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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1936. 
Barr’s May-flowering Darwin Tulips. 
Awarded Twenty-Nine Gold Medals and Seven Silver and Silver-Gilt Cups 
by the Royal Horticultural Society and the National Tulip Society. 
Including Gold Medal at the Great Chelsea Show 1936. 
The large breadths of these grand Darwin Tulips at our Nurseries present in May 
a gorgeous sight and 
DARWIN TULIPS. 
attract many visitors. 
For flower beds and borders we specially 
recommend these Darwin Tulips for their stately 
bearing and rich colours. The varieties offered 
have been carefully selected as being distinct, 
showy, and beautiful, so that customers need have 
no hesitation in choosing the colours they require, 
as all are good. The cut flowers form an elegant 
decoration for vases, and last a long time in water. 
Darwin Tulips may be successfully grown in large 
bowls, etc., in our Peat-fibre Mixture, for decoration 
indoors (Cultural Directions, page 3). 
®si“ On heavy soils the bulbs should be 
planted 5 to 6 inches deep, and on light soils 6 
to 7 inches. October and November are the best 
months for planting Tulips. 
By gentle forcing in pots these grand 
Tulips may be had in bloom by the middle of 
March or earlier. The best varieties for this 
purpose we have indicated by an *. 
In most cases we give the heights as recorded 
at our Nurseries. The relative time of flowering 
of the different varieties out of doors we have 
denoted by means of numbers after the names 
(1) being the earliest, (7) being the latest. 
Coloured plate of 18 beautiful May-flowering 
Tulips, post free for 4d. 
DARWIN TULIPS for FLOWER BEDS and BORDERS 
in specially selected colours. 
The following Darwin Tulips we have specially selected as being the best for bedding together or 
alone. They have well-formed flowers of distinct and beautiful colours, and will be found of great value 
in carrying out colour schemes in the flower border. 
100. do*. 
Cochineal-Rose. 16/- 2/4 
Vermilion-Scarlet. 18/6 2/8 
Garnet or Ruby-Red. 21/- 3/- 
Deep Crimson. 18/6 2/8 
Rose. 15/- 2/3 
Delicate Rose. 12/6 1/9 
100. doz. 
Shell-Pink...16/- 2/4 
Blue-Mauve.20/- 2/9 
Heliotrope or Lavender.15/- 2/3 
. Violet-Purple. 22/6 3/3 
Maroon-Black . 16/- 2/4 
Pure White.25/- 3/6 
Selections of Splendid 
5 each of 50 beautiful varieties ... 55/- 
3 „ 50 „ „ ... 33/- 
5 ,, 25 ,, )• ... 26/— 
Named Darwin Tulips. 
3 each of 25 beautiful varieties ... 16/— 
5 „ 12 „ „ 11/- & 14/— 
3 „ 12 „ „ 6/6 & 81- 
Barr’s Extra Choice Mixture of Darwin Tulips, in various brilliant colours, produc¬ 
ing a grand effect when grouped in the herbaceous border or filling beds on lawns, etc.; their 
stately bearing and rich self colours will be greatly appreciated. 
per 1,000, 115/-, per 100, 12/6, per doz. 1/9 
