Stow, Mass., June 27, 1936 
This year I have a marvelous stand of Lyondel plants which are attracting a 
great deal of attention. The curling which bothered me so much last year seems to 
be overcome, each spike standing straight and bearing its heavy load with ease. You 
may be interested to know that a vase of twelve spikes shown at the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society’s Peony Show on June 16 and 17 won first prize; eight of 
the spikes ivere from your seeds and four were from my single blues. 
Mrs. N. M. Estabrook 
Greensburg, Pa., July 15, 1936 
Last yar I ordered two packets of seeds from you and am sorry to say they 
did not come up. 
Mrs. John Barclay 
Steubenville, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1937 
I raised eighty plants from one packet of your seed. We are cleaning out all 
our old plants; from now on I will have nothing but Lyondels. . . . Flowers from 
one of your plants raised from your seed were among the bouquet which icon first 
prize at Great Lakes Exposition last summer. 
Mrs. J. B. Hughes 
Dayton, Ohio, July 14, 1936 
Delphiniums from your seeds have the least blue in them of any strain I have 
tried, and not all of them are perfect, but I doubt if a better bed of delplis was 
grown around here. I got no 7 feet plants or fifty inch bloom but I did get the 
largest flowers I have ever seen. The best white came from the lavender seifs and 
the darkest from the whites. Not all seeds came up but they were much better than 
several others tried. From the Connoisseurs’ Series one plant was the finest I have 
ever seen; one wiry stemmed plant was fine but the flowers were so large I had to 
tie it up. Your plants last longer than other strains. 
Mrs. A. W. Newman 
Webster, Mass., August 17, 1936 
Your nos. 3 and 4 germinated only 4 per cent, wheres the ones I purchased last 
year gave me 85 per cent. . . . The year old plants are blooming noiu and are the 
most wonderful specimens I have ever seen. 
Mrs. D. J. Nadeau 
Bayside, N. Y., June 30, 1936 
I have purchased seeds from yon for tivo years and must say that the plants 
they produced are beyond my expectation. 
Mrs. Carrie Budert 
Madison, N. J., June 26, 1936 
Seedlings purchased from you last year are gorgeous. I don’t think your strain 
can be surpassed. 
Mrs. E. J. Darlington 
Moline, III., August 6, 1936 
Out of 200 seedlings resulting from two packets of your seeds I succeeded in 
wintering over only five dozen, perhaps due to the fact that I seeded them a bit 
late.. My 2-year old plants have gone into all kinds of tiuisted forms, although they 
started out well in the spring. But I am saving the best until last: I exhibited at 
two flower shows this spring and won blue ribbons at both of them with my Lyondels. 
Berg Madison 
Bryan, Ohio, June 22, 1936 
I have tried seeds from the best growers in United States and Europe, but the 
delphiniums resulting from your seeds are the best. 
Eichardson Gardens 
New Brunswick, N. J., June 16, 1936 
I have never seen a more magnificant display than my delphiniums from your 
seed; everyone agrees with me in this respect. 
Mrs. Edwin E. Carpenter 
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