il. Ch,i|i)en & G^uide. 
Ucv. J. 11. Walton, 4, Fort Roiui, Hangalore, S. India, Am/ust (!M, 1N87. 
From your seeds friends and myself have taken ])rizes for Pansies, Pelargoniums. Gladioli, and 
Begonias— the three latter being the chief features of our Show. The Superintendent of the 
gardens had your exquisite Begonias labelled with your name ; they drew crowds of people. Zonals 
surprisingly beautiful, grand blooms ; we never saw such large trusses, ricli pips, and varied colotirs. 
Your firm is highly spoken of here. I hope to be in England next April, and shall come and see 
your noted Home of blowers, and take a lot back with me. Bangalore is one of the finest T)laces in 
India for dowers. 
E. J. Dowling, Es([., Oamaru, New Zealand, Juup 2m}, 1887. 
I have lent your Catalogue to a gentleman living licre. with a recommendation to him to send you 
an order. He is a good hand at Clirysanthemums, which grow to perfection here, and I want to see 
him with all the later additions spoken of by you. He is a constant exhibitor at oiir Horticultural 
Shows, so I hope he will send you a good order, and give you a chance of improviii" our Floral 
Exhibitions. ® 
Mr. Carl Jknskn. Planteskolcn, “ Skovdal,” ved Aarhus, Denmark, October IM, 1887. 
Many thanks for i)lants to hand yesterday, all safe and in fine condition, and are all that I 
expected. 
^ ^ T. Pennerathkk, Esq , Elsternwiek, Victoria. Australia, 
The l^t lot of Begonia Tubers came to hand in good condition. Louise Bonchet is certainlv a 
“blooming wonder,” lus well as being extremely pretty. Your Beaconsfield Primulas are a great 
success ; out of the single packet of seed received I raised about loO plants, amongst wliich many 
are distinct and beautiful varieties. T sent a box of blooms to the Horticultural Editor of the 
Leader.” a leading Melbourne newspaper, and enclose a ciuting of his note thereon, which I feel 
sure you will he pleased to receive as a printed testimony from the Antipodes of the excellence of 
your seeds : — 
^^clhourne ^ leader,* September Zrd, . 
“ We are in receipt of twenty varieties of Hybrid Primroses from Mr. Thomas Pennefather, Elstern- 
wick, who raised them from seed received from Messrs. Cannell & Sons. The strain is known as the 
Beaconsfield Primroses, The flowers are exceedingly beautiful, and, owing to their being from a 
cross between the Polyanthus and the Primrose, most of them are variegated with two or 
three colours, some showing their Primrose and others the Polyanthus origin; many of the latter 
being of exceedingly rich colours, while one in particular is as finely laced as any florist's flower. 
Mr. Pennefatlier linds them very hardy, and by fertilisation has raised others from them which are 
now commencing to flower, and are, apparently, also very handsome.” 
Mr. J. M. Davis. Haverhill. Mass.. U.S.A., Febrnari/ Wtb, 1887 
lour beautiful Catalogue of Flowers safe to hand, I thank you for your kind rcmemljrance. 
Mr. rl. UiciiMONJ), Bath Beath, New IJtreciit, King's Co., Long Island, America, 
. . Febrnari/ 18M, 1887. 
1 received a collection of flower seeds from my uncle in London last April from your 
establishment, they were something grand ; in fact, my friends were always admiring them for their 
beauty. They were something wonderful. 
Messrs. Bkackknriixje & Co., Govaustown. Md., U.S.A., Jannari/ 28///, 1887. 
We are pleased to report the arrival, after their long journev, of vour shipment of roots in good 
condition. * • . * © 
Mr. P. Strickland, 31, Emerald St. N., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Octofter 4///. 1887. 
I am pleased to tell you that I took first prize with the Single and Double Begonias you sent me 
at the great Central Fair last week ; they were considerably better than all others shown. Tlie plants 
you last sent were in fine condition when received — also seeds — twenty-six days only from the time 
1 wrote tlie order. 
I [aim} ton (^Ontario) Eventntj Tunes says: — “Among other rare and fashionable flowers shown were 
some beautiful specimens of Begonias, entered by Mr. Strickland, and imported by him originally 
from the celebrated English Horticulturists, Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, of Swanley, Kent, England.” 
Mr. C. Mason, 166, Rebecca Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June 27///, 1887. 
A friend of ours got some plants from you in the Spring, which arrived in splendid condition, and 
are now in bloom j kindly say best time for me to have .some. 
Mr. John Foley, Heaton Street, Timani, Canterbury, New Zealand, 22ml A/tril, 1887. 
I received the seeds, &c., from you safely, and beg to thank you for your promptness— 76 days only 
from the day I posted the letter till I received the goods. 
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