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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR 1908. 
.YDENHAMS 
EEDS s ^ 1 
UCCESS. 
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, 
a?eacknowledged by all to be the Best, Cheapest, and most 
Re 
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 out bloom at so little cost and 
trouble if treated as instructions sent with each, collection 
Is. 6d. 
Is. 9d. 
12 Good Varieties, 50 Seeds of each 
12 Better Varieties. 50 Seeds of each 
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 tour other varieties added free 
of charge. 
NAMES ON APPLICATION. 
12 Newest Varieties 
4s. Od, 
or wliat 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, od.; Lord Nelson (20) 
dark blue. 4d. ; Miss Millta Maslin (25) rich crimson, 4d. ; 
Mrs Hardcastle Sykts (20) blush pink, 6d.; Mrs. Collier 
(20) new primrose, 4d. ; Nora Unwi • (20) white, 4d.; 
Primrose Countess or Clara Curtis (10 new wavy prim¬ 
rose, 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 CRAIG, 6d. per packet of about 1,200 Seeds.* 
Please compare thes* prices 
with whai yvu are paying. 
ALL OTHER SEFDS EQUALLY CHEAP AND GOOD. 
MR. SV DENHAM’S SEEDS; AND BULBS 
have been represented and gained as 
many First Prizes at London, Birmingham, 
Cardiff, Preston, Edinburgh, Newcastle 
on-Tyne, Plymouth, Hanley, Shrewsbury, 
Taunton, Wolverhampton. &c., &c., tor the 
past twelve years as any firm in England. 
FULL LISTS POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
The DELIGHTS of GARDENING are 
much enhanced if the Choicest Seeds 
only are grown. 
Carter’s Quite Content Pea. 
First-class certificate, R.H.S., 1 
Price 1/- per pkt.; 3/8 per half pint. 
Carter's Scarlet Emperor Bean. 
The long smooth Exhibition Runner, with 
pods 15 inches long, hanging in clusters. 
Price 1/- per pkt.; 2/6 per pint; 4/6 per qt. 
Carter’s Sunrise Tomato. 
First-class Certificate as an INDOOR 
and OUTDOOR variety, 1905 and 1907. 
Price 2/6 and 3/6 per packet. 
Carter’s large-fid. Sweet Peas. 
Price 3d., 6d., and 1/- per pkt. 
ALIi POST FREE. 
Illustrated Price List Post Free. 
Seedsmen to H.M. the King, 
HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
ROSES 
FOR ALL SOILS & SITUATIONS. 
Specially Prepared for 
Spring Planting. 
CLIMBERS IN POTS A SPECIALITY. 
Seven Silver Cups and 81 First 
and Second Prizes have been 
awarded to BRAISWICK Roses 
during the summer of 1907, 
proving their excellence. . . 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE POST FREE. 
FRANK CANT & CD.. 
Braiswick Rose Garden, 
COLCHESTER. 
March 7, 190S. 
SAMPLE LOTS FREE fo. 2/6. 
We waat every reader who has not 
already tried our goods to pick out 
from the several sample lots described 
below a parcel which interests, and we 
venture to hope for repeat orders. 
Those who know our style of business 
will already nave our catalogue of 
“ Everything for the Garden,” and 
will be atole to make up their want lists 
from it. All who have not a copy of 
this catalogue should send us their 
names and addresses on postcards, and 
copies will he posted. 
5 / *» COLLECTION OF HARDY 
C/ VP PERENNIALS. This consists 
of 25 hardy subjects, and every p.ant 
will he correctly named, and each one 
a distinct kind. This mass of plant is 
growing in popularity, and no wonder, 
for once they are planted they give no 
further trouble; a good show of bloom 
coming every year. 
2 / a sample lot, and you will be 
sure to send along further orders. 
Every garden has an unsightly place 
which wants to be qudokiy covered by 
a climbing plant. What climber can 
compare to England's national flower— 
th,e Rose? The hybrid tea Reine Olga 
de Wurtemberg, 5 feet high; and 2 
dwiarf hybrid teas, including the new 
Lady Wateriow, alone sited at Is. 3d., 
comprise this lot. The only firm to win 
2 Gold Medals of the National Rose So¬ 
ciety last year. 
2/(1 ..BULBS. Plant now. The bulbs 
are from 5 to 6 inches in circumference, 
and every bulb is hound to. flower well. 
You may either have 35 bulbs of the 
brilliant scarlet Brenchleyensis, 36 of 
the large blotched Lemonei, or 36 of 
the self-coloured Gandavensis, or equal 
quantities of all. Tell us which you 
like best. 
2 Hg! SAMPLE LOT OF I,ILIUM AU- 
/ RATUM. Bulbs direct from 
Japan; as sound and plump as one can 
wish. Every one sure to give a large 
spike of bloom. Ibis' Lily is known as 
the Golden Rayed Lily of Japan. We 
will send 6 bulbs, 8 to 9 inches in cir- 
oumferenee, free for 2s. 6d. Note the 
size of the bulbs. Plant now. 
2 NS. COLLECTION OF SPRING 
/© BLOOMING PLANTS. 25 Pan¬ 
sies, Green’s Prize Mixed; 12 Antirrhi¬ 
nums; 6 Foxgloves; and 25 Mixed Wall¬ 
flowers. This lot will give an abundance 
of blootn, and is excellent value. 
2 /jgJ SAMPLE LOT OF STARTED 
/1® BEGONJAS. Our Begonias are 
known far and wide. The strain is the 
best, and the best are the cheapest in 
the long run, even if a. little more is 
paid at the outset, for one is able to 
keep Begonia tubers from year to year. 
12 large tubers free for 2s. 6d. 
2/© TUBERS. 12 tubers, all true to 
name, in either equal quantities of 
Cactus, Pompon, Single, Show, or 
Fancy types, or 12 of any one type. 
This is a grand lot. We have been 
awarded 50 Gold Medals for our collec¬ 
tions of Dahlias. 
COLLECTION OF VEGETABLE 
4^/6 SEEDS. J pt. Early Peas; J pt. 
Late Peas; \ pt. Broad Beans; k oz. 
Beet; 1 pkt. Broccoli; 1 pkt. Cabbage; 
J oz. Carrot; J oz. Cress 1 ; 1 pkt. Lettuce 
(Cabbage); 1 pkt. Leek, Musselburgh; 
J oz. Mustard; 1 oz. Onion (White 
Spanish); § oz. Parsley; § oz. Parsnip; 
1 oz. Radish; and J oz. Turnip. 
2 i£> COLLECTION OF NEW GIANT 
/t» SWEET PEAS. The best 12 yet 
raised. 50 seeds of each, or 600 in all. 
Helen Lewis, Helen Pierce, King Ed¬ 
ward VII., John Ingman, Nora Unwin, 
Countess Spencer (true). Flora Norton, 
Enchantress, Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. 
Collier, Queen Alexandra, and Sybil 
Eckford. A cheaper collection is made 
of 12 distinct varieties. 50 seeds of each 
(600 in all), free for Is. 2d. 
RECORDS.—The only winners of 5 
Gold Medals of the National Sweet Pea 
Society. The only winners last year of 
2 Gold Medals of the National Rose So¬ 
ciety ; and the only winners of 50 Gold 
Medals for Dahlias. 
HBBBI S- Lro.. NO FWK NURSERIES, DEREHAM 
London .Depot—17, Broad Street Place, E.CJ. 
