RICHARD DIENER, OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A 
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GERBERA JAMESONI 
(Diener's Hybrids) (Transvaal Daisy) 
The Gerbera seeds I am offering here are the acme 
of perfection and you could not get anything better 
anywhere. The colors are brought to the highest 
perfection and run from snow-white to many shades 
of light pinks, yellow, apricot, lavender to the high¬ 
est scarlet, with stems from two to three feet long 
and very free flowering. They are the daintiest 
flowers for vase and decorations and have the best 
lasting qualities. Gerbera seeds will not germinate 
after they are four to six months old. I harvest the 
seeds all year and will send only freshly harvested 
seeds. Every seed should germinate. 
Pkg. 25c 1/16 oz. (about 500 seeds) 75c Vs oz. $1.25 
l/ 4 oz. $2.00 1/2 oz. $3.50 1 oz. $7.00 
Directions for Sowing Gerbera Jamesoni 
In those parts of the country where only light 
frosts are liable to occur, it is all right to sow 
Gerbera directly in the open, in rows one foot 
apart. Smooth the soil, then press the surface 
over with a flat board. Then draw the rows with 
a pencil so that the furrow is not deeper than 
one-fourth inch. Drop the seeds into the fur¬ 
rows, about three seeds to an inch, and close 
the rows by pushing the soil over them side¬ 
ways with a flat piece of board, the less soil 
over the seeds the better, for if they are too far 
under the surface they cannot come up. Water 
and cover with a frame made of cheesecloth 
shading. A light shade is necessary to bring 
the seeds up quickly. Keep the soil just moist, 
don't soak it, for they do not want much water. 
They should be kept in the place where sown 
without transplanting for at least four months. 
Then they should be planted in four-inch pots in 
rich soil or in the open, fifteen inches apart. 
Care should be taken that just the root part is in 
the ground, the heart must be above the soil. 
Once a month is often enough to water them in 
the open and when they are watered see that 
they are moistened well. Planting in the open 
is best done in the fall. In cold climates it is 
best to sow them out in boxes filled with leaf 
mould soil in which some sand has been mixed 
and the soil must be at least four inches deep 
in the boxes. Here you may make the rows two 
inches apart and three seeds to the inch in the 
row. Leave the young plants in the boxes at 
least three months. Then either pot them or 
plant them in the open. They are semi-tropical 
and must be taken indoors where the ground 
freezes in the winter. When planted on benches 
in the greenhouse, they should be handled just 
like carnations and the temperature should be 
between 50 and 60 degrees, not over. They need 
plenty of light and air under glass. Gerbera is 
a perennial and after two or three years the 
plants can be divided up. Always keep them 
free from weeds. 
FREESIA SEEDS 
These are from my own hybrids. They run 
mostly in lavender, blue, purple, yellow 
and white. There are some among them 
with reddish and pink tints. Flowers 
mostly double the size of the regular kinds 
and even larger. They have long stems 
and I believe there is nothing better in 
existence. I am increasing the stock from 
some of my finest and largest seedlings of 
the last few years and the seeds are taken from 
these. If sowed out early, many will flower five to 
six months after sowing. 
Pkg. 25c 1/2 oz. 50c 1 oz. $1.00 1 lb. $15.00 
Directions for Sowing: Sow the seeds right out in 
the open in subtropical and tropical localities. Put 
them in rows, twelve inches apart and about three 
seeds to the inch in the row. Cover the seeds with a 
good, rich soil one-quarter inch deep. In cold cli¬ 
mates, sow them out in boxes or seed pans, placing 
the seeds about one inch apart and one-fourth inch 
deep. Leave them there until the leaves have dried 
up, say about five to six months, and by that time 
they will have formed nice bulbs, which will bring 
large flower spikes the following winter. 
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