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OFFER Kl i I 3 S H ra V^^n^ 1911 



IF YOU \\A\- 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT MODERATE PRICES SEND TO 



ROBERT SYDENHAM LIMITED 



55 TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM 



NO ONE WILL SERVE YOU BETTER 



This Firm has the larg^est 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 beingr equal to anything in the Market. 



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1911 



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. 



.«, 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 Grandiflora varieties, 1/3 



Agnes Johnston, l>ulTpink: Dainty, white with slight pink eilge ; Duke of Westminster, n>sy violet; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 I'ale primrose: Janet Scott, pn!e pink; King Edward VII., ricli criiusoii: Lord Nelson, .lark blue; Phenomenal, \vhite, with 

 blue picotee edge: Prince of Wales, rich deeii rosi- : Queen of Spain, salmon pink ; Romolo Piazzani, medium blue; Triumph, 

 rosy salmon and bln^h l.icclur. 



COLLECTION No. 2— 12 best Grandiflora varieties, 1/9 



Black Knight, rich dark bronzy ci, 00. late; Dorothy Eckford, l)LSt -.vluie self : Helen Pierce, preity marbled blue James 

 e, tood pale primru.se; Jeannle Cordon, car.iiine and buff bic-lor: Lady Crisel Hamilton, pale lavender; Mid Blue isyn. 

 Zoe), rich blue: Miss Wilimott, best salm n red ; Mrs. Waiter Wright, rich rosy mauve; Prima Donna, pale biush idnk ; Queen 

 Alexandra, the best crimson scarlet; Saint George, riL-h .range scarlet bicolor. 



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



COLLECTIONS HcB. 1 and 2 WHEN BOUGHT TOGETHER WILL BE 2 c. And i'5 seeds each of the four best striped varieties. 



viz. :- Jessie Cuthbertson, Mrs. J. Chamberlain, Prince Olaf, and Unique, will be added free of charge. 



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 nun.ber Is stated in 



figures after each name. 

 America Spencer (30), i;;_'i.r -,..,_ : .. , 3d.; Apple Blossom Spencer (30), >'. pmk ;uni i.lush. 4d. ; Black 

 Knight Spencer (30), . 1,1. rir- n 3d.; Chrissie Urwin (30), v - c . 3d.; Elsie Herbert (30), while, with picotee 



edge 1 ( ;: ^. 4d.; Flora Norton Spencer (30), i .1 ; .•, ^d. ; Frank Dolby (50), . - i. ; 3d.; Gladys Unwin (50), pink, 3d.; 

 Marjorie Wim8(30), ci;i: :: \ - 4d. ; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore (30), p- ;:.: ^e.\^. ■■ i ;< •. li-r i | K.k 4d. ; Nora Unwin (50), 

 white, 3d. ; Paradise Ivory (40), p:ile i ninrosc .-lit'litly tinge.l uiili pink. 3d. 



COLLECTION Mo. 4— 12 BEST WAVED varieties, 3/- 



Clara Curtis (50), primr. se, 3d.; Constance Oliver (25), creamy buflf, flushed deep pink. 6d. ; Countess Spencer (50), 

 l;iri;e pink. 3d.; Etta Dyke (50), lin. -.i uliiie. 3d. ; Evelyn Hemus (40), primrose with picotee . d;cre of ).nik, 4d. ; Helen Lewis 

 (50), (jran^'f and r so. 4d. ; John ingrrf n (50), grown from a true stock, carmine and rose. 4d. ; Mrs. A. Ireland (30), rtse aj.l 

 blush bicolor. 4d. ; Mrs. Charles Foster (30), grown from a perfectly true stock, (r Asta Ohn (30), best lavenders. 4d. ; Mrs. 

 Henry Bell, or Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (30), pale pink on cream, 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes (30), blush pink. 3d.; Tennant 

 Spencer, or The Marquis (30), l;ii^-. r s\ niauvos, 4d. 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6, and ICO seeds of the ch. nicest Spencer Seedlings free of char^re. 

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6, and 100 seeds of the choicest Spencer Seedlings f i-ce of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE for the Four Collections, 66 



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, ■'■.■_. -,:i ,,r. vn.d 10 ^.il-.l-, ili,- ^tni for K'll (stock limited); Maud Holmes, Hi. Nm <.f tin- 

 sunproof I rims,;, ^ .; King Edward Spencers, u;t.,i 25 -,,.!-. i- 10 -. . N . 6d. ; Helen Grosvenor, :i -Uritinl Helen Lewis 

 ilO seeds). 1-; Amethyst, ■: ^ .^ . • ; 10 -. > . 6d. ; i;ir; • ~ Ethel Roosevelt, :ri.:lu rose tlake on cream -round. w.ivcd 



ilO sitdsi. 6d. J r. - Florence Nightingale, • s, ,, , io .. i- 6d. ; Romani Rauni. jtaU- pink on cream, waved (tO 



seeds), 1 •; Seashell, stock very limited 6 - • N . 6d. ; i - Doris Burt, ;i l'i-.uhI brii:lit sc-.ulet, sliaded, or 



flushed cerisf. «:,.:. ■_ ; ■..mi;.;- : 12 -. !~, 6d. ; Kiiri..-- Rose du Barri, i;M._i i.j and distinct, a clmrniinL' flowi-r of deeli 

 rose, shot or ov.ilaid «itli lerra-cotta, (iniiidirtfini tyiK. \eiy i-fl^eitivi- m .ler :niiticial light (20 seeds). 6d. ; Zarlna, iwle conal pink, 

 wired (20 setds). 4d. ; Ruby, an impnvid .St. Georpe (10 seeds). 6d. ; Miriam Beaver, when true verv like Syeira Lee, one of the 

 most beautiful Sweet I'las yet raised '10 sudsl, 1'-. 



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



FULL LIST OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS POST FREE ON APPLICATION 



