IRISH GARDENING 



SPECIAL 





FOR 



OFFER \r®i i i m^/mm m Lw^li 1911 



IF 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 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 being 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. 



^*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, 1~12 useful Grandiflora varieties, 1/3 



Agnes Johnston, ImlV |>iiik : Dainty, uliit'' witli sli.<;lit \nnk p<1^o ; Duke of Westminster, lo^v viuirt; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 

 pale primrose; Janet Scott, pale pink; King Edward VII., ricli CTiiiisnu : Lord Nelson, ilurk hlne: Phenomenal, wliile, wiili 

 blue picotee ed.are : Prince of Wales, rlcli deep insc ; Queen of Spain, siUtnon i.ink ; Romolo Piazzan:, niedium blue; Triumph, 

 rosy salmon and blush liieoli.i-. 



COLLECTION No, 2-12 best Grandiflora varieties, 1/9 



Black Knight, rich dark bronzy chocolate; Dorothy Eckford, bist -.vhiicself; Helen Pierce, preltv marbled blue; James 

 Grieve, Kood pale primrose; Jeannie Cprdon, carmine and bnlT l.icclor: Lady Crisel Hamilton, j.ale lavender; Mid Blue (■■n/n. 

 Zoei. rich blue: Miss Willmott, best salmiui red ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich n.sy nuiuve: Prima Donna, pale blush pink ; Queen 

 Alexandra, the liest crimson scarlci ; Saint Ceorge, ricli cranLre ^cal■ll■^ hicolor. 



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



COLLECTIONS Nc8. 1 and 2 WHEN BOUGHT TOGETHER WILL BE 2 3. And i>.j seeds each of the four be<t striped varieties, 



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



COLLECTION No. 3~i2 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), blight msv-searlet tlaki-, 3d.; Apple Blossom Spencer (30), rosv pink and blush, 4d. ; Black 

 Knight Spencer (30), nch dark iijan...]i, 3d.; Chrissie Ur.win (30), cerisr -carlct, 3d.; Elsie HeVbert (30), white, with picotee 

 edgeot ).iiik, 4d. ; Flora Norton Spencer (30), i al, in.. 3d.; Frank Dolby (50), lavender, 3d.; Gladys Unwin (50), pink, 3d.; 

 Marjorie Willis(30), cartnine i— . 4d. ; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore (30), primrose, wiih picotee edge of pink, 4d. ; Nora Unwin (50), 

 white, 3d. ; Paradise Ivory (40), pair lainuobi- .-^li^lnly tinged wiili pmk, 3d. 



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



Clara Curtis (50), irimr .se, 3d. ; Constance Oliver (25), cnaniv bulV, ihi^hed deep pink, 6d. ; Countess Spencer (50), 

 large pink, 3d.; Etta Dyke (50), tin. si whiif. 3d. ; Evelyn Hemus (40), laimni^,.. wi!h picotee edge of pink, 4d. ; Helen Lewis 

 (50), orangeandro.se, 4d. ; John Ingman (50), i^rown fioin a tine slock, carinino and ro-,e, 4d. ; Mrs. A. Ireland (30), rose am.1 

 blush bieolor, 4d. ; Mrs. Charles Foster (30), cV.iAvn from a p^rftctly irne si, ck, or Asta Ohn (30), best lavendfrs. 4d. ; Mrs. 

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

 Spencer, or The Marquis (30), largo rosy mauv.s, 4d. 



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

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 4 MAY BE HAD TOGETHER FOR 4 6, and ](i(l seeds of the cboicest Spencer Seedlings free of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE for the Four CoUections, 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, oran-o Markt, waved (10 siids), 1/-, the gem for 1911 (stock limited); Maud Holmes, the best of the 



sun-pidof irinisons cr King Edward Spencers, wavt-d (25 seeds), 1/- (10 soeds), 6d. ; Helen Grosvenor, a glorified Helen Lewis 



(10 .seeils), 1-; Amethyst, tiiu- rosy lilac waved (10 sced.s), 6d. ; liurpee's Ethel Roosevelt, hri'.;lit n.sc ttake on'cream crmuid, waved 



(10 McdM, 6d. ; buriior's Florence Nightingale, kmiidrr S],i-iicfv dO si-uls), 6d. ; Romani Rauni, pair i.ink on cn'ain, uavcil (10 



sofilM, 1-; Seashell, drain I.ink. ^^a\,•.|. stock very limited i6 si-eds), 6d. ; iinvin's Doris Burt, a ^rand liii-lit >caiiot. sliadi-d, or 

 Hir-hcl .■.•ri>o, ^^a^o,l. hiuhlv ivronnnrndo,! ,12 m>o,Ui, 6d. ; l;ui-i.e.-'.s Rose du Barri, uni,|ur and .lisliiat. a olianniii;: t1,.wrr (.f deep 

 roM., shot or ovorlaid will. t. ria-( otta. ( .landiriora tyi..-. v,-iy .m-ctivv undrr artiticial liL^lit (20 xa dsj. 6d. ; Zarina, pair coral pink, 

 Ruby, an iinproMd St. <;roi-.ic ,10 .-cmIs), 6d. ; Miriam Beaver, wlini true verv like Syeira Lee, oiu- of the 

 as yet raised (10 srrds), 1 -. 



Special Price for this complete collection of New Varieties, 71- 



FULL LIST OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS POST FREE ON APPLICATION 



