Did you receive the plants you ordered? My J & P catalog only lists H. x hybridus and states they would be shipped in 3 1/2" pots. (same online). If that is what you ordered, you should have received small potted plants with healthy foliage, not dried bare roots. Based on past experience, if the roots were completely dessicated, the likelihood of revival is slim. I have received shipments of bare root Helleborus species from halfway around the world and they are always packed so that they are still moist upon receipt.
Seems to me that the domestic providers need to be educated.
Rb

I am curious to know if anyone has purchased double hellbores and where you found them? Also was the price under $50.00 each?

Double hellebores are available from any number of online sources - Burpees/Heronswood (aka Burpeewood), Plant Delights, White Flower Farms, Pine Knot Farms. And since many major wholesale suppliers offer them, they are becoming increasingly more common in better retail nurseries. Price is dependent on size - mail order plants generally tend to be smaller than those that can be purchased directly, so prices tend also to be less - but often offset by shipping costs. Gallon sized plants are typically rather mature and nearly always will produce blooms for you. This will drive the price upwards. Named forms of doubles (the recently introduced Heronswood clone, 'Mrs. Betty Ranicar', etc) are generally going to be in the $40-50 range for a gallon sized container. Unnamed forms should be going for a bit less.

For your future reference, it is not a good idea (and considered somewhat impolite 'Nettiquet) to piggyback a new question onto the tail end of another post - specially when the original post requested an email follow-up. Best to start a new thread with your new question.