IRISH GARDENING. 



SPECIAL 

 NOTICE 



m ram m '%S 



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. 



3PECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1909. 



For luUer dL-scriytions of tin- VMni^tirs nlmnL-.l in lliis list an. I allolla-r known varietii's. «,• i,.f,.r nnr friends lo llie little book 



"ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," ivvisni ami oorrectid lo end of Hint;. Price 6d. 



The seeds in these Collections are at! 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 Nos. 1, 2 and 3, CONTAINS 50 SELECTED SEEDS. 



J, darl> caniojn- M-aili-l , Dainty, wijilo, will, slitrlil 

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

 vavid [link; Navy Blue, di'ep violet liiue ; Prince of 



COLLECTION Ho. 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 13. Coccii 



|iink rd;j.': Dorothy Eckford, « liin^ , Evelyn Byatt, liian-r iiii.l ,i-ihis..ii imnh 



l-alr irnnn)>r; Miss Willmott, -alii -i.d: Mrs. A. Watkins t Gladys Unwin 



Wales, noil r<»\ oinnsMn: Romollo Piazzani, j irii hiur . Salopian, dnpnudtK 



COLLECTION No. 2- TWELVE GOOD VARIETIES, IB. A. J. Cook, |,al, lavender imrple; Black Knight, 



cliiir.ilai( ; Countess Spencer, laii.-( v>a\\ iink; Duke of Westminster, rosy violrt : Herbert Smith, orange and cihnson 

 King Edward VII., i icli iiikin- ii : Lady Grisel Hamilton, lali laMiidir: Mrs. Collier, jali- iniinidse ; Nora Unwin, wavei 

 Queen of Spain, salnion-jiink ; Sybil Eckford, i-ivaoij Iniit, Ihwhrd pair ]iiiik : Triumph, oi'.y salnmn and Idnsli. 

 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 a packet of "Millie Maeli 



will be added free of charge. 



COLLECTION No. 3. THE TWELVE CEST VARIETIES, 2 -. Clara Curtis, svn. Primrose Spencer, waved nrinirose 

 Etta Dyke, ,yn. White Spencer, waved while ; Frank Dolby, Ha\ed laveieler, see t'ls. 4 ; George Herbert, waved carndne and rose ; 

 Helen Lewis, uaved . miui anl I'^r, v.c i ij; I., Helen Pierce, ni.iiM.d lilue; Jeannie Cordon, earniine ami liulf ■ Lord Nelson', 

 dark Mue . Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, ua . .[ liln-l, |.iiik, sn 1 i^ I , Mrs. Walter Wright, ri.h rosv mauve; Paradise, iieli jiink, tlie 

 l.e^l of 111. Countess Spencer i\ p. Queen Alexandra, 1 1.. i.. -i .. nn.:. -.a. i.t. 



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 COLLECTIQIMS. 4/- 



and "John Ingman" Seedlings 



and when bouglit l.i;;ellier. th.' f.nn' ;i 

 Jessie Cuthbertson, M 



■ill I.e added free of eliarge, niakine II. .fill.' \.iy l.e^t vaiiell.'s III .-.iliiva 

 PRICE OF EITHER OF THE EIGHT ADDED VARIETIES. 



■.1 |.;Kk.i- anil a |iaekeL eaeli ..( I lie four best striped varieties, viz. ;— 

 J. Chamberlain, Marbled Blue or Hester and Unique, 



y kesi iarieii..s in .-.iiitxai 1..11, at an av.-rag.^ cost of al.ont one penny a packet. 

 WANTED ALONE, 2d. EACH. 



COLLECTION No. <t 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 he taken for the full collection, which Is put at a specially low figure. Any variety not priced cannot be sold 

 apart from the collection. 



pink and binsh, wave.l. 6d. ; Audrey Crier (10), briolit rosy pmk. «a\..l : Evelyn Hemus (15), waved 



if [link. 6d., see 11- .', ; Jet (50), ilie darkest of all .Sweet I'eas. 3d. ; Mother 0' Pearl (Aldersey) (25), a 



1. 4d. ; Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (10), the gem for 1909, a ImlT or pale 



!(15), a lareiMvairiI.earniineaild 



Apple Blossom Spencer (20), 



beautiful sil\ei.\ \:r 1 

 priinrose .eroiiiel ^hailrii \. 11 1. ■ 

 rose; Queen Victoria Spencei (to), 

 see FiR. 3 ; Sutton's Queen (25), 

 I'ii;, 3 ; The Marquis (12), large ua 



. Henry Bell, 6d. ; Paradi! 



eiaii.l MiaiiL-e -ear let, 18. 

 I 01 King Edward VII., see 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for 6/- 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 he 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. ; CHRISSIE UNWIN (20 Seeds), 6d. ; JOHN INGMAN (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. per ounce of about 350 

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



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

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