IRISH GARDENING, 



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FOR 

 1909. 



IF YOU WANT 



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. 



For fuller descriptions of the vaiictics iiuiitioncil in lliis list ami all utluT kucjwu varieties, we relVr (nir iriciids to llic little Look 



"ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS," revised and correctetl to end of lUOS. 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. 



Buyers not wanting any collection complete, may select their own varieties from EITHER COLLECTION at prices mentioned and 



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



COLLECTION No. 1 TWELVE USEFUL VARIETIES, 113. Coccinea, .lark carmine scarlet; Dainty, white, with slisrht 



jiiiik eil,ije; Dorothy Eckford, wliitc ; Evelyn Byatt, oianLje and c-i-imson liicolor, Henry Eckford, orange scarlet ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon 

 pale primrose; Miss Willmott, ^almon-red; Mrs. A. Watkins or Gladys Unwin, wu^cd piid<. ; Navy Blue, deep violet lilue ; Prince of 

 Wales, rich rosj- crimson; Romollo Piazzani, ricli lilne; Salopian, deep innlberry red. 



COLLECTION No. 2 TWELVE GOOD VARIETIES, 1 9. 1^. J. Cook, pale lavender purjle; Black Knight, bronzy 

 clioeoiaic; Countess Spencer, lar-i' wavy pink: Duke of Westminster, rosy violet: Herbert Smith, oran.ce and eiiiiison hicolor; 

 King Edward VII., rich criniso}i ; Lady Crisel Hamilton, pale lavender; Mrs. Collier, p:de jirimtose; Nora Unwin, waved white- 

 Queen of Spain, salmon-pink Sybil Eckford, ercaniy Iniir, llnslud pale pink : Triumph, rosy salmon and l:ihish. 

 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 No. 3. THE TWELVE BEST VARIETIES, 2 /-.-Clara Curtis, syn. Primrose Spencer, waved primrose; 



Etta Dyke, syn. White Spencer, waved wliite; Frank Dolby, waved lavender, see l-'iir. I; George Herbert, waved carniiiie and rose ; 

 Helen Lewis, waved riranve and rose, see f'iy (I; Helen Pierce, marbled blue; Jeannie Gordon, carmine and buff; Lord Nelson' 

 ilaiklilne; Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, \va\eil bhish pink, see l-'itr. 1 ; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich nisy nniuve ; Paradise, rich pink, the 

 best of the Countess Spencer tyjie; Queen Alexandra, the liest crimson scaiiel. 

 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 COLLECTIOIMS, 4/- 



and when lioiight toi;etlier. the four added jiackets and a packet each ot tla^ fonr best striped varieties, viz. ; — 

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



will be added free of cliarge, making f 1 of tlie very best varieties m cultivation, at an average cost of ali<jut one 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 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), I'osv pink and Mush, waved, 6d. ; Audrey Crier (10), lirigld rosy pink, Avaved ; Evelyn Hemus (15), waved 

 l.rimrose, with j.ieolee ed-v of pink, 6d., see Fig. 5 ; Jet (50), Ibe ilarkesi of all sweet I'eas. 3d. ; Mother o' Pearl (Aldersey) (25), a 



beautiful silxci-v lavender, sliulnhh le.l andsweeilx- scented, 4d.; Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (10), the gem for 1909, a bulV (u- pale 



primrose ground sli;uled with salmon pink, a much impiovi-d Mrs. Henry Bell, 6d. ; Paradise Carmine (15), a large waved, eirmineand 

 rose ; Queen Victoria Spencer (10), a waved deep fuimrose, sli-hlly sliadeil pale rose ; Saint George (15), a grand oranue ^earlet.ls. 

 see Fig. .', ; Sutton's Queen (25), a buff ground Countess Spencer, 4d. ; The King (12), a tine waved form of King Edward VII., see 

 l'"ig, '.i ; The Marquis (12), hirge \vaved rosy mauve. 

 COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for 5/- 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 (Aldersey) 

 (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,o00 seeds. 



ALL OTHER SEEDS EQUALLY CHEAP AND GOOD. FULL LIST POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 

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