West Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 15, 1936 
I had wonderful plants from your seeds. 
Annie S. Teske 
Islip, L. I. N. Y., Sept. 10, 1936 
The delphinium seeds you sent me did not come up. I think you sent me old 
seeds. For the price I think you should send me good seeds. 
John Kroupa 
Cleveland, Ohio, March 14, 1937 
On March 1st I planted your Connoisseurs’ Series seeds; on March 14, 136 seed¬ 
lings io ere up. 
Mrs. J. T. Kohn 
Clarksburg, W. Va., Febr. 9, 1937 
1 obtained 130 seedlings from one packet of your mixed seeds. 
Mrs. Cecil Lector 
West Boxbury, Mass., April 15, 1937 
From two packets of your general mixture seeds I got only 68 seedlings. 
J. H. Taylor 
Pittston, Pa., March 29, 1937 
I have seen “Lyondels” in some 20 odd plantings in Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey; they could not even compare with delphiniums secured from many other 
growers. 
Idlecrest Gardens 
Peace Fiver, Canada, March 1, 1937 
I must here tell you of the wonderful thrills that your packet of Connoisseurs’ 
seeds gave me. As soon as the small seedlings began to bloom I knew that something 
better than I had ever seen before was making its advent. The blooms ivere so large 
and so intensely beautiful that I tuould hasten out to the delpli section every morning 
to welcome any newcomer that might have arrived; I knew, after a few days, that 
they would be different from anything that I had seen before. One day a visitor, 
a total stranger to me, wandered off to the delphinium section of my flower gardens 
and showed much interest. When I approached him he said, “Mr. Early, I am mad. 
I have been collecting the best delphiniums from m-any and all sources; I am a 
delphinium hobbyist. I have always prided myself in having the best in delphinium .. 
And note to come away off up here in this northwest corner of the world and find 
a man that is beating me all hollow, I AM MAD!’’ And so it was with all comers. 
All would show their astonishment and wonder at the unusual size, and brilliancy of 
color. 1 wish that some of these visitors could have seen these Lyondels the following 
year in their full form and elegance! The summer of 1936 was a series of thrills 
in that double row of delplis. The seed germinated 125 per cent; at least I got 125 
plants from those supposedly 100 seeds. People that had never enthused over a 
delphinium became at once enthusiastic over these new creations. ... I have enter¬ 
tained the Governor General of Canada, a Lord from London, the British High 
Commissioner, and many lesser lights. By the way, the wife of the High Commis¬ 
sioner marveled at the wonderful size and coloring of the delphs; and she came from 
the land where delphiniums really grow! ■ 
Early’s Gardens 
West Hollywood, Calif., Aug. 4, 1936 
I planted your seeds the first Sunday in December in the worse adobe soil; in 
June the plants were breath taking. Everyone wanted to know where I got the seeds. 
The first white alone teas worth the price of the seeds. 
Annie S. Teske 
Pueblo, Colo., August 5, 1936 
Because of the extremely hot and dry summer I have only a dozen of your seed¬ 
lings. One of these is very outstanding; one blossom measured 3 7-8 inches across. 
This plant was hardly out of bloom all last summer, which was something I had never 
experienced before. 
Mrs. Franlc S. Hamilton 
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