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THE OA PDENJNO wni?I n 
February 29, 1908. 
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR'1908. 
If you want 
REALLY GOOD 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, 
are acknowledged by all to be the Best, Cheapest, and most 
Reliable ever published. They contain only the Best 
Flowers & Vegetables 
WORTH GROWING, 
Being the Selections of the 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. 
No flowers give so much cut bloom at so little cost and 
trouble if treated as instructions sent with each collection 
2 Cood Varieties, 50 Seeds of each ... la- 6d. 
12 Better Varieties. 50 Seeds of each ... Is. 9d 
Or 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 ... ... ... 4s. 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.; Earl Cromer 
(20) mulberry. 4d.; Frank Dolby (20) lavender, 4d. ; 
Herbert Smith (25) orange bi-color, 6d.; Lord N elson (20) 
dark blue, 4d. ; Miss Millie Maslin (25) rich crimson, 4d. ; 
Mrs Hardcastle Sykts (20) blush pink, 6d.; Mrs. Collier 
(20) new primrose, 4d. ; Nora Unwi i (20) white, 4d. ; 
Primrose Countess or Clara Curtis (10) new wavy prim- 
ros-, 6d ; Queen of Spain ( 20 ) salmon-pink, 4d. ; White 
Countess (10) 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 6 packets for 5s. 
Special Price for the four collections, 7s. 
THE BEST TOMATOES. 
3d. per 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 AIC, 6cl. per packet of about 1,200 Seeds. 
Please compare these prices 
with wha' y>u are paying. 
ALL OTHER SEEDS EQUALLY CHEAP AND GOOD. 
MR. SVDENHAM’S SEEDS AND BULBS 
have been represented and gained as 
•nanyrirstPriies at London Birmingham, 
Cardiff, Preston, Edinburgh, Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, Plymouth, Hanley, Shrewsbury, 
Taunton, Wolverhampton &c., &c., >or the 
past twelve years as any fi -m in England. 
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Gdifortfal. 
Owe ^umbaie. 
Next week we shall bring before our 
readers various kinds of flowers and vege¬ 
tables, most of which are new or of recent 
introduction. All of them are good, use¬ 
ful subjects that have been well tried and 
their capabilities determined. The illus¬ 
trations, being reproductions from photo¬ 
graphs, show the true character or ap¬ 
pearance of the various, subjects when 
grown under favourable conditions and 
properly treated. 
The vegetables will be a much stronger 
feature of next issue than in our Sweet 
Pea Number, and those who resolve to 
try any of them will be adding a novelty 
to their previous cultures. Few benefits 
of a garden appeal more directly to the 
owner than a supply of fresh vegetables. 
New Potatos, it is true, may be obtained 
in the markets or from the greengrocer, 
but they never taste like Potatos dug from 
the garden and boiled immediately. 
New Potatos lose by keeping, however 
short a period. In the course of a few 
hours they acquire a different flavour. 
The flowers are novelties, and repre¬ 
sent garden improvements upon well- 
known and useful old favourites. Novel¬ 
ties amongst flowers are always in re¬ 
quest, and serve to give freshness and 
brightness to the home. The modern Be¬ 
gonia shows what refinement has been 
accomplished amongst this garden race 
of flowers during the last ten to twenty 
years. Seedlings may now be obtained 
for bedding purposes almost as good as 
the named ones. These, of course, are 
obtained in the form of tubers. They are 
far superior for pot work to the pot speci¬ 
men* which we often see cultivated with 
loving care. We should advise readers 
to grow varieties of the modern improve¬ 
ments, even if only unnamed seedlings, 
because the best require no more care 
than the worst. We also give an illus¬ 
tration of a rockery to show what can be 
done with some soil and a few stones, 
even in a small garden. 
-— 
- Cinerarias - 
And their Successful 
Cultivation. . . . 
I have often noticed how badly these 
really lovely plants are grown. The fol¬ 
lowing method of cultivation I would 
heartily recommend for the production of 
fine, healthy plants :— 
Cinerarias should be sown early in June 
in a pan filled to within an inch of the 
top with a soil composed of equal parts 
of loam and leaf-mould, a dash of silver 
or river sand being added. Smooth and 
even the surface, and then water well, 
taking care to affix the rose to the water¬ 
ing-can. Then sprinkle the seeds thinly 
on the wet soil, and cover them lightly 
with a layer of finely sifted soil and sand. 
Place a square of glass over the pan, 
and on the glass put a piece of thin white 
paper, so as to shield from the burning 
rays of the sun. Next place the whole in 
a cold frame as near the glass as possible; 
this ensures the development of sturdy 
plants. Notice the pan occasionally, and 
water if required. 
In a week the seedlings will appear. 
Then take off the glass and paper and 
water the plants with the fine rose. Dur¬ 
ing the daytime they- should be shaded. 
At the end of a month or six weeks the 
plants should be transferred to another 
pan, being put in one inch apart. After 
about another month set the young plants 
in four-inch pots, the soil consisting of 
equal parts of old turfy loam and decayed 
manure, and half a part of leaf soil and 
river sand. Care should be taken in 
watering; this is better done in the even¬ 
ing, and the rose must be used. By the 
middle of September the plants should be 
transferred to seven-inch pots, using the 
same soil as before, with the addition of a 
six-inch pot full of soot to one peck of 
the soil. Well water before turning out, 
as this causes the roots to leave the small 
pots better. To ensure drainage, cover 
the pot-hole with a large piece of crock, 
and put round this some small pieces; 
then cover the whole with some of the 
coarse pieces, of turf. Next put back the 
plants in the frame and water from over¬ 
head. Continue to shade in hot weather. 
The frame may be left open night and 
day in July and August, closing at night, 
however, in September, when the shading 
can be dispensed with. Leave the plants 
in the frame until the frost appears; they 
should then be taken into a greenhouse 
and put on shelves near the glass. The 
minimum temperature should not be less 
than 36 degs. In January go over each 
plant, pressing down the soil and putting 
a teaspoonful of Clay’s Fertiliser, or 
Canary Guano, in each pot. Cover this 
over with a layer of soil. In March or 
April they should be in bloom. 
As these plants are very subject to at¬ 
tacks from greenfly, they should, on its 
appearance, be 'fumigated with XLall. 
Vaporiser. 
