, collected roots ... 3 0 
OBVALLARIS (Tenby Daffodil), very early 
flowering, uniform yellow petals and 
trumpet. 8 6 16 
extra-sized bulbs 12 0 2 0 
SPURIUS, rich full yellow petals and 
trumpet, large-flowered . 10 0 2 0 
VARIFORMIS (Parkinson), a beautiful 
species, petals ranging from white to Prim¬ 
rose, and trumpet from sulphur to deep 
yellow, brim elegantly recurved. 5 6 
TELAMONIUS PLENUS, strong-flowering 
bulbs of the large double Daffodil. 5 6 10 
very large bulbs 7 6 13 
Each, 
s. d. 
0 3 
0 3 
0 3 
0 0 
CHALICE CUP-SHAPED GREAT JIOHSUCH 
daffodils. 
CONCOLOR, petals and cup yellow, large 
flower.15 0 
EDWARD HART, petals and cup full deep 
yellow.. ... 21 0 
FRANK MILES, very large yellow petals 
and cup. 21 0 
FIGARO, large yellow petals, large spread¬ 
ing orange-scarlet stained cup . 21 0 
FAIRY, yellow petals, cup elegantly edged 
orange.S 6 
GLOW, yellow petals, cup margined orange 5 6 
SUNLIGHT, yellow petals, cup stained 
orange.7 6 
SULPHUREUS, sulphur petals, cup yellow 7 6 
ASTRfEA, sulphur petals, yellow cup ... 5 6 
JOHN BULL, sulphur petals, cup yellow, 
large and spreading. 21 0 
LONGSHANKS, sulphur petals, large yel¬ 
low cup. 
SANCHO, sulphur petals, yellow cup, 
tinged orange.7 0 
ALBIDUS, sulphur-white petals, yelloweup 7 6 
ANNIE BADEN, sulphur petals, brim of 
cup stained orange, and elegantly con¬ 
tracted .15 0 
PERICLES, starry primrose petals, pale 
yellow cup . 
STELLA, large white petals, large yellow 
cup . 10 6 
2 0 0 3 
3 6 0 4 
3 0 0 4 
3 6 0 4 
1 6 
1 0 
1 3 
1 3 
1 0 
3 6 0 4 
2 6 0 3 
1 3 
1 3 
2 6 0 3 
3 6 0 4 
1 6 
BARR'S HYBRID DAFFODILS. 
Per 100. Doz. 
s. cl. s. cl. 
GOLDEN MARY, yellow petals and cup ... 3 6 0 9 
BARRI SULPHUREUS, primrose petals, 
yellow cup .io 6 1 6 
ADA, sulphur-white petals, yellow cup ... 10 6 10 
BEATRICE MURRAY, petals creamy 
white, cup canary, edged orange, very 
beautiful . 4 6 
JOHN STEVENSON, sulphur-white petals, 
large spreading yellow cup. 4 6 
EUCHARIS-FLOWEFED DAFFODILS. 
DUCHESS OF BRABANT, white petals, 
canary cup . 3 6 
IANTHE, white petals, canary-yellow cup ... 7 6 
JOFQUIL-LIKE DAFFODILS. 
ODORUS, large, self-yellow, handsome 
Jonquil, with six-lobed cup. 7 6 13 
,, CAMPERNELLI, petals and cup full 
yellow ... 4 6 10 
,, RUGULOSUS, large self-yellow, hand¬ 
some Jonquil, with straight cup .. 3 6 0 9 
BUFBIDGE'S DAFFODILS. 
BURBIDGE'S BOZ, the yellow Poet’s 
Daffodil. 2 6 
,, DANDY, white petals, yellow plaited 
cup. 15 0 2 6 
,, ETHEL, the Primrose Poet’s Daffodil ... 5 6 
,, LITTLE JOHN, petals cream, passing 
to white, small yellow plaited cup. 4 6 
,, MARY, petals white, large suffused 
orange cup . 15 0 2 6 
,, ROBIN HOOD, petals white, cup 
lemon, stained orange. 3 6 
,, SULPHUR STAR, petals sulphury 
white, cup canary, edged with orange ... 3 6 
POET’S-FLOWERED DAFFODILS. 
POETICUS ORXATUS, the broad-petalled 
Poet’s early-flowering Daffodil, beau¬ 
tiful .S 6 16 
,, OF GARDENS, large white petals, 
orange-rimmed cup . 3 6 0 9 
„ MAJALIS, petals pure white, well- 
formed, and generally flat, cup edged 
saffron, leaves erect . 3 G 0 9 
GARDENIA - FLOWERED DOUBLE 
WHITE DAFFODIL .5 6 10 
THE TRIPLE-GASHED DAFFODIL ... 10 6 1 6 
GRACILIS, a graceful yellow May-flowering 
Daffodil. 2 6 
Each, 
s. d. 
