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IF YOU WANT 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT MODERATE PRICES SEND TO 



ROBERT SYDENHAM LIMITED 



55 TENBY STREET, Bl RM I N GH AlVI 



NO ONE WILL SERVE YOU BETTER 



This Firm has the largest Retail Sweet Pea Trade and Retail Bulb Trade in the United Kingdom. The quality of 

 their SEEDS and BULBS is well known all over the WORLD as being equal to anything in the Market. 



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1311 



The seeds in these collections are all carefully hand picked; only plump round seeds sent; all small or doubtful ones 

 are taken out, which we do not think is done by any other firm ; eighty to ninety per cent, guaranteed to germinate if 

 treated as instructions sent with each collection. 



»*t EACH PACKET In Nos. 1 and 2 CONTAINS 50 SELECTED SEEDS. Buyers not wanting any collection complete, may select 

 their own varieties from EITHER COLLECTION at prices mentioned, and have any 3 - worth for 2 6. 



COLLECTION No. 1 12 useful Grand/flora varieties, 1/3 



Agnes Johnston, iMilYiunk: Dainty, \vl]it( wiili sli<;lit pink edge; Duke of Westminster, msy \ ioU t ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 liulo primrose; Janet Scott, |.;ilr pink; King Edward VII., ricli crimson; Lord Nelson, dark l.lue: Phenomenal, wiiite, wild 

 blue picDlee ed.ae : Prince of Wales, ricli deep vn^u ; Queen of Spain, salmon pink ; Romolo Piazzani, medium l)lne; Triumph, 

 rosy salmon and lilnsli liieoN r. 



COLLECTION No. 2— 12 best GrandHloi-a varieties, 1/9 



Black Knight, rieli dark l)i-oi]zy elioeolalr ; Dorothy Eckford, l^^si w lni<> self ; Helen Pierce, pi-ell\- marMed Miie.; James 

 Grieve, uood pale piijnrosr; Jeannie Cordon, earniine and l.nlV liieolor: Lady Crisel Hamilton, pale lavender; Mid Blue ^^yn. 

 Zoei, rieh l)hie: Miss Willmott, l.esi salnjon ivil ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich i-osy nianvc : Prima Donna, |iale liliisU pink ; Queen 

 Alexandra, ihc hesi eiimson si^arh ( ; Saint George, rich oranije scarlet bi<-oloi'. 



Single Packets of any variety in Collections Nos. 1 and 2, 2d. each 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 1 and 2 WHEN BOUGHT TOGETHER WILL BE 2 6. And l>5 seeds eacli of the fonr U,,l sniped varieiies, 



M/. : Jessie Cuthbertson, Mrs. J. Chamberlain, Prince Olaf, and Unique, will be added free of cliarge. 



COLLECTION No. 3 12 GOOD WAVED varieties, 2/~ 



SPECIAL NOTICE, The price of, and number of seeds of each variety in Collections 3 and 4 vary. The number is stated in 



figures after each name. 

 America Spencer (30), l.iiiilii 1 s\-seail«i tlaki, 3d.; Apple Blossom Spencer (30), r. s\ pink and Idnsl; 4d. ; Black 

 Knight Spencer (30), ri( li dark niannn. 3d.; Chrissie Unwin (30), c eris, -, ai k 1. 3d.; Elsie Herbert (30), ulni.. uiili 1 i((,ti, 

 (d^'e ii |inl . 4d.; Flora Norton Spencer (30), 1 alt in. 3d.; Frank Dolby (50), UiMndii, 3d.; Gladys Unwin (50), pink, 3d.; 

 Marjorie Willis(30), . mnin. m-, . 4d. ; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore (30), pi inmsc , u iili pi< .irr ed-e of pink, 4d. ; Nora Unwin (50), 

 >vliite. 3d. ; Paradise Ivory (40), [lali; prinndse -h-lnly linyed \\iili pink. 3d. 



COLLECTION No. 4^-12 best waved varieties, 3/- 



Clara Curtis (50), laimns,. 3d.; Constance Oliver (25), ejiainv buti Hushed diep piid^. 6d. ; Countess Spencer (50), 

 lar-e pink, 3d.; Etta Dyke (50), llnesi uhiic. 3d.; Evelyn Hemus (40), iii-inirosr willi picoiee cI^t of pink, 4d. ; Helen Lewis 

 (50), oraiiije and rosi-. 4d. ; John Ingman (50), ^rown ironi a irue -^lock. i-arnilnc and rose, 4d. ; Mrs. A. Ireland (30), rose and 

 hhisli liieolor, 4d. ; Mrs. Charles Foster (30), -rown from a i>';-rft cilv true si(ck, or Asta Ohn (30), besi Ia\.-ndia-s. 4d. ; Mrs. 

 Henry Bell, or Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (30), |.ai. pmk on creanr, 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes (30), hlnsli pink, 3d.; Tennant 

 Spencer, or The Marquis (30), lai^:. jo-i m iu\.s, 4d. 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6, ami 100 seeds of the choicosi Spencer Seedlings free of clnu-e. 

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6. anil \m s, eds (d the elioiei si Spencer Seedlings free of ehiir^e. 



SPECIAL PRICE for the Four Coliections, 6 6 



Which, with the added varieties, will be the best collection ever offered for the money. 



NEW VARIETIES 



These novelties we believe to be fairly true, but they are sold without any guarantee. 

 Thomas Stevenson, uran-r M-.nkt. \^a^.d 10 m><I>). 1-, ilu- jtin for mil (stock limited); Maud Holmes, ilu- Ihm cf the 

 Mill piccf (iiiiiMiii> or King Edward Spencers, ua^d i25 sicd-'i. 1- (10 smK, 6d. ; Helen Crosvenor, a uloiiti.d Helen Lewis 



(10 sci'd-i. 1-; Amethyst, tiiu' ros> lilac ua.cd .10 si-i-dsi. Gd. ; l;iir|.rc-s Ethel Roosevelt, l.ii::i,i rosr Hake on civani aroinid. wavrd 

 (10 sri,l>i. 6d. ; i;iM)irr's Florence Nightingale, lavciKUr siKimi ilO mhIm. 6d. ; Romani Rauni, ii.ile pink on cream, waved (10 

 Mfds), 1,-; Seashell, rr,:iiii j.ink. w.wr^. stock very limited i6 >i'idM. 6d. ; I nwin'v Doris Burt, a ^rand hrii.'lit scarlft. sliadol. or 

 Miislicd «Tii>r. »a\.-.l. Id-hlN n-ooimiimdcd i12 seed.M. 6d. ; Buipi-i-'s Rose du Barri, uiii.iuc and distiiu't. a cliarniini: flower of deei> 

 rosr, shol or overlaid uiili 'nrra .cn.-i. idaiMlillora ty|.,-. very ctteclive iiii.hr anili.lal liJit (20 mcI.-.. 6d. ; Zarina, pale coral l.Ink, 

 waved (20 seeds). 4d. ; Ruby, an iiii|.if.\i'd Si. (icoi-.;,. 10 .sced.s). 6d. ; Miriam Beaver, when true wrv like Syeira Lee, om- of tin- 

 most beautiful Swuct Teas >.! lai-^.l dO M-eds% 1,-. . 



Special Price for this complete collection of New Varieties, 7 - 



FULL LIST OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS POST FREE ON APPLICATION 



