TRUTH. 
J. H. Mottldee, Esq., Oak Leigh Villas, Chesham, Bucks. 
Thanks for seeds, they gave me great satisfaction ; and I must say my garden has never afforded me such pleasure as since I had my 
supply from you. 
C. C. Bluett, Esq. , Longhurst, Wigan, Wth J uly, 1898. 
All your seeds and plants have more than realised my expectations. 
W. H. JI. Chuhch, Esq., Auch na Cloich, Eoseneath, Dumbarton, 16</t May, 1898. 
I have great pleasure in saying that the Cineraria and Calceolaria seed you sent me has given great satisfaction. The Cinerarias came 
into bloona at Christmas, and are still a splendid sight. The flowers are of great substance, twice that of any Cineraria I ever saw. The 
Calceolarias are equally fine. Everyone who has seen them say they never saw anything to equal them before. 
1, Wilton Terrace, Belgrave Square, S.W., A'pril 1st, 1898. 
The Countess of BucKiNon.vMSHiiiE encloses P.O., and is extremely pleased with the bulbs, seeds, and plants received from Messrs. CannelL 
Mr. Owen Ealbs, Hixon, near Stafford, 14</i February, 1898. 
Seeds arrived quite safe and in good condition, and I consider your seeds this year are the best I have ever seen ; every seed is perfect. 
I wish to tell you I took eleven prizes last August at the Trent Valley Society’s Show, held at Shugboro’ Park, for vegetables, all grown from 
your seeds. 
Mr. T. Hill, The Gardens, The Clintons, Teignmouth, 28(/t January, 1897. 
I am wanting the best new varieties of Chrysanthemums, and will leave the selection to you. Those you sent me last year did splendid I r 
I entered in 19 classes, got 16 first prizes and 3 seconds ; silver cup and £5 at another show. I only had 110 plants, and cut 200 perfect blooms ; 
my employer is very pleased. 
Mr. Wm. Stacey, High Street, Manea, Cambs, bth February, 1898. 
The seeds you supplied last year gave great satisfaction, and your book on allotments contains a lot of useful information. 
Mr. D. H.azblwood, Partington Gardens, Aberford, Leeds. 
Aster Ejnsford Yellow has far exceeded my expectation, for I think I shall not be far wrong in stating it to be the best quilled Yellow 
Aster in cultivation, and very free flowering ; in fact, it has been the admiration of all who have seen it. The Tomato is rightly called the 
King of Tomatoes, for it is a good cropper and excellent shaped fruit of first-class quality, just the Tomato for all purposes. \Yishing your 
firm success. 
Mr. A. Westdert, The Gardens, North Hall, Crawley, Sussex, 28t/i August, 1897. 
Your seeds gave great satisfaction. Gloxinias are excellent; I never had them so good; not one out of the batch but was of superior quality. 
Frederick Clarke, Esq., Annery Lodge, near Bideford, Devon, 21si January, 1898. 
The Zonal Pelargoniums which I have grown from seed supplied by you last year have won the praise and admiration of all who have 
seen them. From a Is. packet I obtained about 60 plants — ^90 per cent, producing trusses of the very finest quality, many of them over 16 inches 
in circumference, and the individual pips were of enormous size, some of them 2| inches in diameter. The colours, too, were simply grand, 
embracing many new and beautiful shades. 
Mr. N, Bennett, Gardener, HigheUffe, Lympstone, 21th January, 1898. 
Seeds, &c., safely to hand to-day, and I only hope they may prove as good this year as they have in the past. 
Mr. W. S. Benge, The Gardens, Beech Hill House, Wadhurst, Sussex, 26(7i January, 1898. 
I must say that your seeds are the best I ever had, for they give both great satisfaction to my master and myself. Your Primulas and 
Begonias are simply perfection, also your King Tomato Improved. 
All.an Luff, Esq., Hillside, Lodsworth, Sussex, lOt/i November, 1897. 
The seeds I had from you last spring have given great satisfaction, and done remarkably well. I have the best and finest- Carrots in the 
neighbmirliood from your Oannell’s Perfection; friends have praised them wonderfully, and said they never saw their equal. Y'our First Prize 
Runner Beans have also turned out excellent ; they are grand and prolific bearers. I commenced picking in July and continued up to Nov. 4th, 
all from one row. kly Cabbages were earlier than any round here — CamneU’s Defiance, with beautiful white hearts and nice flavour. In fact, all 
my seeds from you have given me the greatest satisfaction, and I do not see anyone about with better vegetables than mine this year, nor 
so good. 