0 6 
0 6 
0 4 
0 9 
0 3 
0 6 
0 6 
0 3 
0 4 
0 4 
0 3 
DAFFODILS, CHOICE MIXED, for naturalisation in shrubberies, woodland walks, &c., and for cutting 
from, per 1000, 30s. ; per 100, 4s. 
DAFFODILS, FINE MIXED, for naturalisation in wild gardens, &c., per 1,000, 21s. ; per 100, 3s. 
CHEAT NONSUCH DAFFODILS, mixed yellow varieties, for planting in beds or in grass. 
BUNCH-FLOWEEED DAFFODILS (Polyanthus Narcissi), mixed varieties. As cut flowers these are 
greatly in demand for beds and borders, per 100, 7s. 6 d. ; per doz., Is..6$. 
Clearance List of other Spring-flowering Bulbs free on application. 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 
Just Published. 
O UR SPECIAL IPJS LIST, No. 85, con- 
taining all that is best ami most beautiful, offering great 
advantages to the purchasers. — NEW PLANT & BULB COM¬ 
PANY, Lion Walk, Colchester. 
pIIOICE HARDY IRISH XMAS FERNS. 
V 1 — 24 large-rooted species for 3s. 6 d. , free ; 50 for 5s. 6 d. 
12 species rare evergreen Alpine flowering Plants for 2s. 0'i., free. 
12 Trumpet Daffodil Bulbs for Is. 6 d. Eighteen-page List on the 
Ferns and Flora of Ireland for 2d. — O’KELLY, Botanist, Gleuarra 
House, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. 
Roses I Roses I! Roses 11! 
PLANT EARLY. 
T HE FINEST DWARF PLANTS ever 
sent out of all the leading exhibition varieties, at 6 s. per 
dozen, package included. Special prices for quantities. List 
upon application. — A. U. GORRINGE, 75, Terminus Road, 
Eastbourne, Sussex. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Dec. 20th. —Sale of Roses, Fruit Trees, &c., at 
Stevens' Rooms. 
Tuesday, Dec. 21st.—Special Sale of Orchids in Flower at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, Dec. 22nd.—Sales of L. auratum Bulbs, Plants, 
Shrubs, &c., at Stevens’ and Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, Dec. 23rd.—Sale of New and Rare Orchids at Stevens 
Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PACE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 247 
Angraeeum eburneum .... 253 
Angrseeum Leonis. 252 
Carnations at Tring Park.. 252 
Celery, prize . 251 
Chinese Primulas . 245 
Christmas Roses. 245 
C. M. Hovey. 246 
Coryanthes speciosa. 253 
Dahlias, classification of.. 252 
Floriculture. 253 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 252 
Gaultheria procumbens .. 251 
Glangwna gardens. 246 
Greaves, the. 24S 
Holly and Mist.leto . 248 
Holmes,Mr., presentation to 244 
PAGE 
Horticultural Societies.... 253 
“ Jubilee ” flower cup _251 
Manures . 243 
“ Makart ” Bouquets _ 249 
Oakleigh, Burnley. 246 
Oncidium Jonesianum .... 253 
Orchids, syringing. 252 
Passiflora Raddiana .252 
Peas, notes on. 250 
Pink, Lord Lyon . 253 
Potato tercentenary. 250 
Potatos, Sutton's Seedling, 
&c. 251 
Railway Rates . 251 
Schizostylis coccinea .... 252 
Scottish Gardening . 247 
Shelter Caves for plants .. 251 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1886. 
Manures on the Farm and in the Garden.— 
The recent onslaught on the agricultural 
chemist made hy Mr. Clare Sewell Read, the 
well-known and eminent Norfolk farmer, al¬ 
though assumedly not seriously meant, yet it 
is certain had a purpose, and that purpose was 
to attract public attention to the value or other¬ 
wise of artificial manures. Mr. Read obtained 
a smart and able reply from Dr. Voelker, -who 
is so well qualified to expound the value of 
chemistry in relation to the practice of agri¬ 
culture. But it must he admitted that in 
comparison with the very non-scientific agri¬ 
culture of our fathers, the practice of to-day is 
very much less profitable, and the occupation of 
farming seems to be fast going to the dogs. If 
we were to aver that agricultural chemistry 
was the cause of this depression or failure, we 
should aver that which is clearly incorrect. 
On the other hand, there remains the un¬ 
doubted fact that chemistry has done nothing to 
prevent agriculture from failing ; and although 
it may not be the fault of chemistry in any 
way, yet it does not redound to its credit. 
It is instructive to learn now that not a few 
agriculturalists are regarding higher scientific 
education as the one thing alone capable of 
