RICHARDS’ GARDENS Autumn List 
1945 Chrysanthemums for 
Garden Visitors 
Make your selections today while the blossoms are before you. Some varieties 
will not be available next Spring. 
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These large clumps in full bloom can be moved to your own garden right now. 
needing only to be set in place and watered to give you gorgeous color from now till — 
freezeup. Then they will give you 5 to 15 plants each next Spring. Richards’ field 
clumps are your best, most economical “buy” in chrysanthemums, whether purchased 
in bloom or next Spring. 
Spring plants are delivered in Vita-BanD’s, with twice as much soil as in the usual 
clay pot—husky, outdoor-grown, transplanted plants in bands literally crammed with 
roots to insure a quick start and husky growth in your garden. All plants will bloom 
the first year. Ready about May 25th. 
TO OUR WYOMING FRIENDS: Varieties marked * are 
extra-early, super-hardy varieties that most years will bloom 
before frost in elevations up to 8,000 feet. 
KEY LETTERS IDENTIFYING CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
First letter following variety name indicates height of plant. Second letter indi- 
—eates shape and form of blossom. tio : Stentor 
HEIGHT: S—short. M—medium. 1 tall 
FORM OF FLOWER: D—decorative; P—pompon or button; L—large incurved or 
aster type, fully double; S—single. 7 ; 
Introducing — 
Early-Flowering Giant English Chrysanthemums 
An entirely new race of ’mums, some of which are destined to become the most im- 
portant flowers of Autumn. 1945 marks the third year some have bloomed at 
RICHARDS’; others are blooming here for the first time. The following varieties 
only are for sale now; varieties not listed are withheld for propagation and further 
trial. We reserve the right to discontinue sales of any variety when stock is depleted 
below a minimum necessary for propagation. . | 
field Spring 
VARIETY NAME clumps inete VARIETY NAME Paes alent 
Alabaster ‘my ctce aa. Ss ty $2.00 $ .75 Mary Sutherland ________-_ $2.50 79)..19 | 
Betty Ferguson ___.____ 15. 2Mrs. Pattie: ich) eee ee 2.50 : 
Bronze’ Freda¢i oo ee 75: Mrs. Smeardon §. 0 9 250 75 
Conqueror _________. cen Cana 2.50 15: Orange Glow 22s oe ee 2.50 “hon a. 
Golden Emperor ____________ 2,50. ..75 Pink Freda (0 sae ES 
Gold: Mineo a ey 2.50 75° Red Invader 2 ee 2.50 15 
Gold. Standard: oe 2.50 75:  Reveller( 234 eee 2.50 Wi yg 
Deda eee eo ee ae eS, 2.50. | .75.. Salmon) Freda’. 5 uae) eee 2:50)n, So ae ae 
Mayland Bronze ____________ 2.50 15.) Trixie: oO eee ODOT a 
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