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TUB GARDENING WORLD. 
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR 1908. 
If you want 
REALLY ROOD SEEDS 
at moderate prices 
SEND TO 
MR. Robt. SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 
No one will serve you better. 
HIS UNIQUE LISTS 
sent post free on application, 
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Reliable ever published. They contain only the Best 
Flowers & Vegetables 
WORTH GROWING, 
Being the Selections of tlie Largest Seed Growers, Market 
Gardeners, and the most celebrated Professional Gardeners 
and Amateurs in the Kingdom. They also contain very 
useful cultural instructions. 
SWEET PEAS A SPECIALITY. 
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No flowers give so much cut bloom at so little co.-t and 
trouble if treated as instructions sent with each collection 
1-2 Good Varieties, 50 Seeds of each ... Is- 6d. 
12 Better Varieties, 50 Seeds of each ... As. 9d 
0r the Two Collections for 2s. 6d. 
12 Best Varieties, 50 Seeds of each ... 2s. Od. 
Or the Three Collections, 4s. post free, 
and four striped and four other varieties added free 
of charge. 
NAMES ON APPLICATION. 
2 Newest Varieties ... ••• As. Od. 
or what I consider the best of the newest. 
The number of seeds in these packets varies; the quantities 
are stated in black figures after each name : 
Agnes Ecktord (15) soft blush pink, 3d. ; E»rl Cromer 
(iO) mulberry, 4d.; Frank Dolby (20) lavender, 4d. ; 
Herbert Smith (25) orange bi-culor, 6a.; Lord NaUon (20) 
dark blue, 4d.; Miss Millio Maslin (25) rich crimson, 4d. ; 
M'S Hardcastle Sykes (20) blush pink, 6d.: Mrs. Collier 
.(20) new primrose, 4d. ; Nora Unwi ■ (20) white, 4d.; 
Primrose Countes6 or Clara Curtis (10) new wavy prim- 
ros . 6d.; Queen of Spain (zO) salmon-pink, 4d. ; White 
Countess (10J syn. or improved Etta Dyke, the newest, best, 
and largest wavy white, 6d. 
Collections Nos. 3 and 4, 5s. 
Primrose Countess and White Countess may be had in pkts. 
of 25 seeds, Is. each, or b packets for 5s. 
Special Price for the four collections, 7s. 
THE BEST TOMATOES. 
3d. par Packet of 200 Seeds. 
THE BEST CUCUMBERS. 
6d per packet of 10 Seeds. 
THE BEST ONIONS FOR EXHIBITION. 
EXCELSIOR, 6d. per Packet of about 1,500 Seeds. 
AILSA CR \IG, 6d. per packet of about 1,200 Seeds. 
Please co t pare these prices 
with wha 1 y <iz are paying. 
ALL OTHER SEEDS EQUALLY CHEAP AND GOOD. 
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Cardiff, Preston, Edinburgh, Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, Plymouth, Hanley, Shrewsbury, 
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NmA 'Week’s Wumbee. 
Our pages next week will be devoted to 
descriptions" of novelties of flowers and 
Vegetables of various kinds. A large 
number of them will also be illustrated 
b- means of photographic reproductions. 
We do not mean that novelties should dis¬ 
place old-time favourites and standard 
varieties, but the world of horticulture is 
ever on the move, and those who desire 
to be up-to-date and grow the most recent 
improvements cannot afford to stand still. 
Amongst annuals, by far and away the 
most popular is the Sweet Pea, and our 
leaders are fully aware of the fact that 
every year now has something in store 
for us, and out of the multitude of new 
varieties some of them are sure to take 
us by surprise for their beauty, novelty, 
and utility. We will devote a consider¬ 
able amount of space to the Sweet Pea, 
and next week’s issue will really be'a 
Sweet Pea Number, though some others 
are not forgotten. The number of our 
pages will be increased, . so that all the 
usual and seasonable articles will appear, 
so that out of the thousand and one lovers 
of flowers the solitary one who does not 
love Sweet Peas will still be catered for. 
Now is the time to secure seeds of those 
things we term novelties and to be tried 
in various gardens during the coming 
year, for we may rest assured that those 
who delay ordering some of the newer 
varieties are certain to be disappointed. 
Scarce ones give out before everyone is 
supplied, and even already we understand 
that no seeds are procurable of certain 
novelties. Moreover, it is time to com¬ 
mence sowing under glass where that is 
the intention. The old idea of waiting 
till hardy flowers are blooming in the 
garden is now exploded. “Doing things 
in good time is the main secret of success¬ 
ful gardening.” Good gardeners are at 
February i, 1908. 
work all the year round making prepara¬ 
tions one year for the display of next, but 
even those who only employ occasional 
labour or do their own gardening them¬ 
selves should commence early if they avf 
to make the most of their gardens. The 
pleasure of being able to grow one’s own 
flowers for cutting and for garden display 
is scarcely greater than the satisfaction of 
growing and cutting one’s own vegetables. 
Even now a commencement can be made 
in sowing vegetables by those who have 
the command of glass. 
Acacias. 
Beautiful Shrubs 
Once Very Popular. 
Apart from the Silver Wattle (Acacia 
dealbata) very few of these beautiful 
shrubs seem to be grown now, although 
a few years ago they were very popular. 
I have often wondered why they should 
have lost their popularity, seeing that 
they are interesting the whole year round, 
with their beautifully cut foliage, which 
almost equals the flowers themselves, the 
colour of which is chiefly yellow. They 
are propagated by cuttings taken during 
the early summer months, and placed in 
sandy soil in a propagating pit with a 
temperature of about 65 degrees, keeping 
them close until they are rooted. They 
can also be raised from seeds which 
should be sown as soon as they are ripe, 
but grown in this way they usually attain 
considerable size before flowering. 
Generally speaking they are very easy to 
grow, but when a failure does occur, it is 
usually caused by one of two things—- 
either through allowing them to. become 
dry when the buds are swelling, which 
will cause them to drop off, or by over¬ 
watering, so that the soil becomes stag¬ 
nant. They never bloom better than 
when cramped for room at the roots; 
therefore it is as well not to repot too 
often. I have some plants of the Wattle 
kind or Mimosa, as it is sometimes called, 
which have not been repotted for the past 
five years. They are looking very pro¬ 
mising, while some that were more liber¬ 
ally treated are scarcely showing a flower. 
It is most important that the wood be well 
ripened, and to do this they should be 
stood outdoors on a bed of coal ashes in 
a sunny position during the summer. Be¬ 
low I give a selection of varieties, all of 
which will grow in a cool greenhouse:—• 
Acacia verticillata (flowers in March), 
A. pubescens (May), A. pulchella 
(March"), A. cordata (April, dwarf habit), 
and A. Drummondii (a splendid plant for 
sub-tropical bedding; flowers pale yel¬ 
low during April). The foliage of this 
species is very handsome. A. leprosa 
and A. riceana may be used as pillar 
plants or climbers, while A. urophylla is 
sweetly scented and has white flowers. 
There are a great many varieties, but the 
selection given above is representative of 
the best. They are troubled but little 
with insect pests, their worst enemy being 
the thrip, which can easily be kept under 
by syringing. 
A. Dennett. 
Canterbury. 
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