flowers at a time open on a spike, I must go over it every day. It will be three 
or four days before the pollen receiving organ is ready for the pollen; then I 
must select my pollen bearing plants and often by special treatment coax the 
anthers to develop an ample supply of pollen; the flowers must be pollinated 
one at a time; thus every flower receives two visits from me, and every spike 
a great many visits. If every flower thus pollinated would set its full quota of 
seeds, things would not be so bad. But very often the seed pods form without 
any seeds, or they may contain only one or two seeds. This means that many 
flowers and much work go into one packet of seeds. In the meantime what 
does the other fellow do who sells open pollinated seeds only? He can sit in 
the shade and depend on bees for his pollination. Why don’t I do the same? 
Because I think that man is slightly more intelligent than most insects, and 
because I am convinced that open pollinated seeds cannot yield very many 
superior seedlings and consequently are worth but very little to my customers. 
Do you still think that $2.50 is an exorbitent price for a packet of hand 
pollinated seeds particularly in view of the fact that the other fellow is asking 
anywhere from one to ten dollars per packet of open pollinated seed, the kind 
that I do not produce, do not sell, or give away, and destroy when produced? 
While I have no patience with kickers, I welcome constructive criticism. 
If you merely tell me that you failed with my seeds and seedlings, I shall take 
it with good grace; but if you jump to the conclusion that I sold you old or 
worthless seeds, then you and I part company. 
WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE LYONDELS? 
“Any fact is better established by two or three good 
testimonies than by a thousand arguments.” — Emmons. 
The following excerpts have been taken from unsolicited letters written 
by satisfied and not so satisfied customers. See what people in youp own 
locality have to say about the Lyondels and govern yourself accordingly. 
Winnetka, III., July 24, 1936 
I shoxved one of your delphiniums at our spring show at Garfield Park, which 
had a four foot spike with flowers three inches across. It took four blue ribbons and 
ended up as the best exhibit in the whole shore. 
M. D. White 
W auwatosa, Wise., July 30, 1936 
Mr. Lehman showed me his delphiniums raised from your seed. I have been 
growing delphinium for at least fifteen years and was pretty proud of mine. But oh, 
my! When I saw Mr. Lehman’s, I said that those were the most beautiful I ever saw. 
Parkway Nursery Co. 
Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 3, 1936 
A few weeks ago I xvas in the garden of Mr. Carl Shook of Alma, Mich., and 
was greatly surprised at his fine delphiniums, so much finer than anything I have 
ever seen. Upon enquiry 1 found that he had obtained the seeds from you. 
Homer M. Dunham 
Newark, N. J., July 1, 1936 
This is the third straight year I have been purchasing seeds and I xvant to say 
that your delphiniums are without question the finest I or any of my friends have 
ever seen. 
Albert C. Faatz 
St. Paul, Minn., July 1, 1936 
In this dry year your delphiniums are going right to toxon. I have one of the 
loveliest orchid tones; it is a light, pure color, no blue petals or flecks. I have a 
dark one that is as large as I hope they will ever allow delphiniums to be. Your 
strain of delphiniums is yielding some of the finest delphiniums I have had, and 
fxirther, it yields xnore high grade plants than any other strain. 
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Bobert Schreiner 
