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Visitors are Always Welcome at Richards’ Gardens 21 
LAVANDULA VERA—Old English Sweet Lavender. 
Old fashioned, delightfully fragrant, shrubby perennial 
which has been grown and loved for centuries for drying 
for sachets, nosegays and potpourri. Lavender-colored 
spikes of small flowers come in July and August and the 
narrow, silvery foliage is evergreen here, making it es- 
pecially valuable for low, permanent borders. Does best 
in hot locations and poor dry soil ____select 3-yr. plants 40c 
smaller 2-yr. plants for hedge: 
10 for $3.00, 25 for $6.00, 100 for $21.00 
MERTENSIA VIRGINICA—Virginia Bluebells. One of 
spring’s earliest flowering plants. Starts with a rush, 
quickly growing into 1%-2 ft. bushes. Sky blue buds open 
to bright rosy pink flowers, a charming color combination 
on every flowering branch. Grows best in shady places. 
No. 0 Cloverset pots $1.00 
PEONIES never make satisfactory growth from spring 
planting. We will accept paid-in-full advance orders for 
October delivery at 1945 pr.ces. List on request. 
PHLOX PANICULATA—midsummer-blcoming Phlox. 
Practically sold out—we haven’t even enough for pro- 
pagation—nor do we know where to get more. While they 
last, we offer 2-yr. clumps of Leo Schlageter and Snoiw- 
cap at 85c¢ 
PHLOX SUBULATA—Creeping, Spring-fiowering Phlox. 
—all varieties SOLD OUT. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA—var. Vivid. New dwarf 
variety only 144-2 ft. tall. A great improvement over the 
type; flowers are deeper pink, larger, in compact. clusters 
blooming three weeks later, well iito September. Excellent 
cutflower and lasts unusually well when cut ---_------- 385C 
PLATYCODON—Chinese Bellflower. Long lived plats 
for the sunny border. Cool dusky blue, or white, balloon- 
shaped buds open to bell-shaped flowers in July and August. 
35¢ 
PRIMULA POLYANTHUS—Primrose, Harrold’s Giant 
Hybrids, Surest sign of spring are these floral treasures. 
From broad rosettes of thick, rough foliage come numerous 
8-inch stems topped with clusters of bold flowers in all 
shades of yellow, cream, orange, buff, mauve, pink, bronze 
and dark rose. They do best in soils high in humus and in 
moist, shad laces. 
ty Twice-transplanted, 2-yr. plants 75c 
ORIENTAL POPPIES 
Must be planted in August to October, their only dor- 
mant season. 
MRS. PERRY. Bright salmon pink with small blotchcs__75c 
BEAUTY OF LIVERMORE. Early blood red, tall and hand- 
some 75¢ 
(other variet’es sold out) 
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PYRETHRUMS 
LILLIE MORGAN. One of the finest double pairted 
daisies yet, completely doubled, showing not a single 
stamen or disk-flower. Color of the Radiance rose when 
it first opens, gradually fading to white as it ages. 
Extra free-flowering, strong, healthy grower averaging 
18 to 24 inches, perfectly hardy. Often in full bloom by 
Memorial Day and if blooms are cut when faded it 
repeats occzsionally throughout the summer. 
x z 2-yr. clumps $1.00 
BUCKEYE. Rare, fully double, non-fading, dark 
rose red with every good characteristic of the akove 
WSR 2 oe ee ea eee 2-yr. clumps $1.00 
Double pyrethrums make no seed and vegetative propa- 
gation is slow. Coupled with the labor shortage of the past 
few years this factor has contributed to making them nearly 
the scarcest of all perennials. We doubt if there are half 
a dozen nurseries in the entire United States listing Double 
Pyrethrums and reserve the right to discontinue sales of 
this iiem at any time. 
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SHASTA DAISIES 

SHASTA DAISY—Giant Single. The world-famous 
Diener strain with enormous. broad petaled blooms up to 
five inches diameter on strong, wiry stems. See cultural 
notes, page 27. Our stock is too low to permit selling 
clumps this year. Spring delivery, strong divisions only 40c 
SHASTA DAISY—Semi-double. Flowers with several 
rows of fringed and laciniated petals. Spring delivery, 
SHniovayer Lolinaksikanars: Yay A 8 et ee a 40c¢ 
SEDUM SPECTABILE, var. BRILLIANT. An erect 
plant, to 30 inches, with broad, glaucous leaves ornamental 
in themselves. Blooms in September in flat clusters of 
bright rosy pink, much more colorful than they type. A 
robust grower in the poorest, hottest soil and stands the 
most outrageous neglect, yet is never weedy. 2-yr clumps 40c¢ 
SEDUMS, creeping varieties, and SEMPERVIVUMS 
Several varieties of these low-growing rock garden suc- 
culents7ane” priced at, per clump) =25 0922 35c to 75c¢ 
KNIPHOFIA (TRITOMA), Torchlily, Redhotpoker. Ex- 
otic perennials of stately growth with long, narrow, grassy 
foliage and large spikes of flaming orange-scarlet tubular 
blooms from late August to October. A real garden high- 
light. Needs protection, any kind of mulch or cover that 
will keep tops dry and roots only moderately moist, over 
winter. Dormant roots for spring planting, 35c. 
In pots for planting any time, 85c 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
ARRENATHERUM BULBOSUM VARIEGATUM. 
Dwarf variegated ribbon grass from bulbous rootstocks. 
Very neat, compact striped grass only 8 inches tall. “Stays 
put,” never gets weedy, spreads very slowly. 
large clumps 35c 
FESTUGA GLAUCA—“Bluebeard Grass.” Very dwarf 
silvery blue grass for rock gardens, edging. Color is 
brightestainip OOK mT vans OU = aes por Fs Ae 35¢ 
CHIVES. Ornamental herbs with pretty pink flowers, 
particularly esteemed for culinary purposes. 
Large clumps that may be divided into many plants, 35c 
WILDFLOWERS and FERNS 
Recommended for experienced gardeners. Soil conditioning, 
using plenty of peat moss, leafmold and very cld manure, is 
essential before planting. For spring and summer delivery we 
dig 2-year clumps with large clumps of soil from our shade 
house; a few are in 4-inch pots. 
Lad Viernes sess ees (be ‘Cinnamon! fern 2. 75¢ 
Maidenhair terng= sae (OCR OSUrICH te rnies =a eee 7T5¢ 
Aquilegia saximontana 50c. Arisaema triphyllum 50c. 
Cypripediums: acaule, pubescens, reginae 75c. Dodecatheon 
meadia 75c. Dicentra cucullaria 50c. Mertensia virginica 
(Clvst pots) $1.00. Trillium grandiflorum 75c. Viola pe- 
data 50c. 
