Delphi, Ind., July 10, 1939 
‘‘My Lyondels are the largest and the showiest I have. Two hea/utiful whites; 
some magnificent specimens with 3 inch flowers. One dark and one light are so fine" 
I named them King George and Queen Elizabeth. Visitors unanimiously say they are 
the finest delphiniums they ever saw .’’—Rev. Wm. Grant Smith. 
LaGrange, Ind., June 19, 1939 
“My last year’s seedlings are making a wonderful showing right now. Such 
gorgeous colors and size. ... A great many have flowers 3% inches, and one was 
over 4 inches .”—Mrs. H. G. Erwin. 
Moline, Ill., July 4, 1939 
“Again this year my delphinium beds have caused quite a sensation around 
here. Most of my visitors have never seen delphiniiuns like mine. I am not growing 
Lyondels alone, but they are getting their share of honors .”—Berg Madison. 
Cicero, Ill., July 5, 1939 
“Seedlings from your seeds are beoAitiful. This is the only word I can use be¬ 
cause when Webster wrote the dictionary he never saw a Lyondel delphinimm. 
Every time I look at them my heart skips a beat. ’ ’—Mrs. B. Laska. 
Western Springs, Ill., Aug. 28, 1939 
“Your delphiniums are now in bloom and no word can describe their beauty. I 
have grown delphiniuvis for the past 12 years but in most cases I have had just a 
few that were worth keeping. I grew your seeds only this year. I have never had, 
such lovely purples and dark velvety shades which distinguish your strain from all' 
others .”—Mrs. Geo. J. Vasumpour. 
Sandwich, Ill., June 19, 1939 
“Each year as my delphiniums bloom there is always some neiv plant that sur¬ 
passes all others. This year’s outstanding one was your aster-sepalloid type, with 
flowers approximately 314 inches in diameter. Of the many thousands of delphiniums 
that I have grown this one has created the most comment and admiration. The flower 
formation in this strain is unique and adds considerable charm to an already beauti¬ 
ful flower .”—Roland F. Barker. 
Webster, Mass., July 14, 1939 
“My year old seedlings have just finished blooming and they were the most 
gorgeous specimens I have ever seen .”—Mrs. D. J. Nadeau. 
Saint Paul, Minn., February 19, 1940 
“Last fall I blossomed a plant from your dark series that was as rich and 
velvety a delphinium as I have ever seen. It was rick like the glowing velvets in 
our iris, a, rich amethyst tone. To me, this was about the finest flowered delphinium 
I have ever grown .”—Robert Schreiner. 
Askov, Minn., June 26, 1939 
“Last fall the flowers on the delphiniums from your seed were wonderful. All 
who saw them wanted to purchase them, but we did not wish to sell until we had 
more ’ ’—Ferndale Nursery. 
North St. Paul, Minn., July 27, 1939 
“Every plant grown from your seed has been wonderful. I cannot get along 
without their beauty in 7ny garden .”— Mrs. C. Bruce Boody. 
Nyack, N. Y., July 16, 1939 
“My seedlings went through a severe ordeal but revealed two interesting things: 
first was the fact that a good many more Lyondels survived the ordeal than another 
strain, and second, they showed their usual beanty of form and colon, whereas there 
were only one or two of the other strains I should care to keep .”—^Arthur Judson, 
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