
6 RICHARDS’ GARDENS Autumn List 
Lili TIGRINUM. Old-fashioned tiger lily; 
Hlies unequalled for high, barbaric color in late 
CONCOLOR. Upright and wide open, 
deeper scarlet than tenuifolium and with 
broader, slightly hairy leaves and stem. 
Flowering size (bulbs that bloomed in the 
nursery this summer) 40c. Largest size 
bulbs 65c. 
HENRYI. Sturdy 5 to 8-foot stalks carry 
10 to 20 iarge recurved blooms, in Au- 
gust, of orange-chrome with emerald- 
green hearts and many small horn-like 
papillae. Holds its color best in partial 
shade. Blooming size (4 ins. up) 35c. 
Large (6 ins. up) 50c. Jumbo (8 ins. 
up) 75c. 
MAXWILL. Canadian hybrid, Willmottiae 
and Maximowiczi, with the lovely habit 
of the former and the stiff, sturdy stem 
of the latter. Blooms in late July, plant 
6 to 7 feet high, recurved bright orange- 
red flowers. Imported bulbs ~______- $1.00 
REGALE. Slender, arching stems 3 to 5 
feet tall carry many long, narrow leaves 
and are crowned with 6 to 15 (sometimes 
40!) huge trumpet shaped blooms in early 
July. Color white, canary yellow deep in 
the throat, varying tones of pink and 
rose shading the outside. Blooming size 
bulbs (4 ins. up) 25c. Large bulbs 6 ins. 
up) 40c. Jumbo (8 ins. up) 65c. 
SCOTTIAE. Another outstanding hybrid 
raised by F. L. Skinner. It has glossy 
dark green foliage; the flowers are bright 
orange color and face outward from a 
sturdy stem 2 to 3 feet tall. The glossy 
foliage together with the waxy texture of 
the wide open flowers gives the whole 
plant a vital glistening appearance in the 
sunlight. Imported bulbs ~_-_____ $1.00 
TENUIFOLIUM (Coral lily). Stems 
clothed with grassy foliage carry the first 
lilies of the year, opening in early June. 
Each stalk carries 15 to 25 (sometimes 
over 50) 2-inch recurved blooms of spark- 
ling scarlet color and waxen texture. This 
species shows best when planted in 
masses; we recommend not less than a 
half dozen bulbs in a group, more are still 
better. Large bulbs (2 ins. up) 6 for 
$1.00; 12 for $1.75; 100 for $12.00. Jumbo 
(3 ins. up) 6 for $1.50; 12 for $2.75; 
100 for $19.00. 
Special offering of blooming size 
bulbs (1 to 2 ins.) at wholesale 
prices: 25 bulbs for $2.00; 100 for 
Pony. Minimum order must be 25 
ulbs. 
July and early August. Blooming size (3 
ins. up) 20c; Large (5 ins. up) 35c. 
UMBELLATUM. Red-orange_ upright- 
facing blooms on plants of comparatively 
dwarf stature in late June. Blooming 
size (3 ins. up) 20c. Large (5 ins. up) 40c. 
WILLMOTTIAE. Tall, vigorous; many 
recurved blooms on gracefully arching 
stems, pinkish orange with purple spots. 
Blooming season is late July, closely fol- 
lowing Regale and preceding Tigrinum. 
Blooming size (3 ins. up) 25c. Large (5 
ins. up) 40c. Jumbo (7 ins. up) 65c. 
Bulbs 
Flower bulbs of all kinds are still in 
very short supply. In spite of optimistic re- 
ports ever since V-E day from those close 
to the Holland bulb industry there is at 
this date (Sept. Ist) still nothing defi- 
nite concerning the shipment of tulips, hya- 
cinths, crocus, etc. 
-We do have small stocks of select nar- 
cissi—-fat, top-size DN bulbs from the 
Northwest—and Grape-hyacinths and Star- 
of-Bethlehem from our own gardens that 
we can highly recommend you plant now. 
Next year we will undoubtedly be able to 
offer a much larger list of bulbs. 
DAFFODILS 
King Alfred. Universal favorite giant trum- 
pet daffodil. Deepest golden yellow with 
frilled, recurved trumpet ............ Dozen, $2.50 
Sir Watkin. The all-yellow giant Welsh 
daffodil, perianth sulphur yellow, cup deeper 
yellow, flower faces up ................ dozen $1.95 
Mixed Daffodils. A mixture of many kinds 
and all types of narcissus for mass plant- 
ing and naturalizing, doz. $1.50; 100, $11.00. 
GRAPE-HYACINTHS 
Muscari armeniacum. This deep cobalt-blue 
colored grape-hyacinth has long been a 
specialty at RICHARDS.’ It is the largest, 
huskiest, best colored of all muscari; every- 
one who sees the quantities of it blooming 
in our gardens in April goes into raptures 
over it. It makes autumn growth after the 
manner of Oriental poppies and should be 
planted early for best bloom. Large (%-3- 
ins.) bulbs that carried 2 to 3 spikes each 
last Spring in the nursery 75c per dozen, 
25 for $1.25, 100 for $4.00. Jumbo bulbs (1 
inch or larger in diameter) will give 4 to 8 
spikes each next Spring. $1.00 dozen, 25 for 
$1.75, 100 for $6.00. 
STAR -OF -BETHLEHEM. Upright - facing 
clusters of silvery white star shaped flow- 
ers on 10-inch stems in May. 75¢e dozen. 
