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SPECIAL  NOTICE. 
IF  YOU  WANT 
REALLY  GOOD  SEEDS 
AT  MODERATE  PRICES 
APPLY  TO 
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MR.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM'S  LISTS 
Are  acknowledged  by  all  to  be  the  Best,  Cheapest,  and 
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Cardeners,  and  the  Most  Celebrated  Professional  Car- 
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contain  very  useful  Cultural  In.structions. 
Mr.  SYDFNH.AM’S  Bulbs  and  Seeds  were  represented 
and  gained  First  Prizes  at  London,  Birmingham,  Preston, 
Newcastle-on-Ty"«.  Shtewsburv,  Kdinburgh,  &c.,  Ac., 
in  18f)2,  18<«,  18!)4.  189.''),  1890.  1897,  and  1898. 
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Nothing  gives  so  much  Cut  Bloom  at  .so  .small .a  cost  or  so 
little  trouble.  To  get  best  results  SOW  AT  CNCK,  as 
directions  .sent  with  each  Collection. 
SPECIAL  VERY  CHEAP  OFFER. 
COLLECTION  No.  1.— Ten  Very  Good  Varieties, 
50  Seeds  of  each  in  .sejjarate  packets,  Is.  3d. 
Kinily  Henderson,  white;  Blanche  F'en'y,  pink  and  white; 
Mrs.  Fckford,  j)riniro.se  ;  Royal  Robe,  jiale  pink  ; 
Splendour,  rich  deep  ro.se  ;  Firefly,  rich  bright  carmine  ; 
Meteor,  salmon  and  jiink  ;  Kmily  Fckford,  bi-ight  pale 
blue  ;  Counte.ss  of  Radnor,  j)ale  heliotrope  ;  Monarch, 
dark  bronzy-purple. 
COLLECTION  No.  2.— Ten  Very  Choice  Varieties. 
50  Seeds  of  each  in  se^)arate  packets.  Is.  9d. 
Blanche  Burjtee,  finest  white;  (^ueen  Victoria,  jiale 
yellow  ;  Venus,  [lale  lemon-pink  ;  Lovely,  delicate  pink  ; 
Her  Majesty,  soft  rosy  pink  ;  Lady  Penzance,  bright  pale 
rose;  Mars,  inten.seglowing  cardinal  ;  New  Counte.ss,  fine 
pale  heliotrope  ;  Countess  of  Powis,  orange-.salnion  and 
pale  pink  ;  .Stanley,  large  hronzy-iuiriile,  the  best  dark 
Sweet  Pea. 
Special  Price  for  the  Two  Collections,  2  6  Post 
Free,  with  a  packet  each  of  White  and  Pink 
Cnpid  (25  Seeds)  FREE  OF  CHARGE. 
COLLECTION  No.  3.— Ten  Newest  Varieties. 
50  Seeds  of  each  in  separate  packets,  3s. 
Sen.sation,  blush  white;  Mode.sty,  blu.sli  pink;  Prima 
Donna,  large  piidi  ;  I.ottie  Hufclnn.s,  buff,  flushed  pink  ; 
Oriental,  bright  ro.se;  'J'rium|))i,  .salmon  and  jiink  ; 
Gorgeous,  orange  and  pink;  Captivation,  rosy-purple; 
Coloni.st,  lilac-rose  ;  Salopian,  <lecp  mulberry-red. 
Special  Price  for  the  Three  Collections,  5/-, 
with  a  packet  (25  seeds)  of  Pink  and  White  Cupid, 
and  four  striped  varieties  (50  seeds  of  each) 
FREE  OF  CHARGE. 
All  Seeds  are  warranted  New  Seed  of  1898  Crop 
and  carefully  hand-picked,  all  small  and 
doubtful  Seeds  being  taken  out. 
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In  cultivation  ;  often  sold  under  other  ii.amcs  to  get 
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selection,  large  smootli.  Challenger,  3d.  ;  Golden  I'er- 
fection,  .‘id.;  Faiif.y  <)i’k>'-air,  tlie  best  for  outdoor 
work,  3d.  f'ollection.  Is.  .‘id.,  post  free.  If  ordered 
sejiarately,  Id.  e.ach  extra  for  jiostage. 
