February 8, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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FOR 
1908 . 
IF YOU WANT 
REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 
AT MODERATE PRICES send to 
MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM , NEW TENBY ST., BIRMINGHAM. 
No Flowers give so much cut bloom at so little cost and trouble as Sweet Peas. 
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1908. 
The seeds in these Collections are all carefully hand picked; only plump round seeds sent; all small, poor, or doubtful 
ones are taken out, which I do not think is done by anyone else in the trade. Eighty to ninety per cent, guaranteed 
to germinate if treated as instructions sent with each collection. 
Each Packet in Collections 1, 2 and 3, contains 50 plump round selected Seeds. 
For fuller descriptions of the varieties mentioned in this list and all other known varieties, I refer my friends to my little book, 
“ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS,” revised and corrected to end of 1907. Price 6d. 
fiLE INTERESTED IN SWEET PEAS SHOULD BUY THIS LITTLE BOOK BEFORE PURCHASING THEIR SUPPLY 
FOR THE SEASON, AND MAY DEDUCT THE 6d. PAID FOR IT FROM THE FIRST 5s. SENT FOR SEEDS. 
COLLECTION No. 1.—Twelve Useful Varieties, Is. 6d. 
Bolton’s Pink, large salmon pink; David B. Williamson rich medium blue; Gladys Unwio, pale pink, slightly darker edge; 
LoYely, pale pink; Mrs. G. Higginson, pale French grey; Nayy Blue, deep violet blue; Prince Edward of York, rosy salmon 
standard, lighter wings; Prince of Wales, rich rosy crimson; Sadie Burpee, white; Salopian, deep mulberry red; Scarlet Gem, 
pale scarlet; Triumph, rosy salmon and blush. 
COLLECTION No 2—Twelve Batter Varieties, is. 9d. 
Agnes Johnston, salmon pink and buff; Black Knight, bronzy chocolate ; Blanche Burpee, white ; Countess Spencer, large pale 
pink, wavy standard ; Dainty, white, with slight pink edge; Duke of Westminster, rosy violet ; Evelyn Byatt.oranye and crimson 
bicolor ; Flora Norton, rich sky blue ; Janet Scott, pale pink, flushed buff ; King Edward YII, rich crimson ; Miss Willmott, salmon 
red ; Romolo Piazzani, rich blue. 
Single packets of any variety in Collections Nos. 1 and 2, 2d. each, 
COLLECTIONS Nos. 1 and 2, when bought together, will be 2s. 6d. and a Packet of Coccinea and Horace Wright 
will be added free of charge. 
COLLECTION No. 3.—The Twelve Best Varieties, 2s. 
Dorothy Eckford, white ; Gf orge Herbert, pale carmine standard, lighter wings; Helen Lewis, syn. Orange Countess, rich wavy 
orange standard, rosy wings : Helen Pierce, marbled or grained blue; Her ry Eckford. orange scarlet; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, pale primrose ; 
Jeannie Gordon, carmine and buff ; Lady Grisel Hamilton, pale lavender; Mrs. Walter Wright, rich lavender blue ; Paradise, rich 
pink, the best of the Countess Spencer type ; Queen Alexandra, the best crimson scarlet; Sybil Eckford, creamy buff, flushed pale pmk. 
Single packets of any variety in Collection No. 3, 3d. each, or any six for Is. 3d. 
COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 3 may be had together for 3s., 
and a Packet of Phenomenal and Earliest of All White, will be added free of charge. 
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE THREE COLLECTIONS, 4s., 
And when lnu s ht together the four added packets and a packet each of the four best striped varieties, viz. 
JESSIE CUTHBERTSON, Mrs. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Marbled BLUE, and UNIQUE, 
will be added free of charge, making 44 of tbe very best varieties in cultivation, at an average cost of about Id. a packet. 
Price of either of the eight added varieties if wanted alone, 2d. each. 
COLLECTION No. 4—The Twelve Newest Varieties, 4s. 
Or what I consider the best of the newest. 
The number of seeds in these packets varies, tbe quantity is stated in black figures after ea'h name. 
Agnes Eckford (15), foft blush p nk, 3d.; Earl Cromer (20), mulberry, 4d.; Prank Dolby (20 , lavender, 4d. ; Herbert Smith 
(25), orange bicolor, 6d. ; Lord Nelson (20), syn. Brilliant Blue, dark blue, 41. : Miss Millie Maslin (25), rich crimson, 4d. ; Mrs. 
Hardcastle Sykes (20), blush pmk, Cd.; Mrs. Collier (20), rew primrose, 4d.; Nora Unwin (20), white, 4d.; Primrose Spencer 
(10), syn. or improved Clara Curtis, grand new w.vy primrose, 6d.; Queen of Spain i20), salmon pink, 4d.; White Spencer (10), syn. 
or improved Etta Dyke, the newest, best, and largest wavy white yet raised, 6d. 
COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may ba had together for 5s., and a packet of the newest and best Everlasting 
Pea, WHITE PEARL, free of charge. 
Any variety in Collection No. 4 (except Mrs. H. Sykes) may be had at the prices mentioned after each 
name, or six packets at the p ice of five, or buyers mav select their own varieties from either collection 
at prices mentioned and have 3 - worth for each 2 6. orsix packets of any variety at price of five. 
PRIMROSE SPENCER and WHITE SPENCER may be had in packets of 25 Seeds, 1 - each, or 6 packets for 5 
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS, 7s., 
And, in addition, a packet of Mrs. CHARLES FOSTER and JOHN INGMAN seedlings will be added, and a Prize of £5 given to the 
first who can and will send me a thousand seeds of either that are true and guaranteed to come true the following year. 
CHOICE MIXED SEEDS of mist oj the above, and oth r varieties, 21 . per packet of about 100 seeds: 6 d. per ounce of about 350 to 
400 Seeds; 1 j 6 per quarter lb., or of-per lb. of about 5,000 to 5,500 Seeds. 
