February 6, 1909 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
SPECIAL 
NOTICE 
No flowers give so much cut bloom at so little cost and trouble as 8 weet Peas. 
IF YOU WANT 
REALLY GOOD SWEET PEAS 
AT MODERATE PRICES, send to 
Robert Sydenham, Limited, New Tenby St., Birmingham. 
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR 1909. 
The seeds in these collections are all carefully hand picked; only plump, round seeds sent; all small or 
doubtful ones are taken out, which we do not think is done by any other firm; £0 to 90 per cent, guaran¬ 
teed to germinate if treated as instructions sent with each collection. 
Each packet in Collections 1, 2, and 3 contain SO plump, round selected seeds. 
Buyers not wanting any complete collection may select their own varieties from EITHER COLLECTION, 
where priced, at prices mentioned, and have 2s. 6d. worth for each 2s., or five packets of any one variety 
at price of four. 
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, with appendix to end of 1908. Price Ed. 
All interested in Sweet Peas should buy this little book before purchasing their supply for the season. They may deduct the 6 d. paid 
for it from first 5s. order. 
COLLECTION No 1.—Twelve Useful Varieties, Is. 3d. 
Coccinea, dark carmine scarlet : Dainty, white, with slight pink edge ; Eorothy Ecklord. r\h te ; Evelyn Eyatt. orange and crimson 
bicolor; Henry Eckford, orauge scai let ; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, pale primitse; Miss Willmott, salmon mi; Mrs. A • Watkins 
or Gladys Unwin, waved pink; Navy Blue, deep violet blue ; Prince of Wales, rich rosy crimson ; Romolo Piazzani, rich 
blue; Salopian, deep muibtrry red. 
COLLECTION No. 2 —Twelve Good Varieties, Is. 9d. 
A. J. Cook, pale lavender purple : Black Knight, bronzy chocolate ; Countess Spencer, large wavy pink : Duke of West¬ 
minster, resv violet ; Herbert Smith, orange and crimson bicolor ; King Edward VII., rich crimson ; Lady Grisel Hamilton, 
pale lavender ' Mrs Collier, pale primrose ; Nora Unwin, waved white ; Queen of Spain, salmon pink ; Sybil Ecklord, 
creamy buff, flushed pale pink ; Triumph, rosy salmon and blush. 
Single packets of any variety in Collections Nos. 1 and 2, 2d. each. 
Nos. 1 and 2. when bought together, will be 2s. 6d., and a packet of Millie Maelln and John 
Ingman Seedlings will be added free of charge. 
COLLECTIONS 
COLLECTION No. 3.—The Twelve Best Varieties, 2s. 
Clara Curtis syn. Primrose Spencer, waved primrose; Etta Dyke syn. White Spencer, waved white: Frank Dolby, 
waved lavender; George Herbert, waved caimine and rose; Helen Lewis, waved orange and rose; Helen Pierce, marbled 
blue: Jeannie Gordon, carmine and buff ; Lord Nelson, dark blue ; Mrs Hardcastle Sykes, waved blush pink , Mrs. 
Waiter Wright, rich rosy manve : Paradise rich pink, the best of the Countess Spencer type; Queen Alexandra, 
the best crimson scarlet. 
Single packets of any variety in Collection No. 3, 3d. each, or any five for Is. 
COLLECTIONS Nos. 2 and 3 nay be had together for 3s., and a packet of Phenomenal and Agnes Eckford 
•will be added free of charge. 
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE THREE COLLECTIONS, 4s., 
and when bought together, the four added packets and a packet each of the four best, striped varieties, viz. : — 
Jessie Cuthbertson, Mrs J. Chamberlain. Marbled Blue or Hester, and Unique, will be added free of charge, making 
44 of the very best varieties in cultivation, at an average cost of about one penny 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 we consider the best of the newest. 
SPECIAL NOTICE.—The number of seeds in each packet in Collection No 4 varies. The number is 
stated in black figures after each name, and where the packets can be sold separately the price is stated as 
well. There are about two thousand packets' of these priced varieties, apart from what is anticipated will 
be sold in the collections. When these are sold, orders can only be taken for the full collection, which is put 
at a specially low figure. Any variety not priced cannot, and will not, be sold apart from the collection. 
Annie Blossom Spencer i20), rosy pink and blush, waved, 6d.; Audrey Crier (10), bright rosy pink, waved; Evelyn 
Hemus (IS), waved, primrose, with picotee edge o pink, 6d.; Jet (50), the darkest of all Sweet Peas, 3d.; Mother o SjJ'JL 
(Aldersey) (25), a beautiful silvery lavender, slightly hooded and sweetly scented, 4d.; Mrs. Routzahn Spencer (10), tne gem 
for 1909, a buff or pale primrose ground shaded with salmon pink, a much improved Mrs. Henry Bell, 6d.; Paradise carmine 
(15), a large waved, carmine and rose ; Queen Victoria Spencer 10), a waved deep primrose, slightly shaffed Palerose; Saint George 
(15), a grand orange scarlet. Is ; Sutton's Queen (25 1, a buff ground Countess Spencer 4d , The King (12), a fine waved 
form of King Edward VII.; The Marquis (12), large waved, rosy mauve. 
COLLECTIONS Nos. 3 and 4 may be had together for 5s.. and a packet of the New White Everlasting Pea, 
White Pearl (25 seeds), added free of charge. 
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE FOUR COLLECTIONS, 7s., 
hich, with the nine added varieties, will be 57 in all, and making it the best collection, considering the varieties, ever offered for the money 
A Few Packets of Mr. Hugh Aldersey's celebrated SYEIRA LEE (20 Seeds), Is.; sold as not quite fixed. 
Mr. Malcolms MRS. A. MALCOLM (25 Seeds), Is.; (10 Seeds), 6d. CHBISSIE UNWIN (20 Seeds), 6d. JOHN 
INGMAN (50 SeedB). 3d.; re-selected, but not guaranteed as quite fixed. ROSIE SYDENHAM (20 Seeds), 4d-; uot quite 
fixed. Also ROMANI RAUNI (Aldersey) (20 Seeds), Is., sold as not quite fixed. 
THE CEM FOR 1909 IS MRS. ROUTZAHN SPENCER, 
and should be ordered at once, 6d. per packet of 10 seeds, or five packets for 2s. 
CHOICE MIXED SEEDS of most of the above and other varieties, 2d. per packet of about 100 seeds; 6d. per oz. of about 350 
to 400 seeds; Is. 6d. per J lb.; or 5s. per lb. of about 5,000 to 5,500 seeds. 
ALL OTHER SEED EQUALLY CHEAP AND COOD. 
FULL LIST POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
