RICHARD DIENER, OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 
FLOWER SPIKES, FOUR FEET HIGH, CUT FROM 
SIX MONTHS' OLD SEEDLINGS 
Plant City, Fla., Feb. 9, 1933. 
Richard Diener, Oxnard, Calif. 
Dear Sir: I have been selling some very nice Gerberas 
raised from your seeds and have had some flowers over six 
inches in diameter. I find that flowers about four inches in 
diameter or larger find a ready sale at a good price when 
smaller ones cannot be sold. Yours very truly, 
HOMER HULL. 
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Roanoke, Va., Sept. 29, 1932. 
Richard Diener, Oxnard, Calif. 
Dear Sir: We have had wonderful reports on your 
“Dreams of Beauty” Delphinium plants which we sold 
last spring and they have created much talk among garden 
clubs here. Yours truly, 
HEDGE LAWN NURSERIES, INC. 
DIENER'S DELPHINIUM HYBRID 
PERENNIALS 
"Dreams of Beaufy" 
The largest and most perfect strain of Perennial 
Delphiniums so far produced. They have grown to 
perfection in Alaska and the tropical climate of 
Central America as well as the United States and 
Canada. 
The color combinations are exceptionally beautiful 
and the name, “Dreams of Beauty”, is ideal for 
them, as you will agree when you see them in flower. 
These Hybrids bring immense flowers on slender, 
wire-like stems with laterals. This is the best disease- 
resisting strain today, as it is little affected by black 
rot and mildew. The flowers have a wide range of 
colors, from pale sky blue and all shades of blue to 
deep indigo blue in single, semi-double and double. 
All colors are iridescent and alive. No pale, washed- 
out shades are found in this strain. Many have pink 
fillings. For commercial growers they are sure money 
makers. 
Sample pkg. 50c Trade pkg. $1.00 oz. $2.50 
I oz. $5.00 I pound $60.00 
Directions for Sowing: Make a soil of leaf mould 
with a little sand and sift through a screen. Place 
this soil three inches deep in a box or bed and smooth 
the surface of the soil with a flat board. Then 
sprinkle the seeds over the surface and press them 
into the soil with the board. Do not cover with any 
soil or at least very lightly, not more than the thick¬ 
ness of the seeds, as they will not come up if too 
heavily covered. Moisten the soil with a fine sprink¬ 
ler and cover the seed bed with burlap. Sprinkle 
the burlap two or three times each day to keep 
moist. Remove the burlap about eight to ten days 
after the seeds are up and keep the soil moist at all 
times. Under no condition should you use a fertilizer 
of any kind in this seed bed. Keep snails or slugs 
away by making a ring around the seed bed, with 
air-slacked lime. Keep the young seedlings shaded 
with cheesecloth. 
THALICTRUM DIPTEROCARPUM 
A hardy perennial from China. Grows four to five 
feet tall, making very graceful plumes of rosy purple 
and conspicuous yellow anthers. Unexcelled as a 
cut flower as well as for bedding. 
Trade pkg. 50c oz. $1.75 I oz. $3.50 
Lindsay, Calif., Nov. 3, 1932. 
Richard Diener, Oxnard, Calif. 
Dear Sir: Your “Dreams of Beauty” Delphiniums 
planted at this time last year (in cold frame) did remark¬ 
ably well and have bloomed all summer and are still 
blooming. Yours truly, 
O. L. GAITHER. 
BIB 
Roanoke, Va., July 27, 1933. 
Richard Diener, Oxnard, Calif. 
Dear Sir: Please mail us one ounce of Delphinium seeds, 
“Dreams of Beauty.” We had some of this variety last 
season from you and our clients have had wonderful success 
with same. The mildew-proof feature you advertise is not 
overrated at all. Yours trulv, 
HEDGE LAWN NURSERIES, INC. 
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