Cki\i\ell doniplete ^eed Gfuide. 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY’S SHOW, REGENT’S PARK. 
The Illustrated London News, Jnne 29th, 1889. 
■ An exceptionally fine display of Double and Single Begonias by Messrs. Cannell & Sons, 
bwanley, wxs quite a revelation to many who have not watched the rapid progress that has been 
made in the deyelopmcnt of this favourite flower, the group well deserving the Silver Modal 
awarueu and Certificates granted to four new varieties. 
Amateur Gardening, June 8th, 1889. 
m,n,w SwANLEY.-'The Lord and Lady Mayoress of London, accompanied by a 
number of ladies and gentlemen, paid a visit on Saturday last to Messr.s. II. Cannell & Sons’ “ Home 
Mavor'nTvnrf too, visits were paid to the same establishment by the Lord 
Major 01 York and the Mayors of Adelaide and Sydney. 
The same paper says : — 
Bo^onTn='^r.‘f“°r® ^ novelty in Messrs. Cannell & Sons’ fine group of Tuberous 
1 i^cmple Show last week created some excitement among Begonia enthusiasts, and 
was much admired by visitors in general. It was of medium size, delicate soft pink in colour, very 
isomld.'rn h’lr y “amed “ Rosebud," inasmuch as, in some respects, it strongly 
resembled a half-expanded Tea Rose. Being a decided acquisition to the now extensive Begonia 
family, it was awarded a iirst-Class Certificate. ° 
Royal Botanio Society— MAGAZINE, 26th April, 1890. 
Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons were the exhibitors of Begonias, and remarkably good were the 
specimens staged. o > j b 
ROYAL BOTANIC, 14th June, 1890. 
Messrs. IT. Cannell & Sons contributed to the miscellaneous class a large and extremelv 
beautiful collection of Tuberous Begonias, consisting exclusively of varieties raised by the firm. 
Royal Botanic— JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE, 24th April, 1890. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons von first honours for 12 Tuberous Begonias with handsome double 
and single varieties of beautiful typos. 
N. Danilewskv, Esq., Ministbre des Affaires Etrangbres, St. Petersburg, Russia, 
X I j 1 . X , \ith Novembevy 1890. 
^ in keeping up the well deserved reputation of your double 
Begonm becds in Russia. The specimens I raised were so beautiful that I resolved to exhibit them 
at the Russian General Horticultural Exhibition. 1 alone of the seven exhihitors of '1 uberous Begonias 
. 1 ® '".?Ae.vt prise, a gold medal. Yonr plants were very much admired, and I promised to 
'tu P,?"’®,'; exhib tthcm in greater number in future. I labelled my plants “ raised 
from the seeds of the English Horticulturists, H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.” 
R. H. S. — June 25th. 
T'‘® 1 °^ Flowers ’’ contributed some enormous Canterbury Bells in several colours, 
and beautiful blooms of Balsams^ Petuniiia, and Begonias. 
V.,,. 11 U 1 ,-. Wretham Rectory, Thetford, March m, 1890. 
. . V ite 1 erfection 1 rimula is simply magnificent, the finest I have ever grown, and I 
reel sure it growera of this favourite flower were once to give it a trial the demand for seed in 
tuture years would be immense. 
Mr. S. Bunnow, Gardener to W. North Row, Esq., Cove Manor, Tiverton, 
rpi,„ T> • 1 , . . . I'ehruaru ilth, 1890. 
® ^ nniulM we had from you last year are the best I ever saw in my life. The fern leaved 
eix- splendid, both in foliage and bloom. I have plants now two feet across, with four to 
SIX trusses of bloom on them. 
Mr. T. II. Jajies, Lancaster Glass Works, Lancaster. Erie Co., New York, 
• t 1 Februanj llM, 1890. 
xnc Lvinerann seed purchased of you yielded flowers beyond all comparison. 
Midwinter Show— GARDENING WORLD, January 19th. 
have nothing to fear, for their strain is one of the 
finest and most varied m the Kingdom. 
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