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Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
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is onr advertising heading, and we have never heard of anyone who 
has come to see but what they have alw'ays expressed their delight 
and astonishment at what we have shown them, and have gone away 
and kindly recommended us. 
The following, extracted from the Gardeners' Magazine, fully 
and pointedly explains the neceasit.#of procuring “Perfect Seeds’ 
(our Trade Mark), so as to ensure the best results throughout the 
garden and greenhouses, whicfi is of inestimable value, and is the 
sole cause of our seeds surpassing all others : — “ When it is advised 
to secure good seeds, that their product may be good growth, 
too often is it forgotten that, beyond giving good germination, seeds 
play an important part in the sustenance of the infant plant. Until 
roots and leaves are created, the plant germs or growth evolution is 
dependent for support upon the sap stored in the seed lobes This 
character is as evident in the tiniest of seeds as in that of the oak or 
horse chestnut. The development of roots and leaves is not the pro- 
duct of instantaneous action. It takes time — perhaps two, tliree, or 
several days— and until the tiny roots can abstract food 
from the soil, and leaves can assimilate it, the plant is entirely 
dependent upon its seed lobes or reservoirs for its existence. How 
important, therefore, is it that these seed lobes should be 
perfect, be well furnished with stored sap, as the robustness of 
the infant plant has all to do with the strength of the plant 
later in life- Very old seed, as a rule, fails to germinate because 
the stored sap has become exhausted or is dried up. The 
seed, perhaps, makes its puny effort to grow, and then collapses. 
The moral of this is grow only good and, so far as possible 
fresh seed.”— A.D. 
We grow nearly all onr own seeds, and it is well known that we 
spare no expense to procure the best, and every year we select and 
re-select. It would delight any lover of the garden to see the loveli- 
ness of our strains, and the exertions on the part of our foremen to 
have the best, even to tbe commonest annuals. Many are so improved 
that some families are so very different and superior to those produced 
at the cheapest markets, and retailed by persons who have not the 
least idea how important it is to those that purchase ; whereas we 
grow and supply them direct to the sowers, and from the finest 
climate and soil in Europe for producing them. The result is that 
the strains are better and the seeds are better, coming off our 
calcareous soil, than in the ordinary black garden mould, and from 
the change they make marvellous growth, and the crop is at least 
one-third more. 
Compliments and best wishes, cordially inviting all to 
inspect our Seed and Nursery Establishments. 
