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Nvack, 1ST. Y., Sept. 5, 1938 
“Your Connoisseurs Series have always produced for us some very wonderful 
plants. This summer we had a three-year old: that threw up 16 stalks, straight as an 
arrow and over eight feet in height with flowers over three inches in diameter. This 
plant survived the terrific thunder-storms and a solid week of rain besides .’’—Arthur 
Judson. 
Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1939 
“Your delphiniums have been outstanding with me ■— much finer than other 
strains , and I have tried many .’’—Mrs. Charles B. Gaither. 
Towaco, N. J., April 5, 1939 
“You really put your own personality into your delphinium. Also I have found, 
beside their clear coloring and beauty of form, that they do not mildew, nor winter 
kill easily. I have won blue ribbons with them before, and hope to do it again .’’— 
Mrs. Wilbur Jacobus. 
SEED OFFERINGS FOR 1939 
1. Light bicolors. This group of delphiniums is perhaps the best known 
and the most popular. The greatest advances in the architecture of spikes and 
of the individual flowers have been made here. Outer sepals are light blue, 
inners mauve, and eyes with various shades. Here is a color combination hard 
to surpass. 
2. Dark bicolors. In every respect the duplicate of the above group ex¬ 
cept that the colors are much deeper and more intense. 
3. Pure blue self. During the last few years pure blue delphiniums have 
made tremendous advances. The colors are clearer, the individual flowers 
larger, and the spikes much longer, in fact, the longest and the sturdiest spikes 
will eventually come from this group. 
4. Solid lavender shades. First distributed by the Lyondel Gardens, this 
charming group of colors, self lilac, orchid, smoky lavender, mauve, and all 
intermediate shades, has captured the hearts of all. Matchless in the garden 
and unsurpassed as cut flowers, these delphiniums should be the pride of every 
garden. 
5. Solid purple shades. The companion plants of the above; this group of 
hybrids contains many shades of self purple that defy description. These are 
glowing, vivid colors that will gladden any corner of your garden. 
6. Pure whites. Each passing year finds the whites greatly improved. 
A clearer quality of white, better spike architecture, larger and more attractive 
flowers and an all around better constitution make the white delphiniums in- 
dispensible in any garden. 
7. Light bicolors x dark bicolors. Intermediate tones of great charm 
should result from this cross. Most delphiniums are either too light or too 
dark because of the constant selection towards these two extremes. This 
group should supply the much needed medium shades. 
8. Light bicolors x solid lavenders. This cross should yield a greater 
diversity of light colors, both seifs and bicolors, and a greater variety of spike 
form and floral patterns. If past experience is a criterion, this cross should 
find a wide appeal. 
9. Solid lavender x solid purple. So many different colors come out of this 
cross that one finds himself helpless to describe them. This seems to be a 
wide cross as the seedlings resulting from it show tremendous variation in 
almost every respect. Some very double, and yet very brilliantly colored 
flowers — a rather unusual combination — have resulted from this combina¬ 
tion, as well as solid and bicolor shades of infinite appeal. 
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