IRISH GARDENING. 



SPECIAL 

 NOTICE 



IIJ 



FOR 



1908. 



IF YOU WANT 



REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 



AT MODERATE PRICES, send to 



MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM, TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



No Flo^vers 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. 



F(ir fuller deseriptidns (,f tlic varirti.'s mcntiniuMl in ihis list aii.l allctbrr k it .wu varieties, I rel'd- iiiv rrii-inls Id luv little booklet 

 "ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," ivvis.-d and c.n reetcil to end (.f l'.lli7. 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, 1/6. Bolton's Pink, laiyt salmon jdiik David R Williamson rich 

 niedmrn blue ; Gladys Unwin, pale pink, sliglill.v dai-ker eduv ; Lovely, jialc jiink ; Mrs. G. Higginson, pale French "nn • Navy 'bIuc 

 deen'violet l)lno : Prince Edward of York, i-ds.v salnidn stan.lanl, lii;hter win-s; Prince Of Wales, ricli rosy crinisnn- Sadie Burpee' 



wliitp; Salopian, deeii iiinlliiaiT i-ed ; Scarlet Gem, pale scai-lct ; Triumph, rosy salmon and Ijlnsli. " ' 



COLLECTION No. 2 TWELVE BETTER VARIETIES, IS.- Agnes Johnston, salmon 1 ink ami ImiT- Black Knieht 



lironz.v ciiocolate ; Blanche Burpee, white; Countess Spencer, larse pale pink wavy standard; Dainty, white with slight pink ed "e ' 

 Evelyn Byatt, oian-e and crimson bicolor; Flora_ Norton, rich skv bine ;' Janet Scott, pale jiink' 



Duke of Westminster, ros\ xioUt 

 Unshed ImlT; King Edward VII., rich ciin 



Miss Willmott, salmon red ; Romollo Piazzani, rich blue. 

 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 p de carmine 

 standard, liL'hter wmcs: Helen Lewis, s\ n. ni;Ax,:i Cor mi.;ss, rich wavy oian^e stamlani, rosv\xin;:s- Helen Pierce marbled or 

 lirained bine; Henry Eckford, oran-e scarlet; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, pale primrose; Jeannie Gordon, carmine and buff' Ladv Crisel 

 Hamilton, jiale lavend. r ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich lavender blue , Paradise, rich pink, the best of the Countess .'■'pencfr tviie ■ 

 Queen Alexandra, the best crimson scarlet ; Sybil Eckford, creamy buir, Hushed pale pmk. voumlss fencer type, 



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 cf " Phencmenal " and " Earliest of All White " will be added free of charge. 



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE THREE COLLECTIONS, 4/- 



and when bought together, the four added packets and a packet each o! the four liest striped varieties, viz. • 



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



will l)e added free of charge, niakiirg II of the very best varieties in enltivai ion. at an average cost of aboutone petmy 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. 'f he nundjer of seeds in these jiackets varies, the cpnintities are stated in black figures after each naiue Agnes 

 Eckford (15), soft Hush pink, 3d. ; Earl Cromer (20), mulberry, 4d. ; Frank Dolby (20), lavender, 4d. ; Herbert Smith (25) orai'^e 

 bicolr.r, 6d. ; Lord Nelson (20), syn. I'.iuiijant Hi.ui, dark blue, 4d. ; Miss Millie Maslin (25), rich ci imsou, 4d. ; Mrs. Hardcastle 

 Sykes (20), blush pink, 6d. ; Mrs. Collier (20), new primiose, 4d. ; Nora Unwin (20), white, 4d.; Primrose Spencer (10) syn or 

 imjiroved Claiia Curtis, giand tiew wavy ]irimi-ose, 6d. ; Queen of Spain (20), salmon piidv, 4d. ; White Spencer (10), syn. or iinproved 

 Etta Dyke, the new-est, 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. 6d. or six 



packets of any variety at price of five. 

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



SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS, 7/-, 



added, and a PRIZE OF £5 given to the first 

 1 to conu- true the following vear. 



And in addhion, a iiacket of MRS. CHARLES FOSTER and JOHN INGMAN sei'dlings will I 

 wdio can and will send me a tbovisand seeds of either that aic true and guarant 



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 j 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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