March 8, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
410 
GENUINE ONLY FBQMSUTTIlMRSONS,READlf<C. 
ALL SEEDS WARRANTED. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY ST., BIRMINGHAM, 
THE CELEBRATED AMATEUR IMPORTER OF BULBS. 
Having been continually solicited by a large number of my Bulb 
friends to keep a select stock of the best and most reliable 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, I have decided to do so. 
“Qcality before Quantity” being my “motto,” I shall 
spare no expense to get the very best strain of every variety 
offered in this list, and send out all fresh new seeds of the latest 
growth. The majority, if not nearly all ordinary Seedsmen say 
they will not be responsible for the failure of any Seeds. I 
cannot guarantee there shall be no failures, but as the best 
guarantee it is possible to give of my wish to sell only genuine 
Seeds, I will undertake to replace, free of charge, any Vegetable 
or Flower Seeds from which a fair proportion fail to germinate 
in due course, under fair and proper treatment, or which do not 
some true to name. 
I shall not confuse my friends with a long list of six or eight 
hundred varieties of Flower Seeds, but confine myself to about 
two hundred varieties that will be satisfactory to purchaser as 
well as seller. In Vegetable Seeds, I contend that few want 
more than six or eight varieties of Peas, three or four sorts of 
Cabbage or Broccoli, two or three of Carrots, one of Parsnips, 
and so on, and where the list is much increased, it often contains 
names manufactured to suit a particular locality, or selected 
stocks of old varieties slightly improved under new names. 
TERMS, strictly cash with order from unknown correspon¬ 
dents ; references given if required. 
All Flower Seeds sent post free ; all general Seed Orders over 
10s. carriage paid ; Orders over £3, 5 per cent, discount; Orders 
over £5, 10 per cent, discount. 
My “UNIQUE SEED LIST," entered at Stationers' Hall and 
Copyright, is the most original and useful List ever published 
for amateurs. It coutains only the most select varieties of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds in cultivation, and gives full cul¬ 
tural directions. 
This List sent Post Tree on application. 
Choice Primula, Calceolaria, Carnation, and Picotee 
Seeds will be of a specially good strain. 
Best white Raffia Fibre, 6 d. per pound. 
(Please Mention this Paper.) 
Letter Orders have same care as for my own planting. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY STREET , BIRMINGHAM. 
BOXES Of GARDEN SEEDS. 
Celebrated for Quality. 
WE BBS’ BO X Vegetable Seeds' 5/™ 
UfCDDC’ DfiY Containing 42 varieties of O . 
WlLOlB© OUA Vegetable Seeds k£i/X> 
Mft£DGO’ DfSV Containing 47 varieties of -f Jr / 
WEDllw OUA Vegetable Seeds aZPi 
llfCDDO’ DfiY Containing 61 varieties of -f / 
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Carriage Free. List of Contents on application. 
SUTTON’S 
SXJ PERB 
CINERARIA. 
Unsurpassed by any other strain in 
cultivation. 
See paragraph, “CINERARIAS AT HILL PLACE, 
on page 411 GARDENING WORLD, March 1, 1890. 
“ The Cinerarias aie the finest I ha ve ever seen ; the colours 
and size of the blossoms unequalled.”—Mr. T. DAVIES, 
Gardener to James Buckley, Esq. 
“ My Cinerarias are extremely beautiful, and the flowers of 
great size and substance.”— The Rev. R. HOLE. 
Pries of Seed, mixed colours, 2s. 64. and 5s. 
per packet, post free._ 
THE 
BEST 
toe’i Novelties, 
PEA—Sharpe’s Victory.per pint packet 
PEA—Sharpe’s Empress....per quart 
PEA—Sharpe’s Queen. ,, 
„ „ . per pint 
PEA — Sharpe’s Sir F. A. Milbank... ,, 
PEA—Sharpe’s Triumph.. 
PEA—Sharpe’s Paragon. ,, 
POTATO—Sharpe’s Standard..— per lb. 
