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IRISH GARDENING, xvii. 



SPECIAL 

 NOTICE 



11 3j :\ I h}ujt^ 



FOR 

 1908. 



IF YOU WANT 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT MODERATE PRICES, send to 



MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM, TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



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



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1908. 



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 I 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 Collections 1, 2 and 3 contains 50 plump round selected seeds. 



For fuller descriptions of the varietii's luciitioiiod in this list and all other known varieties, I refer my I'rieads in my little book 



"ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," revised and corrected to end of 1907. Price 6d. 



ALL INTERESTED IN SWEET PEAS SHOULD BUY THIS LITTLE BOOK BEFORE PURCHASING THEIR SUPPLY FOR THE SEASON; AND 



MAY DEDUCT THE 6d. PAID FOR IT FROM THE FIRST 5s. SENT FOR SEEDS. 



COLLECT/ON No. 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 18. Bolton's Pink, laruc salmon pink; David R. Williamson, rid, 

 luedinni bhu' ; Gladys Unwin, I'ali' innk, slightly darker edu;o; Lovely, iialc imik ; Mrs. G. Hig-ginson, [lale French fji-ev ; Navy Blue 

 dt oil violet blue : Prince Edward of York, rosy salmon standard, liyliter wiuus; Prince of Wales, rich rosy crimson; Sadie Burpee' 



while; Salopian, dfc|i umlberry red ; Scarlet Gem, i.ale scarlet ; Triumph, i(isy salmon and blush. ' ' 



COLLECTION No. 2 TWELVE BtTTER VARIETIES, 19. Agnes Johnston, salmon pink and buir Black Knight 



bronz.x clincolaie ; Blanche Burpee, ivhite ; Countess Spencer, large pale idnli \\a\y stamlai-cl ; Dainty, white, with slight iiink ed-'e' 



Duke of Westminster, rosy \io|ri ; Evelyn Byatt, oianuc and crimson bicolor ; Flora Norton, rit'b sky lib i c ' Janet Scott iiale oiTik' 



llusbid buti ; King Edward VII., rich crimson ; Miss Willmott, salmon red ; Romollo Piazzani, rich blu'c ' ' i< i . 



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 " Coccinea " and " Horace Wright " will be added free of charge. 



COLLECTION No. 3. THE BEST TWELVE VARIETIES, 2 -. Dorothy Eckford, white; George Herbert pale carmine 

 standard, li-hter winus ; Helen Lewis, syn. i iKANot; Countess, rieli wavy orange stamlard, rosv\vJngs; Helen Pierce marbled or 

 Henry Eckford, orange scarlet ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, pah- |irimi(iS( ; Jeannie Gordon, camiine and buft'; Lady Grisel 



•'est of the COUNTKSS ^VENCKk type ; 



(1 blue; Henry Eckford, orange scarlet; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, oah 



Hamilton, iiale Uni'mlor ; Mrs. Walter Wright, j ich lavender l)lue , Paradise, rich pink, tin 

 Queen Alexandra, the lic-t ci-imson -earlct ; Sybil Eckford, cnamy bulT, (lushed pale jiink. 



SINGLE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY IN COLLECTION No. 3, 3d. each, OR ANY SIX FOR 1 3. COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 3 may be had 

 together for 3 , and a Packet of " Phenomenal " and " Earliest of All White " will be added free of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE THREE COLLECTIONS, 4/- 



and when botigiit togethei-, the four added jiackets and a packet each of the four best striped varieties, viz. ; - 



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



will be added free of charge, making f I dI' the very best varieties in cultivation, 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 I consider the Best of the 

 Newest. The number of seeds in these packets varies, the quantities are stated in black figures after each name. Agnes 

 Eckford (15), soft blush link, 3d. ; Earl Cromer (20), mulberry, 4d. ; Frank Dolby (20), lavender, 4d. ; Herbert Smith (25), orange 

 bicolor, 6d. ; Lord Nelson (20), syn. P.kii.liant Blue, dark lilue, 4d. ; Miss Millie Maslin (25), rich ciinison, 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcas'Ue 

 Sykes (20), blush [link, 6d. ; Mrs. Collier (20), new primiose, 4d. ; Nora Unwin (20), \vhiie, 4d. ; Primrose Spencer (10), syn. or 

 improved ( 'i.AitA ( 'urtis. giand new wavy primrose, 6d. ; Queen of Spain (20), salmon pmk, 4d. ; White Spencer (10), syn. or improved 

 Etta Dyke, the newest, best, and largest wavy white yet raised, 6d. 



COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for 5- and a packet of the newest and best Everlasting PeA, 



WHITE PEARL, free of charge. 

 Any variety in Collection No. 4 may be had at the prices mentioned after each name, or six packets at the price of five or 

 buyers may select their own varieties from either Collection at prices mentioned, and have 3s. worth for each 2s. Bd., or six 



packets of any variety at price of five. 

 PRIMROSE SPENCER and WHITE SPENCER may lie bad in Packets of 25 se.Mls. Is. each, or .six packets inr 5s. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS, 7/-, 



And in addition, a packet of MRS. CHARLES FOSTER and JOHN INGMAN seedlings will be added, and a PRIZE OF £5 given to the first 

 who can and will semi nn' a tliousand s(>cds of either that arc true and guaranteed to come tnie the following .vear. 



CHOICE MIXED SEEDS of most of the above, and other varieties, 2d. per packet of about 100 seeds ; 6d. per ounce of about 360 

 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. 



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