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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 12, 1903. 
New Bulb Catalogues. 
The new bulb catalogues are now coming in fast, and each 
is well packed with all sorts of good things for the garden. 
The numerous illustrations should enable gardeners and 
amateurs to select many of the best things to be had in the 
way of bulbs. Though the species of Tulips may be old, and 
their date of introduction to this country antiquated, the re>- 
commencement of growth by bulbs in spring is always a cheer¬ 
ful sign of the return of spring and the near approach of 
summer. It behoves every gardener to be prepared in ad¬ 
vance if he wishes his garden to appear in: the finest form when 
spring comes. Wei can only note a few of the good catalogues 
which are now on our table, but wish we had more 
space to speak of them. 
The bulb catalogue of Messrs. Sut ton and Sons, Read¬ 
ing, appears between covers adorned with a beautiful 
Dutch picture, and with flowers in colours, of Irises, 
Narcissus, and Tulips. Tire illustrations are more 
numerous than ever, Hyacinths, Roman Hyacinths, 
Tulips, and Daffodils being represented in a great 
variety of form, and as grown in different receptacles 
for the adornment of houses, conservatories, and open 
garden. There are also beautiful illustrations of Lilies, 
Lily of the Valley, Freesias, Irises, Ixias, Lachemalias, 
Chionodoxas, etc. Beds on lawns surrounding dwell¬ 
ing houses are also well represented. A new feature of 
this edition is an eight-page essay on bulbs, which has 
been printed and inserted in. the front of the catalogue. 
Messrs. Barr and Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 
London, sent us two catalogues, one of which is their 
Gold Medal Daffodils. On turning to pages 11 to 14, 
wei find an enormous number of new varieties raised 
by themselves and others recorded and described. A 
large number of them are of Messrs. Barr’s own raising, 
including some magnificent varieties which received 
First-class Certificates and Awards of Merit during the 
past and present years. Full-page illustrations are 
also given of the magnificent new white trumpet Daf¬ 
fodil Peter Barr, also Duke of Bedford, Lucifer, and 
others. Practical notes on culture are given on pages 
3 to 5 of this catalogue, and also on page 1 of the 
General Bulb' Catalogue. Good pictures are also given 
in this catalogue, including a full-page illustration of 
Butterfly or Mariposa. Tulips ('Caloohortii, while many 
Irises, Frit ill arias, Lilies, and other bulbs are repre¬ 
sented by smaller illustrations. 
Messrs. James Carter and Co., High Holbom, 
London, send out. a very useful catalogue in stiff white 
pages, including many pictures of their bulbs grown 
in different, parts, and also in pots. Several varieties 
of Hyacinths, Daffodils, Anemones, and Cooa.de Ranun¬ 
culus are represented by coloured illustrations, and re¬ 
productions of photographs of Daffodils, Irises, Lilies, 
Gladioli and other things are veiy numerous. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, 
London, send out. a very useful catalogue in stiff white 
covers, ornamented with an. artistic picture of Lilium 
Henryi and Typlia angustifolia. They have also some 
pictures of plantations of bulbs at their Feltham Nurseries. 
Photographic reproductions of Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Crocuses, Gladioli, and Lilies are also well executed, and give 
the pages of the catalogue a bright appearance. One picture 
shows a group of retarded Lilies.. 
Messrs. E. Webb and Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge, send out 
a catalogue in stiff covers, ornamented with blue margins and 
the names printed in with gold and. blue lettering. The illus¬ 
trations are numerous, and many of them are of large size, 
including well-executed pictures of different varieties of 
Hyacinth, also Tulip® of various strains, single and double, 
together with Daffodils, Lilies, Ixias, Sparaxis, Tuberose, and 
other bulbs. Pictures are also given of their strains of Be¬ 
gonias and Gloxinia®. Cultural details and descriptions are 
also given with each different subject. 
Messrs. Dickson, Brown and Tait, 43 and 45, Corporation 
Street, Manchester, have also greatly improved their catalogue 
by the inclusion, of some well-executed pictures of Tulips at 
Phillips Park, Manchester, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Crocuses, Lily 
of the Valley, Crown Imperial. Several good illustrations are 
also given,, representing those plants and flowers that are 
usually forced in spring for the decoration of the conservatory 
and for the sake of cut flowers. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, London, N., send 
out a well-filled catalogue of bulbs, including some other sub¬ 
jects that, are used for forcing, as well as subjects that are now 
in season for planting. They also include a full-page' coloured 
illustration of a Tulip farm in Holland, with its characteristic 
windmill canals, Pollarded Willows, and regularly set out beds 
of Hyacinths and Tulips, on land’ as flat as a dining-table. 
Messrs. Dickson’s, Limited, Chester, send out an excellent 
catalogue of all the popular flowers used for spring bedding 
a® well a,si indoor decoration. The catalogue is supplied with 
a general index, and also detailed index of Narcissus,, the latter 
being accomplished t.oi meet a very general desire of their 
customers to facilitate ascertaining what varieties they cata¬ 
logue. The catalogue is adorned with some pictures of Lilies, 
Gladioli, Hyacinths on the grass, named Daffodils, and various 
other popular and useful subjects which almost, every garden 
requires. 
Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, florists to H.M. the King, 
also give a, picture of this flat country with the canal alongside 
