dkni\ell &L ^or\^’ domj)lete ^eed Gfuide. 
MAKE SURE NOT TO HAVE COMMON SEEDS. 
We liave always observed and openly expressed an opinion tliat vegetables on the 
continent never eat nice, and have frequently heard others say the same. The 
above is the key to the secret of the cause— viz., deticiency of saccharine and fattening 
matter. No doubt the seeds are likewise deficient, and it behoves all to be careful to 
have the sweetest seeds ; and it is highly iiu])ortant that growers should know and 
be determined not to liave foreign or northern grown seeds (nearly half those sold by 
non-growei’s come from abroad). All this shows plainly that our seeds are all- 
imj)ortant to purchasers, by being stronger, grow with more vigour to begin with, 
and the great change of soil ; Innicc the reason of so many testimonials from all parts 
that vegetables from our seeds yield and eat so well, and give unbounded satisfaction 
both for garden and table. The following is direct proof ; — 
O'llnir.i.Y, Ksej., C'olamt)er, Ratbowen. 
I wish to Kiy tliat, having testeil most of tlie seeds supplied in Kngland and Ireland for years, I 
found vour supplv more generous, the yiehl better and more certain than the others, and have this 
year decided on getting all the garden seeds from yon. 
The following is taken from a seed catalogue of recognised authority, printed 
years ago, and to this day tlie fact, of cottrse, remains the same, that just as many 
seeds again germinate from those ripened in Ivent (tested side by side) as those coming 
from cold soils aud more northern counties ; hence I lie quanlity required for the garden 
maybe cut down one third. This, we think, all will accept as conclttsive evidence 
that our seeds go far to make the garden all-important and decidedly better than 
formerly. 
Mo. of Seeds 
germinated out of lOU. 
'I'he Kent Crop, grown in Jlid Kent, soil light and early . . SO to 90 
Bedfordshire crop, soil light, sandy, and early , . . . b.5 to 70 
Essex Cro]), soil generall}^ rather heavy .. .. .. 50 to 60 
Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Croi>, soil flat, wet, and cold 40 to 45 
FLOWERY LAND. 
'J’he two earlv frosts in the midst of the finest weather in the autumn of 1890 
Dahlias were blackened all over, and October 15th Begonias and all tender things 
destroyed in nearlv all ]>arts of the country, whilst ours were untouched, and we were 
showing both these flowers at various exhibitions in all their lovely grandeur, which 
speaks volumes for the warmth of ouif climate. On the 28th October, at Beeston, in 
Nottinghamshire, 16° of frost was registered against our 7°. All this is well known 
in Kent. 
Mr. T. Kum.inu. The Cardeus, Knchworth House, Stevenage, Jaituar^ 22ntl, 181)0. 
Many thanks for vours. I have long wanted to see over your estahlislimciit. There is no 
part of the kingdom in'mv opinion so pleasant as Kent. I was there for some vvars before coming 
here, and f find a vast ditference bath in elim ite and vegetation, although only fift) miles noitli ot 
The Ganleners’ Chronicle, Oct. 25th, in describing a run down to Maidstone, says: — 
If Kent be the garden of England, certainly it more resembled a hop-garden the other day than 
either a fruit or flower ganlcm. as we wore whirled along in the tram from bwanley .function pa t 
Mr. II. Cannell's famous llorticiilfural Estahlishment, and his e-stcusive seed fann 
There were not lacking some striking floral effects, which evoked i.ip uroii.s exp 
admiration fix)in youthful passengerti. 
Our appeal for a Hall of Horticulture, distributed with our Guide of last year, 
and of which the following is a copy : — 
A IIali, fob IIouTicuLTrun. — *• A Voice fkosi Swanlev. March/ I't is 
briny a feeliny of e.at’t< d pride to the heart of every car, when they see the eM.ls oj their comUymen 
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