RICHARD DIENER. OXNARD. CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 
CUCUMBER "SENSATION" 
A NEW ASTER OF EXCEPTIONAL 
MERIT 
CUCUMBER "GERMAN 
DELICATESS" 
(Giant Mammoth Paeony Flowered Type) 
This Aster is a fine florist strain. The flowers are of 
immense size, very double, borne on long, stout 
stems, quite free from laterals. They are good ship¬ 
pers, for they keep longer after cutting than any 
other Aster. 
Swansdown, pure white.Package $ .15 
Azure Fairy, clear azure blue. " .15 
Maiden's Blush, delicate flesh.. " .15 
Peach Blossom . " .15 
Mixed . " .15 
1 package each of four above colors. 50 
Quantity prices for the above as follows: 
Vs oz. 50c V 4 oz. $1.00 1 oz. $3.50 
LARKSPUR 
Giant Imperial (Improved Upright or Mammoth 
Column) 
The Giant Imperial strain of Larkspur has been so 
far improved over the old stock-flowered strain 
that comparison is scarcely possible. The upright 
habit and close placed basal branched laterals are 
a great saver of space for greenhouse and garden 
rows. 
Miss California, deep pink on salmon Package $ .10 
Carmine King, deep carmine rose. " .10 
Exquisite Pink Improved . " .10 
Exquisite Rose . " .10 
Peach Blossom . " .10 
Blue Spire . " .10 
Lilac Spire . " .10 
White Spire . " .10 
Daintiness, delicate lavender . " .10 
Gloria . " .10 
Mixed . " .10 
V 2 oz. 50c 1 oz. $1.00 
One of the best cucumbers for outdoor growing. 
Has a very small core for seeds and is of fine flavor. 
Very quick growing and immensely free bearing. 
Very hardy against disease. 
Package 25c 1 oz. $1.00 
CUCUMBER SEED "SENSATION" 
This cucumber has proved to be the most valuable 
variety for forcing under glass and in hotbeds, as 
well as for outdoors. In a greenhouse with a tem¬ 
perature of 70 degrees the fruit reaches the length 
of 12 inches in one week and is a deep green color. 
One plant will bring from 270 to 300 perfect fruit in 
one season. In order to get more fruit from a vine, 
never allow any of the fruit to ripen on the plant; 
as soon as they reach their full size, pick imme¬ 
diately. 
Package 25c 1 oz. $7.00 
Directions for Planting Cucumbers in Green¬ 
house. —The best way to raise cucumbers in the 
greenhouse is to make a ground bed of horse ma¬ 
nure three feet high, packed as hard as possible, 
which has been moistened well when packed. Put 
over this one foot of good, old rotten manure or hot 
bed soil with a little sand mixed together with the 
manure. Then plant one row of young cucumber 
plants, preferably from 3-inch pots, about four feet 
apart, two plants to the spot, the two being about 
six inches apart. (The two plants are planted to¬ 
gether so that if something happens to one there is 
always another plant to fill in the space.) The vines 
should be run over wide meshed wire netting which 
should stand 45 degrees. The vines should not be 
tied so when the manure settles there should be 
plenty of play. Otherwise the plants would pull out 
of the soil. 
If fresh horse manure is not available, leaf mould 
with plenty of cow manure mixed will do. It must 
be at least three feet high in the bed and the tem¬ 
perature never under 70 degrees at night. 
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