THE  FOUR  BEST  CUCUMBERS. 
K.ach  jiacket  contains  10  seeds, 
ockie’s Perfection,  Rolli.son’s (selected Teli-j.rajdi,  Covent 
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each  extra  ;  or  the  Collection,  2s.  jio.st  free. 
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ORCHIDS,  ORCHIDS. 
INSPECTION  of  OUR  NEW  RANGE  of  HOUSES, 
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CHARLES 
We  beg  to  announce  that  our 
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Grown,  Selected,  &  Tested 
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For  sale.— GERANIUM  CUTTINGS 
RASI'AIL  I.MI’HOVFD,  the  liest  Geranium  for  tlie 
cut  flower  trade,  9d.  jier  doz.,  .5/-  jjer  100  ;  sjiecial  jirice  )» 
1000.  F’ree  for  casli  with  order. 
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reijuire  half  the  exjiense  usually  incurred.  For 
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Strong  roots  from  2/0  jier  100.— RICHARD  SMITH  A  CD., 
Nurserymen  and  See<l  .Mercliants,  Worcester. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
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each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  ot  this 
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having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.” 
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READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
I'J'  has  been  said  of  old  “  the  world  knows 
nothing  of  its  greatest  men,”  and  similarly  it 
might  he  asserted  that  the  world  knows  nothing  of 
its  greatest  gardeners.  There  were  brave  men  before 
Agamemnon  and  poets  before  Ilomer.  The  world 
makes  its  heroes  out  of  those  whom  circumstances 
have  contributed  to  advertise  at  populous  centres, 
while  there  have  always  been  modest  inglorious 
savants  hidden  away  in  quiet  villages  and  suffered 
by  the  all-pervading  press  to  lead  a  placid  life  in 
pursuit  of  tlie  real  pleasure  of  self-development. 
It  is  to  these  great  unknowns  of  past  ages,  the 
rule-of-thnrah  men,  who,  inheriting  from  their  pre¬ 
decessors  an  accumulated  fund  of  experience,  have 
landed  it  down  to  us  with  something  superadded 
of  their  own,  that  our  grati  ude  is  due.  They  laid 
tlie  foundations  upon  wliicii  the  imposing  edifice  of 
modern  scientific  literature  is  ba.sed. 
Tlius  the  old  workers  and  old  writers  have  a  strong 
claim  to  our  gratitude.  Wc  are  too  thankful  for 
all  tliey  have  taught  us  to  employ  ourselves  in 
pointing  out  their  deficiencies.  Moreover,  we  feel 
that  if  they  were  living  and  leaching  in  our  times, 
they  would  give  very  different  series  of  instructions 
;’rom  those  which  have,  nevertheless,  been  so  useful. 
Let  us  also  remember  that  many,  if  not  most, 
of  the  old  writers  on  gardening  were  not  specially 
etjuipped  by  scholastic  acquirements,  but  rather 
grounded  in  practical  work  and  filled  by  self 
improvement  for  advocating  the  extension  and 
the  advancement  of  horticulture.  Such  men — 
Dractical  gardeners — laid  the  foundation  and  com¬ 
menced  the  superstructure  of  British  gardening. 
(Jf  the  present  century  gardeners  we  may  remark 
that  they  received  considerable  assistance  in  obtain¬ 
ing  information  and  in  disseminating  practical  know¬ 
ledge,  from  the  garden  and  the  “  Transactions  ” 
of  the  Horticultural  Society  of  London.  This, 
however,  represented  the  classes  rather  than  the 
masses.  It  is  to  Loudon’s  “Gardeners’  Magazine” 
that  the  palm  must  really  be  awarded  for  initiating 
gardeners  into  the  sound  all-round  practical  piin- 
ciples  of  garden  literature.  'I'heu  in  1811  came 
the  “Gardeners'  (jhrcnicle,”  a  weekly  journal  cn 
N*i.  970.— VoL.  XXXVIII  ,  Third  series. 
No.  2032.— VoL.  C.,  Old  .Series. 
