IRISH GARDENING. 



SPECIAL 

 NOTICE 



FOR 



1909. 



IF YOU WANT 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT MODERATE PRICES, send to 



ROBERT SYDENHAM, Limited, TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



No Flowers give so much cut bloom at so little cost and trouble as Sweet Peas, 



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1909. 



For fuller descriptions of the varieties mentioned in this list and all other known varieties, we rcf.r our friends to the little book 



"ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," revised and corrected to end of 1908 Price 6d. 



The seeds in these Collections are all carefully hand-picked ; only plump round seeds sent ; all small, poor, or doubtful ones are 



taken out, which we do not think is done by anyone else in the trade ; eighty to ninety per cent, guaranteed to germinate if 



treated as instructions sent with each collection. 



EACH PACKET in Nob. 1, 2 and 3, CONTAINS 50 SELECTED SEEDS. 



COLLECTION Ho 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 13. Cc 



I mk i.Il-. Dorothy Eckford, nil. !• Evelyn Byatt, - .i,,n j. :iii.l <iiiii~. .)i I. 

 I :iii |.iii:i'~. . Miss Willmott, ,iiii I -i. L Mrs. A. V^atkins r Gladys Un 

 v<ales, mil I-', inn- ):, Romollo Piazzani, iirh lii,. , Salopian, .l.-iiiu 



J, li^iik canmiie scarlet; Dainty, wliile, wilji sjit-jit 

 Henry Eckford, orange scarlet ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 viiini |iirik; Navy Blue, deep violet blue ; Prince of 



COLLECTION No, 2 TWELVE GOOD VARIETIES, 19. A. J. Cook, j ale lavender purple: Black Kniglit, bronzy 



(liiKoiai. , Countess Spencer, laiL-e \\av\ pink; Duke of Westminster, msy vinU-t : Herbert Smith, oran^'e and crimson bicolor; 



King Edward VII., rich criinvDi; Lady Crisel Hamilton, i al. Ium hIm ; Mrs. Collier, jiale iirinuose; Nora Unwin, waved white ; 



Queen of Spain, salm.m-pink ; Sybil Eckford, rn-ainy bnIT, Ihi^linl pal.' piiik ; Triumph, msy salmon and bhish. 



SINGLE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY IN COLLECTIONS N09. 1 and 2, 2d. each. 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 1 and 2, when bought together, will be 2 6, and a packet of "Millie Maslin " and "John Ingman" Seedlings 



will be added free of charge. 



COLLECTION No. 3. THE TWELVE BEST VARIETIES, 2/-. -Clara Curtis, yi, Primrose Spencer, waved primrose; 



Etta Dyke, syn. White Spencer, waved white ; Frank Dolby, waved lavender, see Kii,' 1; George Herbert, waved carmine and rxjse ; 



Helen Lewis,' uaved . lans-e ami rnse, see I'ij;. (. , Helen Pierce, marbled bine; Jeannle Cordon, earmiiie and l.uft; Lord Nelson, 



dark bin. ; Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, waved blusli pmk. s. c I il- 1 ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich rosy mauve ; Paradise, rich pink, the 



l.^■^l of the Countess Spencer t.\i"'. Queen Alexandra, tin- be^t niuisi.ii ^carh-i. 

 SINGLE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY IN COLLECTION No. 3, 3d. each. COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 3 may be had together for 3'-, and 

 a Packet of " Phenomenal " and "Agnes Eckford " will be added free of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE THREE COLLECTIONS. 4/- 



and when bought lo^-ether, the four added packets and a packet each of the four best striped varieties, viz. ; — 



Jessie Cuthbertson, Mrs. J. Chamberlain, Marbled Blue or Hester and Unique, 



will be added free of charge, inakim,' II of the very liest varieties in caltivation, at an average cost of about one penny a packet. 



PRICE OF EITHER OF THE EIGHT ADDED VARIETIES, IF WANTED ALONE, 2d. EACH. 



COLLECTION No. 4 THE TWELVE NEWEST VARIETIES, 4s., or what we consider the Best of the 

 Newest. SPECIAL NOTICE. The number of seeds in each packet In Collection No. 4 varies. The number Is stated In black 

 figures after each name, and where the packets can be sold separately the price Is stated as well. There are about two 

 thousand packets of these priced varieties apart from what is anticipated will be sold In the collections. When these are sold 

 orders can only be taken for the full collection, which Is put at a specially low figure. Any variety not priced cannot be sold 

 apart from the collection. 



Apple Blossom Spencer (20), rosy pink and blush, waved, 6d. ; Audrey Crier (10), briudit rosy jiink, w.m d ; Evelyn Hemus (15), waved 

 l.nmiiiM . null ] II . 1. , , dsre of pink. 6d., see "Fig 5 ; Jet (50), the darkest (.f all .--weet i'eas, 3d. ; Mother o' Pearl (Atdersey) (25), a 

 btautifid -i; ( n niii.l.r eiifli'i' !..".d,'d :i.i,| ^wei.tly ^cciii. d , 4d. ; Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (10), the gem for 1909, a ImlT oi ]<ale 



priinrnsr -Miind -liiid. d \miI -a' i i n i , li iin pi . i\ , 1 1 Mrs. Henry Bell, 6d. ; Paradise Carmine (15), a lar^-.- waved, carmine and 



rose; Queen Victoria Spencer (10), - a I i pumn se, ^h^hiK Niiadc d ] ab- n s. ; Saint George (15), a Ljiand mange scarlet, Is. 

 see Fig, .'! ; Sutton's Queen (25). .i , i ml Countess Spencer, 4d. ; The King (12), a lim u:i\. d Iminof King Edward VII., see 



Fig, 3 ; The Marquis (12), lar.^e v.aicl i...^.\ n.,iiu. . 

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for 5 - and a packet of the New White Everlasting Pea, WHITE PEARL, 

 25 seeds, added free of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS. 7/-. 



which, with the nine added varieties, will be 57 in all, and making: it the best collection, considering^ the varieties, ever offered 



for the money. 

 A few packets of Mr. Hugh Aldersey's celebrated SYEIRA LEE (20 Seeds) Is. ; sold as not quite fixed. 



Mr. Malcolm's MRS. A. MALCOLM (25 Seeds), Is. ; (10 Seeds), 6d. ; CHflfSSIE UNWIN (20 Seeds), 6d. ; JOHN INCMAN (50 Seeds), 3d. ; 

 re-selected, but not guaranteed as quite fixed. ROSIE SYDENHAM (20 Seeds), 4d. ; not quite fixed; also ROMANI RAUNI (Aldersey) 

 (20 seeds), is., sold as not quite fixed. 



CHOICE MIXED SEEDS of most of the above, and other varieties, 2d. per packet of about 100 seeds; 6d. pef ounce of about 350 

 to 400 seeds; Is. 6d. per > lb., or 58. per lb. of about 5,000 to 5,500 seeds. 



ALL OTHER SEEDS EQUALLY CHEAP AND GOOD. FULL LIST POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 

 PLEASE MEMTiOM THtS PAPER. 



