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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 30, 1908. 
Messrs. Barr and Sons’ Bulbs. 
On the 12th inst. we paid a visit to the 
nurseries of Messrs. Barr and Sons, King 
Street, Covent Garden, London. Their 
nurseries are situated at Long Ditton, 
Surrey, where we have been accustomed 
to pay them visits during the year, but 
particularly during Daffodil time. On 
this occasion our visit was more than a 
month later than the average date for in¬ 
specting the Daffodils at these nurseries. 
Owing to the weather, they had hung back 
until finer weather, when they came on 
with a rush, and the scr.^o. was soon over. 
We expected to see the early flowering 
Tulips with the Daffodils, but on this oc¬ 
casion the Daffodils, early Tulips, and 
May Tulips were practically, in bloom to¬ 
gether. The May flowering varieties 
were, of course, not all at their best, but 
sufficiently advanced for inspection. 
Daffodils. 
New varieties continue to be raised 
every year by Messrs. Barr and Sons, and 
a good many of these were in bloom, but 
as they are only yet under number, we did 
not make any notes of them. Most likely 
many of them will come prominently be¬ 
fore our notice before this time next year. 
A very handsome trumpet Daffodil was 
George Philip Haydon, with broad light 
yellow segments and a huge golden-yel¬ 
low trumpet, widely rolled back, and 
lobed at the mouth. A charming; white 
trumpet Daffodil is Isolde, with white seg¬ 
ments and a huge lemon-yellow trumpet. 
Both of these are new varieties. Another 
new one was named E. H. Jenkins, with 
creamy white segments and a long, soft 
yellow, funnel-shaped trumpet. Mme. 
de Graaff was still blooming, and the 
same might be said of Peter Barr, both of 
these being renowned in the section for 
white trumpet Daffodils. 
Amongst the medium-crowned Daffo¬ 
dils, Will Scarlet is notable for the wide, 
open, orange-coloured chalice. The seg¬ 
ments are primrose. Another fine thing 
belonging to the same section was Isabel, 
quite a distinct Daffodil in its way, both 
segments and chalice being uniformly of 
citron-yellow. Daffodils of uniform col¬ 
our throughout are not by any means 
numerous, and anything of this sort soon 
catches the eye. Several of the varieties 
of N. poeticus were still in bloom, in¬ 
cluding the handsome variety named The 
Bride, having broad, overlapping, pure 
white segments and blooms of great size. 
N.p. Almira was also blooming bravely. 
Several others of more common kinds 
were also blooming late, and practically 
the collection here is very extensive and 
rich in varieties. 
Early Flowering Tulips. 
Amongst the bedding Tulips best 
known to gardeners we noted some of the 
choice colours. One of the first to take 
our eye was Prince of Austria, with dazz¬ 
ling orange-scarlet flowers, and very effec¬ 
tive when seen in the mass. Another 
equally bright Tulip was Vermillion Bril¬ 
liant, a scarlet of dazzling brightness. A 
beautiful contrast to these were the car¬ 
mine and rose flowers of Rose Luisante ; 
the rose and white-edged Rose de Mer- 
veille ; and the notable Brunehilde, which 
has large white blooms and a yellow 
flame running through the white, Strik¬ 
ing types of Tulips were Remarquable, 
with crimson flowers and blush tips, and 
De Lamartine, with crimson-purple 
flowers and a white tip. These have a 
sparkling bright appearance a short way 
off. Hector has deep orange-red flowers, 
with golden edges, w'hile Sir Thomas Lip- 
ton is rosy scarlet and silvery white along 
the back of the petals. The large rose 
flowers of La Reve are also very con¬ 
spicuous. Lac d’Asturie has crimson- 
purple flowers tipped with white, and both 
pretty and effective. An uncommon 
Tulip named De Wet was densely lined 
with orange on a yellow ground. The 
flowers of Jaune Aplatie are chrome-yel¬ 
low, flushed with red, and quite hand¬ 
some. 
The double varieties of the early Tulips 
had flowered splendidly, but had a very 
rough time of it owing to the heavy rain¬ 
fall after they came into bloom. They 
form flowers of large size and practically 
as double as a Rose. Some of those we 
noted were Thalia, vermilion; Safrano, 
primrose-yellow, slightly flushed with sal¬ 
mon; William III., fiery scarlet and of 
huge size ; Rose Blanche, dwarf and white, 
being the best variety of its class ; Purple 
Crown, crimson-maroon; Sultan’s Favou¬ 
rite, dark vermilion and of large size, al¬ 
though the plant was quite dwarf; Henry 
Witte, orange-scarlet, margined with 
gold ; and Kaiser William, a huge orange- 
red flower as large as a Paeony. A pretty 
rose variety, slightly flushed with white, 
was Carmen Sylva. A very handsome 
Tulip for bedding purposes is Vuurbaak, 
with fiery orange-scarlet flowers. One 
of the richest was Voltaire, with maroon- 
crimson flowers. Those of Salvator Rose 
are roserpink. These double Tulips are. 
rather more durable than the single ones, 
and the reason why many of them are 
named Rose is because they have been 
compared to a double Rose. 
