Washington, D. C. 
“I have had about six more of your seedlings bloom for me. The amazing 
thing to me is that everyone that has bloomed to date has been a worth-while 
flower. A friend of mine who had something over 1,500 seedlings (from sources 
other than Lyondel), has not produced out of the whole lot as many worth-while 
blooms as I did from a dozen of your seedlings.” 
C. F. Quinn. 
Jersey City, N. J. 
“Several of the Lyondel seedlings are now blooming. For size of florets, 
color, arrangement on the spike, for sheer beauty, I have never seen any to com¬ 
pare ivith them. There was nothing at the International Flower Show at the New 
York Grand Central Palace last March to equal them. I have several hundred 
other plants in my garden, and I intend discarding them entirely and replacing them 
with Lyondels.” 
Dr. H. A. Kuhl. 
Hicksville, Ohio. 
“The very finest things I have this year are your productions; the largest 
flowers and most massive spikes are from your stock These are the finest del¬ 
phiniums I have seen and am more enthusiastic than ever. I do not intend to grow 
any other strain but Lyondels. My brother is of the same opinion.” 
Dr. H. M. Jordan. 
Boyce, Virginia. 
“We have had such great success with your splendid crosses. You would 
be proud of some of the florets, even larger than those you show in your catalog. 
In a bed of about 80 plants of your double whites, there were only 4 blues, the 
rest an even lot, some purest white, even the bee. The flowers are large, some 
three inchss across; the spikes are fine, iip to five feet or more. All this is their 
maiden bloom, and they are a beautiful sight.” 
F. G. Butler. 
Winnetka, III. 
‘ 1 TJp to the moment I considered the joy of plant breeders as something 
belonging exclusively to themselves, but since one of your delphinium seedlings 
has come into bloom, I am convinced that the labor of the breeder is far-reaching 
and great joy is transmitted to the ultimate amateur gardener. I cannot tell you 
how thrilled I am over this plant, the first seedling to bloom. The bloom is a 
revelation to me; I am getting to be a perfect “nut” about it. If I had paid for 
the one seed what I paid for the whole packet I would feel paid many times over 
in the joy I have had in this one lovely plant.” 
W. L. Uilpert. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
“I am disposing of all the old stock, NOT ANY OF YOUES, and am making 
room for my new stock (from the Lyondel seeds). There is no comparison with 
yours. ’’ 
James G. Dickson. 
Youngstown, Ohio. 
“My plants that bloomed from your seed this spring were simply wonder - 
ful; such colors, and what size florets!” 
J. F. Eovart, Jr. 
“The seeds 
germination. ’ ’ 
Mercersburg, Pa. 
which I got last year came up so well, almost 100 per cent 
Mrs. F. M. Metcalfe 
Oakland, Md. 
“I have read the description of your most beautiful delphiniums which I 
had the pleasure of seeing several weeks ago while visiting your garden. In the 
last few years I have seen several gardens in the Fast, but have failed to see any¬ 
thing in delphinium kingdom that could compare with yours.” 
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