POTATO—Sharpe’s Victor.per stone 
POT AT O—Sharpe’s Duke of Albany ,, 
BROCCOLI—Sharpe’s Monarch...per packet 
BROCCOLI—Sharpe’s Selected Winter, 
per packet 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS — Sharpe’s 
“Standard” . per packet 
C A B B A G E—Sharpe’s ‘ ‘ Standard, ’ ’ per packet 
BEAN—Sharpe’s Conqueror ............per pint 
CUCUMBER—Sharpe’s Epicurean, 
per packet 
BEET—Sharpe’s Emperor . ,, 
TOMATO—Sharpe’s Eclipse. ,, 
ONION—Sharpe’s Prize White 
Spanish . ,, 
s. d. 
2 6 
O 6 
4 O 
1 O 
1 O 
Fop. Full Description of the above, see 
Illustrated Seed Catalogue 
FOE 1890. 
POST FREE ON APPLICATION TO 
CHARLES SHARPE So Co., 
SLEAFOEJD. 
R. GOLD & Co.’s 
BEST FLOWER SEEDS. 
18 sorts, Is. ; 30 sorts, Is. 6d. 
POST FREE. 
g CO- 5; 
H• 
QUALITY THE TEST OF CHEAPNESS. 
Buy your Seeds Direct from the Growers, and Save 25 per Cent. 
Collections, 5s., 7s. 6d., 12s. 6d., 21s , 31s. 6d., 
and 42s., all carriage paid. 
DANIELS’ 7/6 COLLECTION 
CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS contains 
1 Packet Cucumber 
1 Packet Gourd 
2 Packets Lettuce 
1 Packet Leek 
1 Ounce Mustard 
1 Ounce Onion 
1 Packet Parsley 
1 Ounce Parsnip 
1 Ounce Radish 
1 Ounce Spinach 
2 Ounces Turnip 
1 Packet Vegetable Marrow 
2 Packets Herbs 
1 Packet Tomato 
4 Pints Peas for succession 
1 Pint Broad Beans 
£ Pint French Beans 
J Pint Runner Beans 
1 Packet Borecole 
1 Packet Brussels Sprouts 
1 Packet Broccoli 
1 Packet Savoy 
1 Packet Cabbage 
1 Ounce Carrot 
1 Packet Cauliflower 
1 Packet Celery 
2 Ounces Cress 
Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt 
of P.O.O. or Cheque. 
Illustrated Catalogue, Gratis and Post Free. 
EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 
Mr. R. Clough , Brotton. 
Feb. 13th,—“ The Seeds I had last year gave every satis¬ 
faction. I took 150 prizes at four shows.” 
Mr. A. Shepherd, Sherlourne. 
Aug. 2nd.—“ Everything I have had from your firm for these 
last twelve years has turned out well.” 
From Mr. J. Rage, Hatfield . 
Au<* 3rd.—“ I am very pleased to tell you that I have gained 
severai First Prizes for Vegetables grown from your Seeds this 
year.” __ 
DANIELS BROS. 5 growers, 
NORWICH. 
Next Week's Engagements. 
Monday, March 10th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, Greenhouse Plants 
&e., at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 11th.—Royal Horticultural Society. Meeting 
of Fruit and Floral Committees at 12 o’clock. 
"Wednesday, March 12th. — Royal Aquarium, Westminster. 
Spring Show (2 days). Sale of Lily Bulbs, Plants, &c., 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, March 14th.—Gardeners Orphan Fund, Meeting of 
Market growers at the Hummums Hotel, Covent Garden, at 
9 o’clock. Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Moiris’s Rooms. 
For Indexto Contents & Advertisements, see p.429. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
‘TSardy Marketing Fruits.— We publish in 
another column a very interesting letter 
from that esteemed pomologist, Mr. George 
Bunyard, of Maidstone, sent, if tardily, at 
least none the less acceptably, in response to a 
request of ours made on January 18th, that some 
of our leading fruit nurserymen would state 
what sorts of Apples are now most in request 
for market planting. So far Mr. Bunyard is 
the only respondent, hut probably the infor¬ 
mation he offers is both as general as local in 
its character. We had referred to the dis¬ 
cussion which last January took place in the 
Times newspaper, respecting what were the best 
Apples, and thought some light might be 
thrown upon what market growers regarded as 
