MAY WE HELP YOU? 
When you buy a tree or shrub or plant you invest 
not only the small amount involved in the purchase 
price but also a portion of your time, a considerable 
amount of water, a bit of your land, some fertilizer 
and possibly some spray material, all in anticipation 
of the beautiful plant it will become. If after a time 
you find this plant to be an unsatisfactory specimen, 
entirely unsuited to your garden, you not only lose all 
of that original investment of money, care and irre- 
placeable time, but what is even more important, you 
may become discouraged and loge a part of the en- 
thusiasm for your garden that helps to keep you 
young (and ourselves eating regularly). So we do our 
best to make the plants you select for your garden a 
success and a source of pleasure for you by doing 
these things: 
IMPORTANT 
First, we give you this catalog which we try to 
make an accurate, thorough and interesting guide to 
the plants we grow, and we grow only those plants 
we think will be a success in your garden. 
A GOOD START 
Richards’ plants are always well grown, shapely 
specimens kept free from pests and diseases, care- 
fully dug to get enough of the all-important root 
system (or delivered in pots with ALL the roots) 
and carefully handled to reach you in perfect condi- 
tion, full of vitality and ready to grow. 
TO KEEP THEM GROWING 
We give you a 16-page booklet with directions 
and diagrams outlining the best planting methods and 
supplement this with detail sheets covering every 
growing trick we know to get the finest roses, chry- 
santhemums, peonies and other specialties. Or we 
will plant them for you, at moderate charges calcu- 
lated to cover only the actual per diem cost of labor, 
equipment used and cost of soil conditioning materials 
if necessary. A free subscription to our Monthly 
Landscape Letter, a service bulletin sent to you each 
month to help you with ae home grounds, is yours 
for the asking. 
BY NO MEANS LEAST 
Any time except during those busy weeks of 
early spring we will be glad to call, on your order, 
during working hours and go over your grounds with 
you for “on-the- “spot” diagnosis and prescription for 
“srowing pains,” or help with planting layout for 
some improvement you are planning. Many home 
owners ask us to make periodic inspections of their 
home grounds and very often on these inspections we 
uncover small details overlooked by the average “yard 
man” which if neglected would turn into big, expen- 
sive troubles. The cost is small, based on time in- 
volved and distance traveled. 
