IRISH GARDENING. 



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. 



I'oi- fuller clebonptions of tin- v;irietUs liiriai-iuil m this libt and all other known varieties, we rif.r our friends to the little book 



"ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," revised and corrected to end of lailS. 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 Nos. 1, 2 and 3, CONTAINS 50 SELECTED SEEDS. 



:ion complete may select their own varieties from EITHER COLLEC 



have 2s. 6d. worth for each 2s. 



COLLECTION ho. 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 13. Coccinea, dark carniine M-arlei Dainty, wliiip. wiili sUkIh 

 pink ,,le. : Dorothy Eckford, \\]:itr Evelyn Byatt, mii_-. an I riir,< n ijenlor; Henry Eckford, oranye scarlet ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 pale pniiH^is, ; Miss Wlllmott, , -aim. ii-ird , Mrs. A. Watkins r Gladys Unwin, waved i>ink ; Navy Blue, deep violet blue ■ Prince of 

 Wales, nrli i\i^\ cnui-.iii: Romollo Piazzani, ru-h Mu.- : Salopian, ikap nuilberrv red. 



COLLECTION No. 2 TWELVE GOOD VARIETIES, 1 9. H. J. Cook, pale lavender purple Black Knight bronzy 



elioe.'lai. : Countess Spencer, larije navy pork: Duke of Westminster, rosy vioi,:i : Herbert Smith, oranse and eriniion hicolor 



King Edward VII., ruli cnuisi ii: Lady Orisel Hamilton, laa laMal.r; Mrs. Collier, lale primrose Nora Unwin wave.T wliiie ' 



Queen of Spain, salmon-pink , Sybil Eckford, civainv imil. ilii>]ir(l pal.- jaiik : Triumph, ii.sv salmini and blush. ' 



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 Maslin " and "John Ingman" Seedlings 



will be added free of charge. 



COLLECTION Ho. 3. THE TWELVE BEST VARIETIES. 2 -. Clara Curtis, svn. Primrose Spencer waved primrose 

 Etta Dyke, m n White Spencer, ua\ed u int. : Frank Dolby, waved lavejidev. see Fiy. 1 ; George Herbert, waved carmine and rose ' 

 Helen Lewis, a. .1 :.,■■... ,,,: i -, -, , I i^ i, ; Helen Pierce, marl.;, .1 blue; Jeannie Cordon, carjuine and buff- Lord Nelson' 



.lark I , Mrs. Harricastle Sykes, ..a . i^h pink, t. ... 1 i_- 1 . Mrs. Walter Wright, rieli rosy nuauve- Paradise rieli pink the 



bt.-i . I f... Countess Spencer * j Queen Alexandra, ihf l.-i vnu)-...n -eari.l. * ' » 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 wlien bougld logetlier, tlie lour added packets and a packet each of the lour best striped varieties, viz. ; — 



ne penny a packet. 

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



COLLECTION Mo. 4 THE TWELVE NEWEST VARIETIES, 4s., of 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), r ,y pink and blush, waved, 6d. ; Audrey Crier (10), bright rosy pink, wav( .1 Evelyn Hemus (15) waved 

 prinjrose, vnl. p.. .i.. .1-. ,.f pink, 6d., see Fig. 5 ; Jet (50), tlie darkest of all Sweet feas, 3d. ; Mother o' Pearl (Aldersey) (26), a 

 beautiful si|... I., a .i -i ■^In;., lioodcd and sweetly ^cei, i. .1, 4d. ; Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (10), the gem for 1909, a i .iir .u iralc 

 primrose .irr. ua i -l..i. . .! il. - . .....n pink,anmchimpi..M.'l Mrs. Henry Bell, 6d. ; Paradise Carmine (15), a laiL-. ., lv.-.I .■ h miiie'inil 



rose; Queen Victoria Spencer (10), a waved deep primr. .-e, ^lial.ih ^i.a.l. .1 pal.- r. -. , Saint George (15), a -i.i.l . lan.^-. -. aiK-t Is 

 see KiR. 3 ; Suttons Queen (25), a bulT ground Countess Spencer, 4d. ; The King (12), a tuif u.i. . j f.jnn ol King Edward VII M , 

 Fits', 3 ; The Marquis (12), large waved rosy nuiuve. '' 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for S - 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. ; 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 (Alderseyy 

 (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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