Mr. W. Bransden, The Gardens, Stifford Lodge, near Grays, Essex, 2Wi January, 1898. 
I may tell you I have had no seeds to beat yours. From a half packet of Gloxinias seed I had nearly 400 plants ; every seed must have 
grown. Also the Begonias were splendid. 
Mr. C. Balchin, Victoria Street, Horsham. 
I find your Standard Bearer Celerv the finest grown about here, easily beating all others. I have raised close on 2,000 plants per year for 
five or six years, and I don’t think I have had hardly one go wrong. 
Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Reid, R.E., Ruth Villa, Nelson Road, New Brompton, 4t/i February, 1898. 
The seeds you sent me last year were the best I have ever used. 
NJ. H. Digbt, Esq., Hartley House, Exmouth, 28l^ December, 1897. 
A neighbour of mine saw the vegetables last Autumn I had growing from the seed I bought of you. He was so pleased with my crops that 
he said he should have his seeds from you this season. I am very pleased to tell you all the seeds I had from you turned out well indeed. 
Mr. F. Bennett, Gardener, Pound, Yelverton, 3r<f January, 1898. 
If the seeds turn out so well as in past seasons, they will be surt to give satisfaction. 
Miss Edwards, Frogmore House, Gordon Road, Ealing, W., "ird February, 1898. 
I wish to inform Mr. CanneU that the Tomatoes supplied by him were the best my garden has yet produced, and the most prolific. 
Mr. J. Macintosh, The Gardens, Barton Court Hotel, Barton-on-Sea. 
All the Vegetable seeds gave the greatest satisfaction, and the Potatoes turned out excellent. Cannell’s English Wonder Pea is the best of 
all I grow. Nearly every pod has ten peas, many eleven, and hardly anj- less than eight. 
Mr. W. Brown, The Gardens, Lyndhurst, Stockport, 10<A January, 1898. 
I have again much pleasure in sending you the order for seeds, as I can always depend on them. I have a splendid lot of Primulas, The 
Lady, Pyramidalis, Sinensis, and a grand lot of Cyclamen and Cinerarias, I am thinking of having a photo of them taken to send you. 
Mrs. O’Brien, Seafield, Duncormack, Wexford, Ireland, 5th April, 1896. 
My friends have been getting their seeds from Germany this yeai', and there has been no end of mistakes. I wish I could get more of your 
lovely seeds. , 
Mr. John Bishop, Gardener to Dr. Williams, The Cedars, Sherborne, Dorset, 2nd May, 1898. 
Since receiving the seeds, &c. , from you I have sown most of them, and am pleased to say that not any have failed ; in fact, I should think 
almost every seed has come up. I have gathered a splendid lot of Mushrooms from the spawn supplied by you to us at the end of February, 
and have also gathered several lots from a new bed already. Many thanks for your beautiful catalogue. 
Mr. R. Gl.\divell, The Gardens, Werndee Hall, South Norwood, 1th May, 1898. 
Your Latest of All Broccoli is a grand variety ; I am cutting some now which are equal to any Cauliflower. 
Mr. G. Humphrey, The Gardens, East Hill House, Ashford, Kent. 
It gives me great pleasure to inform yo'a your seeds have come up grand with me ; in fact, every seed I have sown. It is a pleasme to see 
them. 
Mr. I. Black, The Gardens, Purley Chase, Atherstone, 20(A May, 1898. 
The Wallflower seed we had from you last year has turned out splendid. There never was a better yellow. 
C. Williams, Esq., Omega Villa, Upton Park, E., 21th AprU, 1898. 
Thanks for seeds, and also catalogues. Send me invoice of the following. Some 25 years ago, when a boy, I had dealings with you ; since then 
I have been abroad, but now settled here. At the time I mention you had then offered Geranium “Happy Thought.” With this plant and others 
procured from you I succeeded in obtaining the First Prize at our Show in Dorsetshire ; so you may guess, after my long absence, the first name I 
enquired for was “ CanneU,” and I found that you had migrated to “ Swanley. ” I have frequently seen your productions growing in Africa and 
Australia. Now, Mr. CanneU, senr., I want to show the good people in and around here that I stiU deal with and have not forgotten the good 
old firm, always noted for good things, and that I am as fond as ever of my old hobby — gardening. Please accept my best respects ; and I hope 
you are enjoying exceUent health. I found abroad that “CanneU & Sons” were as popular as in England. 
