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IF YOU WANT 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT IVIODERATE PRICES, send to 



MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM, TENBY STREEI, 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; eig'hty 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 descriptinns n( tlir vai-ietifs iiii-iitidiicd in tliis list and all other kmuvn varietifs, 1 refer my friends to my little book 

 "ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," revised and eoireeted to end of I'JII?. 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. 



COLLECTION No. 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 1IB. Bolton's Pink, lar-. salmon pink; David R. Williamson, rich 

 medium Mne; Gladys Unwin, pale pink, sljglitly darker edw ; Lovely, pale pink ; Mrs. G. Higginson, pale French grey ; Navy Blue, 

 deep violet I line; Prince Edward Of York, rosy salmon standard, ligliter wings; Prince of Wales, rich rosy crimson; Sadie Burpee, 

 white; Salopian, ileep mulhei-ry i-cd ; Scarlet Gem, pale scarlet; Triumph, rosy salmon and bhish. 



COLLECTION No. 2 TWELVE BETTER VARIETIES, 19. Agnes Johnston, salmon pink and hurt; Black Knight, 



hronzy elioeolaie ; Blanche Burpee, wliiie ; Countess Spencer, lar^e pale pink wavy standard ; Dainty, white, wi-th sli^'lit pink <'dge ; 

 Duke of Westminster, iosv\iolet; Evelyn Byatt, oranije and crimson bieolor. Flora Norton, rich sky blue; Janet Scott, palepriik' 

 Ihislie.l l.nIT; King Edward VII., rich eiinjson ; Miss Willmott, salmon red; Romollo Piazzani, rich blue. 



SINGLE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY IN COLLECTIONS Nos. land 2, 2d. each; COLLECTIONS Nos. land 2, when bought together, will be 

 2 6, and a packet of " Cocoinea " and " Horace Wright " will be added free of charge. 



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

 standard, liiuiiter winiis ; Helen Lewis, s,\ii. i Ikanoi: Ciuntess, lieh w;ivy oianye standaid, rosy wings; Helen Pierce, marbled uy 

 i:iained hlue; Henry Eckford, i Tan ije searlei ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, pale primi.ise; Jeannie Gordon, carmine and bulY; Lady Grisel 

 Hamilton, pah' Uncnder ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rieb la\eiiilei- blue; Paradise, lii-b pink, the best of ibe Countess .-'penciui tviie- 

 Queen Alexandra, the best crin;son veailet ; Sybil Eckford, ci-eamy bulT, lluslie(l pale |iink. 



SINGLE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY IN COLLECTION No. 3, 3d. each, OR ANY SIX FOR 13. 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 wlieji bought together, the four added packets and a ))acket each of the four best striped vai-ieties, viz. ; 



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



will he added free of charge, making 1 1 of the very best varieties in eultivalion, at an average cost of ahoutone penny a packet. 



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



COLLECTION No. <t THE TWELVE NEWEST VARIETIES, 4s^ , or what I consider the Bost of the 

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

 Eckford (15), soft iiliisb pink, 3d. ; Earl Cromer (20), mulberry, 4d. ; Frank Dolby (20), lavendei, 4d. ; Herbert Smith (25), orange 

 bieolor, 6d. ; Lord Nelson (20), syn. ISimiii.wt Blue, dark blue, 4d. ; Miss Millie Maslin (25), rich ci imson, 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcastle 

 Sykes (20), blush pink, 6d. ; Mris. Collier (20), new jnimiose, 4d. ; Nora Unwin (20), wlLite, 4d. ; Primrose Spencer (10), syn. or 

 improved C'laha Curtis, giand new wavy primrose, 6d. ; Queen of Spain (20), salmon pink, 4d. ; White Spencer (10), syn. ur improved 

 Etta Dykk, 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 Ped, 



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. 6d., or six 



packets of any variety at price of five. 

 PRIMROSE SPENCER and WHITE SPENCER may be had in Jackets of 25 seeds. Is. each, or si.x packets for 5s. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS, 7/-, 



And in addition, a packet of MRS. CHARLES FOSTER and JOHN INCMAN seedlinijs will lie added, amf a PRIZE OF £5 given to the first 

 who can ami will send me a thousand s Is of either that are true and giiaranteeil to come true the following year. 



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 i 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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