Parrot Tylips. 
Of all the variety of Tulips grown in 
the open air, the Parrot Tulips are the 
most easily broken down by rough 
weather. Nevertheless, these had borne 
up bravely, and were just reaching their 
best condition. Large Yellow had yellow 
and green flowers similar to those seen 
in some Parrots, hence the name. Crim¬ 
son Beauty had its flowers irregularly 
blended with crimson, green, and black 
colours. Those of Maargraaff van Baden 
were yellow, scarlet, and green, this 
variety being one of the most handsome 
we noted. Perfecta is also handsome in 
its yellow, vermilion, and green hues. 
Darwin Tulips. 
The collection of Darwin Tulips at 
Long Ditton is very extensive, and a con¬ 
siderable area of ground is planted with 
them. Each variety is planted together 
in long beds, so that when in bloom the 
mass of colour is very effective and telling 
even from a distance. Not all of them 
were fully developed on the occasion of 
our visit, as some are naturally later than 
others. Nevertheless, we made a selec¬ 
tion to represent most of the colours. 
These Darwin Tulips are notable for their 
great vigour, few of them being under. 
18 in. in height, while a good.ma-ny of 
them have stems ft. high, 
On account of its massive appearance, 
Pride of Haarlem takes the eye of the 
visitor at once, The flowers aro of s, 
deep salmon-rose, shaded scarlet, and 
electric-blue at the base; Loveliness is 
scarlet-satiny-rose flower of great beaut 
Susan is soft blush-rose, shading to blus 
white, and pretty; the rich rose flowers : 
Psyche are shaded with silvery rose i- 
side ; a beautiful variety for bedding , 
Marguerite, having delicate blush flower 
deepening to pink inside; the blooms : 
Edward Andre are purple-rose, with a si- 
very grey margin; Mrs. Krelage is sc 
rose, edged with blush, and stands z\ . 
high ; the dark, glossy maroon flowers f 
Auber are carried on stems 2 ft. high ; t; 
blooms of Mrs. Farncombe Sanders z[ 
rich rose-scarlet, with a white centr; 
Wedding Veil is blush-white, shaded w 1 
silvery lilac. 
Zulu is one of the many black Tubs 
now in cultivation, and may be descrifcl 
as purple-black; The Sultan is also i 
strong-growing black Tulip grown in c<- 
siderable quantity, thus showing its st¬ 
ability for bedding purposes. Anotlr 
one highly suitable for the same purp<e 
is Rev. H. Ewbank, with silvery hel- 
trope flowers. One of the brightest vs 
Rev. H. -H. D’Ombrain, with glowing v- 
milion flowers and a violet centre, s - 
rounded by a white aureole on each pet. 
The deep salmon-rose flowers of Tak a 
Poortvliet have a blue centre. Anof r 
splendid bedding variety is Glow, havg 
glowing vermilion flowers. Electra s 
white flushed, with silvery rose and vie 
at the margin. 
Other very handsome flowers e 
Emanuel Sweerts, carmine-rose ; Lantet. 
light silvery pink; Kathleen, large, e;- 
shaped, delicate rose flower, edged v\h 
silvery white; Hecla, cnmson-maroi ; 
Donders, a perfectly shaped flower. .5 
wide, as deep, and dark crimson, wit a 
violet centre; Cordelia, crimson-viol ; 
Maiden’s Blush, delicate rose, fading 0 
blush-white at the margin, and Baro: e 
de la Tonnaye,' a full rose, shading 0 
blush at the margin; Coridion, silvy 
heliotrope; Black Knight, dark marct 
and ft. highland Circe, of a soft r-y 
heliotrope, with a broad white marji 
A favourite variety is Queen V ilhelmu. 
with blush flowers shading to rose, ;d 
also flushed with buff inside. It is a vy 
distinct variety. Queen of Roses is brut 
rose shading to blush, while White Qirn 
is the nearest to a white amongst Darin 
Tulips yet obtained. It may be descri’d 
as white, slightly tinted with blush. 
The Rockery* 
A small stream runs through the : r- 
sery, and on one side of this an extenn 
rockery was built some years ago. S-nt 
of this has been pulled to pieces du ty 
the spring and again built up in a btei 
and more interesting way. Some of t;s 
portions had been planted on the occaor 
of our visit, but much work had stil ti 
be done. An aquatic garden is pr e 
cally formed out of the stream and it? 1; 
gins, and here Japanese Irises are bag 
extensively planted. On the margin ■" 
a fine mass of Caltha palustris monster 
plena, with a mass of golden-ye^" 
flowers. Higher up was a very inte-' 
ing mass of the common Rock Alys.-m 
but the citron-yellow variety (A. saxih 
citrinuml was very effective by reaso 0 
its contrast with the common one. ^ 
interesting plant was Anchusa irm’ ! ' 
flora, with, srrtall, bright blue flowers, " 
a Forget-me-Not, The heart- uh > c 
leaved were quite diflevefit from any h 