Mr. Frbdk. Ford, Leigh, near Tonbridge, 18t/i May, 1898. 
The Peas, Beans, and other Vegetable seeds I had of you in February are coming along splendidly. I beg to thank you very much indeed 
for fine seeds. 
Mr. Wm. H.ammond, 57, Trinity Road, East Finchley, N., 2th May, 1898. 
I was very pleased with the wonderful 10s. fid. collection of Vegetable seeds. 
Mr. C. Prior, 'lue Gardens, Winsford Tower, Beaworthy, R.S.O., 1st May, 1898. 
I think it right I should teU you how much your Excelsior Kale is appreciated. I have grown it by the side of others, and it is much 
sweeter, and not liable to run to seed so quick. We have a splendid lot of it now. I shall grow it more in the future. 
Geo. j. Freeman, Esq., Beaconsfield Road, Great Yarmouth, 2th April, 1897. 
Please send your Price List at once to the following address : — . ... This gentleman saw some flowers I had from your seed last year, and 
liked them so much, he now wants some of the same strain. 
The Green, Hatfield-Peveril. 
Mr. James Spooner thought perhaps you would be pleased to know that he has taken first prize for Cannell’s Parsnips at the Hatfield Show. 
They were very much admired. 
Mr. J. H. Saunders, Poundesford, Taunton. 
1 have a very great faith in your firm, and have seen good results from plants and seeds from your establishment. I have been successful also 
in years past in growing plants and seeds purchased from you. I am always soliciting in your favour. 
Mr. S. CuRETON, Head Gardener, Haybridge Hall, Wellington, Salop, 2nd July, 1896. 
Please send me enclosed order for seeds. They have been much commented upon ; in fact, I consider all your seeds perfect ; indeed, you 
ought to push them more than you do. Send catalogues to the following addresses : — . . . . 
Stephen Nowill, Esq., Constantinople, 2'ird April, 1898. 
I have to-day received a parcel containing sundry Bulbs, and thank you for the same. It came to hand at 1 p.m. ; posted on the 20th inst. 
Very quick, and I thank you. I have looked at one, and it is perfect. 
Mr. W. Hitchcock, Gardens, Westcombe House, Evercreech, Bath, lOtA March, 1898. 
The Primula seed I had from you last year is the best strain I have ever seen. I shall be ordering more of you later on. 
Mrs. Bennett, Thoydon Bower, Epping, 2th July, 1898. 
I am much pleased with all your seeds. Crops are much superior to ours previously. In the great storm that passed over Essex last year, our 
garden was cut to pieces, and we thought that all your seeds were lost ; but they recovered themselves, and came to perfection ; some were 
remarkable. 
Mr. Chas. Yeo, The Gardens, Tivoli, Limerick, 1st July, 1898. 
It is a great pleasure to me and my employer to congratulate you on the excellence of your Seeds. Not a single failure, although we had a very bad 
spring and summer far from favourable. The word “ wonderful ” is great for seeds, but it is not, in our opinion, half good enough. If I had 
time to write and tell you how I suffered before I became acquainted with your house, it would astonish you. Yes, and prices a great deal higher 
for inferior articles. You will have better orders from this way next year. 
Messrs. CanneU & Sons, of Swanley, exhibited at the Drill Hall very fine specimens of splendid vegetables. This firm deserves congratula- 
tions. Much astonishment was manifest on the countenance of visitors as they studied the tables loaded with such giant vegetables of the 
highest order. (Press.) 
Mr. G. F. Monger, Compton, near Newbury. 
Please send me 2 ozs. of your Cannell’s Defiance Cabbage seed as good as last year. I only had two in 600 go to seed. 
Mr. C. H. Cottrell, Stationmaster, Navenby, G.N.R., I2th April, 1898. 
I should like to say that all the seeds from you have given very great satisfaction, yielding much greater crops than any I have had from 
other places. 
Mr. Griggs, The Oaks Gardens, West Norwood, 12th July, 1898. 
I know you will be pleased to hear that I have had the finest lot of Canterbury Bells (ciij) and saucer) that has ever been seen about here, 
especially the pinks, all from your seed, sown this time last year. Admired by all who see them, even by those who say they never before 
could see anythin j in Canterbury Bells. All ask where I got the seed. Uf course, I tell them “ Cannell’s.” Mr. Marshall always brings his visitors 
to look at his cups and saucers. Two ladies who were here a few days back wished me to get seed for them. Please send as follows : — . . . . 
