Australian Plant Authority Reports on 
Hoodacres Seeds 
"I was very pleased to receive yours of September 3d with Delphinium 
seeds enclosed, which you will be interested to know have germinated 
well. I must congratulate you on your care in packing your seeds. It is 
probably partly due to this method of packing that the germination is 
100% after the long sea voyage. 
Delphinium Seeds started before end of August will carry 
over winter in a simple cold frame and bloom the following 
summer. Except in California and the Southern States, outdoor 
germination will be questionable after August. We send full 
planting instructions with each seed order. 
DOUBLE BLOOMING 
The hybrid perennial Delphinium is urgent to repeat its early 
summer performance and bloom again later. This generosity 
on their part suggests that we give them a good feeding when 
the first display passes and not neglect watering. 
All Delphinium plants, except Small Seedlings, are one to 
two years old. No charge for packing or transportation. 
Fall shipments begin about the middle of September and 
continue into November. 
The Hoodacres method of preparing and packing plants for 
shipment fits them to stand long journeys in good condition. 
The Test of Seed Trueness: In a solid planting of seedlings, 
60 x 60 feet square, from seeds gathered in our regular white 
section and bloomed out in 1935 for the first time, 83% of all the 
plants were White. Such a record for a new Delphinium variety 
has probably never before been made. 
Seeds, from Seeds, from seeds that one time in the past came 
from some fine variety may now utterly lack the original's vir¬ 
tues and be like "The harp that once through Tara's halls * * *" 
The originator's true seeds may cost a little more but the effort 
is not wasted. Better get the genuine. 
Turning Delphinium seeds over to the regular florist to germi¬ 
nate is often risky. We give growers the benefit of over thirty 
years specializing with them, but the professional resents being 
told. As aristocrats the Delphinium race insists upon having its 
own way, too. 
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