RICHARD DIENER, OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 
DAHLIA BULBS 
Following I offer twelve new Dahlias of my own origination, all perfectly double, and 
since hundreds of people who visited my gardens during the last few years have taken 
down the number of the seedlings they were especially attracted to, I am giving the num¬ 
ber of each variety with the name. From several thousand outstanding new seedlings 
these twelve varieties take the highest place and I am sure they will do so everywhere, 
even in very hot and dry climates, as they originated in a warm climate. All are good 
keepers when cut. 
RICHARD DIENER (See Back Cover—Seedling No. 
426) —Golden orange, iridescent. Around ten 
inches in size. Disease resistant, does not mil¬ 
dew. Each flower has a three- to four-foot, 
strong, wire-like stem carrying the flower grace¬ 
fully. It is one of the best keepers even in 
hottest weather. The flowers are ball-shaped 
when fully open, showing no empty back. This 
Dahlia is absolutely faultless in every detail, 
and of all the varieties I have seen (and I have 
seen over 100,000 seedlings of my own) it beats 
anything shown yet. The fact that I named it 
for myself is enough guarantee for its superior 
quality. After watching it four years I have 
been unable to find anything wrong with it and 
I am perhaps the most severe critic of all. What 
my Gladiolus W. H. Phipps and Mrs. Leon 
Douglas are among Gladiolus today, the new 
Dahlia Richard Diener is, among Dahlias, first 
in rank. As my personal time is taken up with 
so much work here I was not able to exhibit 
any of my Dahlias at shows, although I have 
visited all important shows. The color of this 
Dahlia is so outstanding and wonderful that it 
must be seen in order to realize its beauty, as 
even a color picture cannot reproduce the iri¬ 
descence of it. Every visitor during flowering 
season was struck by its beauty and most of 
them took the number of the seedling (No. 
426). I am absolutely sure that in a very few 
years it will be one of the most widely grown 
Dahlias. It will easily overshadow anything in 
Dahlias just as my above-mentioned Glads do in 
Gladiolus today. Is an easy and fast propagator 
and will make sure money for anybody who 
handles it. Per Bulb $3.00 (Divisions) 
MRS. CHARLES BLACKSTOCK (Seedling No. 473) — 
This Dahlia is a seedling from and a great im¬ 
provement on “Queen of the Garden Beauti¬ 
ful.” It was hard to bring the bulbs of “Queen 
of the Garden Beautiful” over the winter, but 
this new variety goes through the winter in 
best condition. Has enormous, perfect double 
flowers and broad petals of pale lemon yellow. 
An easy grower and propagator. Extremely 
free flowering and healthy. This variety is a 
Dahlia of the first magnitude and will take first 
rank by its merits alone. It is true that there 
have been a great many new Dahlias brought out 
during the last few years; I myself have brought 
out thousands of varieties better than there 
were, but when it comes to really outstanding 
ones this one is outstanding and will be for 
some time. I have had it under observation for 
four years and it is a winner. 
Per Bulb $5.00 (Divisions) 
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON (Seedling No. 538) — 
Snow-white, perfectly built double of very 
largest size and one foot in diameter on strong, 
straight, long stems. Flowers are perfectly 
placed. It is perhaps the largest white Dahlia 
with good stems so far produced. A winner. 
Per Bulb $5.00 (D ivisions) 
MRS. RALPH E. BURSON (Seedling No. 539)— White 
underground, each petal seamed and overlaid 
with rose purple. Long, fine stems; flowers 
about ten inches, very free flowering and a first- 
class commercial florist’s cut flower and a fine 
keeper. An unusual fine lavender Dahlia. 
Per Bulb $3.00 ( D ivisions) 
BABE WHITE (Seedling No. 102) —Liserian purple, 
of very large size on fine, wire-like stems, per¬ 
fectly placed; extremely free flowering and first 
of all to flower. A seedling of Mrs. Carl Sal- 
bach and will be in great demand for cut flower 
purposes and borders. It is a self-colored lilac. 
Per Bulb $3.00 (Divisions) 
FLORENCE ROBERTS (Seedling No. I) —Snow-white, 
flowers eight inches in diameter. Petals split on 
ends; very free flowering. This Dahlia has the 
finest slender, wiry stems of any Dahlia I have 
ever seen with the flower correctly placed. It is 
perfect in every way. Per Bulb $3.00 (Divisions) 
SUNNY BOY (1933 Novelty) (Burson) —Light orange 
yellow. Center petals when half open are Mikado 
orange, which gives a very pleasing color effect 
to the flower. Extremely large on wiry stems. 
It is faultless and should be a great commercial 
variety as well as for show. Fine keeper when 
cut. Per Bulb $2.00 (D ivisions) 
ORCHID LADY (1933 Novelty) (Burson)— A new 
Dahlia of great merit for all purposes. Average 
diameter, twelve inches. Wiry stems and a fine 
keeper when cut. The color is a clear lavender, 
or according to Ridgeway’s, Liserian purple. 
Per Bulb $2.00 (Divisions) 
MABEL TERHUNE SWIFT (Seedling No. 217)— Phlox 
purple, flowers ten inches, self-color. One of 
the most perfect Dahlias I ever saw in growth, 
stems and placement of flowers. Unexcelled for 
cut flowers and bedding. Grows about five feet 
tall. Per Bulb $5.00 (Divisions) 
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