Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
CANNELLS’ COMPETITION IN GARDEN PRODUCTIONS 
AT THE SHOW TO BE HELD AT KNOLE PARK, 8EVENOAKS, AUGUST, 1896. 
Open to all Gentlemen's Gardeners in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, 
these Prizes is — 1st, to urge Gardeners to ^’ow everything for their employers to the highest possible point of excellence ; 
^d, that there shall be an opportunity to prove bis abilities as a nrst-cTass all-round gardener In the three most essential branches— Fruit, 
Flowers, and Vegetables; 3rd, that he shall have a personal distinction to prove his efficiency and skill in after years as a first-class 
professional. 
Each Exhibitor mast ^declare everything he shows for this Prize is positively his own production, and from his employer’s garden. If proved 
to the contrary the prize will be forfeited, and his action exposed and censured. 
All competitors must intimate their intentions to the Secretary and to Messrs. Cannell a week before the Show. 
All exhibitors a.nd their friends are asked to meet at our special tent at five o’clock, when someone of distinction will present the Crown and 
Star, fasten it on the victor’s breast, and give an address. The money prize lyill, in all probability, bo paid at the same time. 
THE STAR CAN ONLY BE TAKEN ONCE BY THE SAME PERSON. 
Mr. E. Edwards, gardener to G. Barclay Field, Esq., Beechy Lees, Oft'ord, Kent, nobly won and carried ofE the Star of Honour 
at the Seyenoaks Show at Knole Park, proving himself to be certainly one of the best all-round practical gardeners in .Kent- 
He now retires, and in future he must not compete or in any way assist any other gardeners in competing for this distinction. 
SEVENOAKS SHOW, 
Held in K.NOLE PARK. (Lord Sackville’s), 1895. 
Three competitors entered for this — the greatest feature of 
the Show. Mr. Edwards, who was second the year before, was 
now first with a splendid lot of garden produce (all good), and 
the general comment was that it was an excellent exhibit ; many 
ladies and gentlemen gazed at it with much interest and admira- 
tion, and exclaimed “How perfect!” One was heard to say 
“Good old England and all her lovely produce, none can touch 
her and her gardeners.” 
Mr. Hatton, who was third the year before, was now a 
happy second, and his ruddy healthy face and bright eyes 
showed his delight at getting nearer and nearer to the coveted 
honour. 
Mr. Gibson, one of the gi-eatest professional gardeners in all 
Kent, was as contented as he could well make himself with a 
third. 
It was a grand Show — best in Kent. Prizes were paid at 
five o’clock, and the winner entering with the Star was heartily 
congratulated. 
A vote of thanks to Mr. Cannell and the .Judges ended the 
second great Star of Honour contest. 
From Sir MARK COLLET, The Bank of England. 
I am glad to hear that you consider my gardener was fully entitled to the prize (Star of Honour) you gave at Sevenoaks. I am further glad 
I he met with deserved success. Showing may- have its drawbacks, but when you give these inducements on purpose to provide us with good all-round 
gardeners I am pleased that it was in this direction that my gardener gained his beat prize. 
CANNELLS’ CHAMPION BELT COMPETITIONS 
Have proved a great advantage to the public, showing how Vegetables, Fruits, and Flowers should be when near perfection, and 
ithe longer these prizes are contended for, and the more generally they are taken up, so will healthy conditions result. Kent 
[had 14 entries and a sharp competition ensued, entries coming in from all parts of the county (as will be seen by its report), 
and we hope many more will contend, thus increasing then- store of knowledge and enabling them to conduct their gardening 
with much more ease and success for the benefit of themselves personally, and by their example improving the whole district. 
Mr. H. Eobder, Gardener to Col. Cornwallis West, Ruthin Castle, N, Wales, 8/A October, 189,'i. 
Your Seeds havealways given me entire satisfaction. 
\ Mrs. Bekmeld, Heythrop, Chipping Norton, 21th May, 1895. 
I \ The Seeds and Bulbs yon sent mo are beyond anything I ever had before, and less trouble. The Seeds in five days were up in distinct rows ; now 
I th^^e thriving well. 
■-\ P. Dalton, Esq., Fillingham Castle, Lincoln, 2nd February, 1895. 
I I am ajijcione to begin to get all my Seeds that I want from yon. 
