22 RICHARDS’ GARDENS 
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Your garden will be more colorful in September and October than in June if you have 
plenty of the modern ’mums. 
Photograph Courtesy Better Homes & Gardens. 
NEW! 
Here is something really new and different! 
and then to the United States. 
know they were first bloomed in northern Colorado in 1943. 

Richards’ modern ’mums are really hardy. 
They spend the winter in the open field, with no 
protection whatever, and take the weather as it 
comes—or out they go. 
They are of compact habit, especially adapt- 
ed to garden decoration as shown in the photo- 
graph to the left. Even those listed as “tall 
cutflower” rarely grow over three feet tall — 
staking is seldom needed. 
No flower is easier to grow. Exhibition- 
quality flowers are secured with less effort than 
with any other flowers. We give you complete 
cultural directions, including an understandable 
outline of disbudding for giant standards, with 
every order. 
Modern ’mums last for weeks in the garden 
and many days when cut. These inevitable Sep- 
tember frosts—even hard ones down in the low 
20’s—do not harm them for garden display. Fol- 
lowing these, in October’s Indian Summer a few 
dozen plants will yield armloads of the finest 
cutflowers. 
Richards’ Tried and Proven Hardy Chrysan- 
themums, listed on the following page, have been 
chosen only after several years’ critical appraisal 
Pe that you are assured of having none but the 
est. 
Early-Flowering Giant English Chrysanthemums. 
These varieties originally came from England to western Canada 
As late as 1942 there were still very few outside the state of Washington. 
They are so new we have not had time to check all of them 
So far as we 
for descriptions, blooming dates, etc., but we feel that some at least are destined to become the most important flowers of 
autumn. 
They are particularly noteworthy for gigantic size and artistic color blends not found in our garden ’mums. 
Some 
are best adapted to disbudding and when grown one bloom per stem they can hold their own with many florists’ “football 
*mums.” ‘ ‘ : 
less elaborate shelter, shading, staking, feeding, etc. 
They are scandalously misnamed and mixed up in many nurseries. 
To you gardeners of an experimental nature the offer endless exciting possibilities in their response to more or 
By diligent checking and rechecking of the flow- 
ers themselves in several gardens and with original importers’ descriptions we have eliminated duplicates and believe the 
varieties offered below are 100% true to name. We believe you will enjoy every one and especially recommend those in 
black type. 
Price reduced! 
ALABASTER. Huge, fully-double slightly incurved 
snow white. Disbud. 
ANTELOPE. Giant incurved exhibition flower of sal- 
mon-amber. 
BETTY FERGUSON. Rosy terra cotta with bronze 
reverse; large, solid incurving blooms. 
CHALLENGER. Big, bright bronzy red; good insprays 
or disbudded. 
BRONZE FREDA. Medium size slightly quilled flower 
of indescribably lovely bronzy salmon. 
CONQUEROR. Tall, stout-stemmed plants; gigantic 
flowers of deepest fiery crimson. Disbud. 
COPELIA. Bright, non-fading Indian red. 
GOLDEN EMPEROR. Large, semi-incurved golden 
yellow. 
GOLDMINE. Deep old-gold; a narrow-petaled large 
pompon of unusually fine form. 
GOLD STANDARD. The deepest possible yellow; tre- 
mendous broad-petaled flowers up to 7 inches diameter. A 
“new standard in ’mums.” Disbud. 
ELITE. Beautiful pastel blend of cerise pink and 
ellow. 
5 MAYLAND BRONZE. Large, solid blooms of soft 
golden bronze, heavy and full-centered. 
Any variety, any quantities; 75¢ each. 
LEDA. Large heliotrope pink. Slightly recurved flow- 
ers in perfect form on really good sprays; well received on 
the wholesale flower market last October. 
_ MARY SUTHERLAND. Striking color contrast of 
Wine-purple with silver reverse; very incurved. 
MRS, PATTIE. Extra early, broad-petaled, incurved 
terra-cotta red. 
MRS. JOHN PHILIP. Petals both long and broad, 
forming full-incurved flowers, of deep lavender-purple. 
F nese Serenata AE combination of old rose 
and bronze; giant incury owers in tight sprays. Disbud. 
: ORANGE GLOW. Soft golden-bronze self of perfect 
orm. 
PINK FREDA. Bright silvery mauve-pink; good size, 
yeas spray type. 
ED INVADER. Crimson-chestnut, gold reverse. 
REVELLER. Cleanest, brightest, chestnut red; me- 
dium size just right for floral work. 
SALMON FREDA. Salmon, pink or bronze—the Fre- 
das are among the best. 
SYBIL. Luscious, melting blend of light lavender-pink 
and ivory. 
TRIXIE. Very large apricot pi i iky 
rolled petals. Be ee ee ee 
