IRISH GARDENING 



SPECIAL ijnini iJiiBilii m^ wjf if iJ FOR 



OFFER n^ i I H fl ■ ^ Jf ^Ml 1911 



F YOU WANT 



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 Iarg:e8t Retail Sweet Pea Trade and Retail Bulb Trade in the United Kingrdom. 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 1911 



The seeds in these collections are all carefully hand picked; 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, I—12 useful Crandiflora varieties, 1/3 



Agnes Johnston, I mff pink ; Dainty, wliitc wiili sli.i;lil pinl; ed.uc ; Duke of Westminster, lusy Yi.)let; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 pale primrose; Janet Scott, p;ile pink; King Edward VII., rich ciinisun : Lord Nelson, (l;irk iiliic: Phenomenal, uiute, witli 

 blue picotee edse ; Prince of Wales, ricli deeii rose; Queen of Spain, H;il>noii pink; Romolo Piazzani, iiiediuin blue; Triumph, 

 rosy salmon and blusli liicolni-. 



COLLECTION No, 2— 12 best Crandiflora varieties, 1/9 



Black Knight, rk-b dark bronzy cliocolute; Dorothy Eckford, bcsi -.vbiic self ; Helen Pierce, pretty marbled blue: James 

 Qrieva, tcood pale primrose; Jeannie Cordon, earaiiue and bull' liic.lnr: Lady Crisel Hamilton, [uile lavender; Mid Blue {syn. 

 Zoe), rich blue; Miss Willmott, best salmon red ; Mrs. Waiter Wright, rich msv niame; Prima Donna, pale blusb pink ; Queen 

 Alexandra, the best crimson scarlet ; Saint George, rich orange scarlet bicolor. 



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



COLLECTIONS Nos. 1 and 2 WHEN BOUGHT TOGETHER WILL BE 2 o. And T, seeds each ot tlie four be^t striped varieties 



viz.: Jessie Cuthbertson, oMrs. 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), lui-lit rus.v-scarlei tlakc, 3d.; Apple Blossom Spencer (30), k.s.v pink and blush, 4d. ; Black 

 Knight Spencer (30), rich d:uk maroon, 3d.; Chrissie Unwin (30), lerise-scarlei, 3d.; Elsie Herbert (30), white, wiib picotee 

 edge of pink, 4d.; Flora Norton Spencer (30), i>ak blue, 3d.; Frank Dolby (50), hi\nider, 3d. ; Gladys Unwin (50), pink, 3d.; 

 Marjorie Willis (.tO), carnnnr . M. 4d.; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore (30), primrose, wnh pi. utei c lixeol pink.4d.; Nora Unwin (50). 

 ivhite, 3d. ; Paradise Ivory (40), pale primrose sli^ditly tinged nitb pink, 3d. 



COLLECTION No. 4— 12 best waved varieties, 3/~ 



Clara Curtis (50), primmsc. 3d. ; Constance Oliver (25), creamy bufY. Hushed deep i)ink, 6d. ; Countess Spencer (50), 

 larjre pink, 3d.; Etta Dyke (50), lin.si white, 3d.; Evelyn Hemus (40), primrose with [licotce edge of pink, 4d. ; Helen Lewis 

 (50), orange and rose. 4d. ; John Ingman (50), -rown fnun a true stock, carmiin- and rose, 4d. ; Mrs. A. Ireland (30), ro-se and 

 tdiish bicolor, 4d. ; Mrs. Charles Foster (30), urown from a iisrfectly true stock, or Asta Ohn (30), best lavenders, 4d. ; Mrs. 

 Henry Bell, or Mrj. Routzahn Spencer (30), pak pink on cream. 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes (30), blusli jjink, 3d. ; Tennant 

 Spencer,^ or The Marquis (:<0), large rosy mauves, 4d. 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6, and 100 seeds of the choicest Spencer Seedlings free of cliaiijc. 

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6. and 1(10 seeds ot the eboicest Spencer Seedlings free of chaiRe. 



SPECIAL PRICE for the Four CoUcciions, 616 



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>i:mi-c :,i;ivl.t, wjvdi iio mhI.m. 1-, tlic ^cm fi.r lull (stock limited); Maud Holmes, the lust of the 

 Mni-iiroof crinis.Mi:< „r King Edward Spencers, waved (25 mt.I.s), 1- (10 McdM, 6d. ; Helen Grosvenor, a -loriticd Helen Lewis 



(10 seeds), 1-; Amethyst, tine n.vv lihic wmv.-cI dO sr.-.ls), 6d. ; itin-inc'^ Ethel Roosevelt, l.ii-hi ror tlak.- on .rcain -round, waved 

 (10 .seedsi. 6d. ; l;in|pcc',s Florence Nightingale, l^wncli-r spem-er (10 .mtiIn), ed. ; Romani Rauni, pale jiink mi rn-ani, waved (10 

 seed.s), 1-; Seashell, cream pink, uincl, stock very limited (6 >ccdM, 6d. ; linsiirs Doris Burt, :i -rand liriulit M"irlot, shaded, or 



flushed cerise, uavci, hi-hlv reconnn.n I (12 sccIs). 6d. ; llnrpec's Rose du Barri, nni,|Mc and dislinct, a rharnnn- Hewer of deep 



rose, shot or overlaid «itli lerra-cotta, (.randilhua i\pc, \erv ellVclivc umlcr ;niitici:d lii;lit (20 seeds), 6d. ; Zarina, pale coral puik, 

 waved '20 seeds), 4d. ; Ruby, an improved ,St. (uop.v (10 si'eds), 6d. ; Miriam Beaver, when true verv like Syeira Lee, one of the 

 nio.st beautiful .Sweet IVas yet raksed (10 seeds), 1 -. 



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



FULL LIST OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS POST FREE ON APPLICATION 



