seeeeee Peewee eeeeeeeseeree POOP O SESE EHH E ESET HSEH HESS ES EEH SESE SEESSEE SESE ESE EEESESE SESH SSSSESSETSOS USES ESE OEOSEESHSEESE OOOOH ESE EOEOEESEE® POCO RES SETHE EEE H EET eee EEe SPOS er ere ereeeeeeeeeees eee 
BEOWERS rom SEED | 
OCHO HEHEHE ETH OE HEHEHE SEO ET HEHE EE SESE E OEE EE EEE ES 

‘THE PAGEANT OF SUMMER.’ The above picture, which also appears in colour 
on our cover, was painted by Miss Beatrice Parsons—whose pictures are so often to be 
found in the Royal Academy~in the gardens of one of our customers in 1907. 
It takes one’s thoughts back to pre-war days when, for charm and beauty, the gardens 
of England were unrivalled throughout the world. We are now returning to those 
peaceful times, and even last summer our gardens were rapidly resuming their former 
cheerful aspect. The largely increased cost of everything has curtailed the work 
and ideals of the gardener; but it was generally felt that the past season was only a 
beginning of the return to the old times, and we all are looking forward to next summer 
for the full enjoyment of our homes and gardens. 
We know that everything indoors—food, clothing, furniture—has at least doubled in cost. 
So, too, has almost every requisite for the garden—implements, labour, manure, trees and 
shrubs. It is, however, a matter of satisfaction that there has been no such increase in the 
prices of Flower Seeds, and a reference to pre-war Catalogues will show that an order for 
Flower Seeds in 1920 is nowhere near double the cost of a similar supply in 1913. Indeed, 
it is by a judicious selection of Flower Seeds that we may do more to restore our gardens | 
to their old-time glory, and for a much smaller outlay, than by any other means. 
Engfand is the home of alf that is best in garden Flowers, whether it be the hardy Sweet 
Pea, grown as successfully by the cottager and allotment-holder as in the Royal Garden 
or Public Park, or the noble Gloxinia that has been the admiration of the visitor to our 
far-famed Summer Shows, and few things afford more genuine pleasure and interest than 
a thoughtfully planned flower garden or a house where flowers are the chief decoration. 
Pee ee eceeeeesereseres 
We are once more able, owing to the removal of paper restrictions, to include a complete 
descriptive list of Flower Seeds in the present volume, together with numerous illustra- i 
tions, many of which are reproduced from photographs taken in natural colours. : 
SUTTON & SONS, READING, ENGLAND 
CROCE H EET ET EHH SHEE EEE HOHE TEESE SHOES ESOS SEES OSES EOE SE OOH OSES EHH EO EOSOTESOTFOS OO EHE SEHFHSEH ESET ESOS HOTEL ETE O HEHEHE OEEH THO O SE OH SOHO HEH T ESTES HOS OS OHSS OSES O TOSSES HEHTOS ESE SSESSO STS SH ETE HES OOS SESE ES ES 
COC e EEE HEHEHE EEE EE EEE SEES SESE SEES EEEE ESE EH EEEE EES ESEEEEEEEEE EE EE EES ESOS EEEO EES EEEEEEEEE ESOS OSES EEEEEEOEEEEESESOEEEED SOPOT OSE OEE SETESEE SEES HESS EOES eeeeesceces Pee eee eee ee eeseseseseeee® 
ai 
