1939 catalog of RICHARD DIENER NURSERY, oxnard, California, u. s. a. 
VAPORITE 
This is a soil insecticide which destroys all insect 
pests living in the soil, such as wireworms, nemitodes, 
cutworms, etc. Petunias are badly affected by nemi¬ 
todes in many localities, which often kill many of the 
young plants. Vaporite mixed in the soil, one pound 
to a cubic yard, will completely destroy them. After 
mixing, cover the soil with empty sacks and allow 
it to stand for about three days so the gas which 
forms will have plenty of time to take effect. After 
three days it will do no harm to the plants. 
Vaporite Your Ground —Insure your flowers and 
crops against Pest Attack. ($1,000,000 annual loss 
in California from wireworms.) Vaporite is easy and 
harmless to handle and will rid your garden or 
grounds of all forms of soil pests. Vaporite is scat¬ 
tered over the soil and forked or raked in. Vaporite 
creates a gas which remains active in the soil for a 
month. Vaporite can be safely used with growing 
plants. Vaporite is recommended by leading Ameri¬ 
can and English Seedsmen. Vaporite has been success¬ 
fully used in Europe for 30 years and has the larg¬ 
est sale of any insecticide there. 
4 lbs. in air-tight screw-top can, $1.50 
(Postage paid in U. S.) 
25 lbs. $5.50 50 lbs. $10.00 110-lb. keg $20.90 
(f. o. b. Oxnard) 
No orders accepted for less than 4 lbs. 
Use one pound to fifty square feet and 330 pounds 
to an acre outdoors. 
Houston, Texas, December 10, 1937. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: I think every seed I got from you two months 
ago came up, and they sure are lovely plants. I never saw 
such fine Snapdragon plants. You would want them yourself 
if you could only see them. Yours truly, 
BRUEGMAN FLORIST. 
* * * 
Northfield, Minnesota, April 18, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: May I state that the Petunia and Sweet Pea 
seeds which we bought from you last year produced the most 
beautiful flowers we have ever been able to raise of their par¬ 
ticular varieties. We have never seen such beautiful Sweet 
Peas, and the Petunias, too, were wonderful. 
Very sincerely yours, 
PAUL G. SCHMIDT. 
* * * 
Waterbury, Connecticut, August 22, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: Perhaps you would be interested to know that 
your Pepper Tomato was almost the only tomato on the mar¬ 
ket here this early Spring and Summer. Proof that enter¬ 
prising growers have discovered that it has many splendid 
qualities. To mention a few, finest quality, ripens good color 
all over, does not crack, splendid keeper and shipper, fine 
shape and yields a heavy crop, and I have seen 5 and 6 fine 
specimens on a single stem, all nicely ripened. I have raised 
them ever since you introduced them and never expect to see 
a better tomato. 
I want to add my appreciation of your Ruffled Monster 
Petunias. Our customers exclaim at their size and beauty. 
They sell like “hot cakes.” 
I have fine plants growing from the Pelargonium cuttings 
ordered from you last Spring, and several have bloomed. 
Yours truly, 
EASTWOOD PARK FLORIST. 
INDEX 
SEEDS 
Page 
Acroclinium . 30 
Amaryllis . 15 
Asters .25, 26 
Bean (Aztec) . 31 
Calendula .29, 30 
Centaurea . 15 
Cineraria . 29 
Columbine . 19 
Coreopsis . 31 
Cucumbers . 31 
Cynoglossum . 16 
Daisy (Gerbera) . 23 
Daisy (Shasta) .16, 17 
Dahlia .10, 11, 12, 13 
Delphinium . 18 
Dianthus . 29 
Eschscholtzia . 27 
Freesia . 7 
Fuchsia. 19 
Gaillardia . 17 
Geranium . 7 
Gladiolus . 26 
Godetia . 30 
Henerocallis . 7 
Huennemannia . 27 
Larkspur . 21 
Leptosyne Maritima (Sea Dahlia) . 16 
Lily . 31 
Marigold .26, 27, 28, 29 
Nasturtium . 23 
Pansy . 19 
Petunia .2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
Scabiosa.16, 27 
Schizanthus . 28 
Snapdragon . 20 
Statice Sinuata (Everlasting Flower) . 21 
Sweet Pea . 20 
Thalictrum Dipterocarpum. 20 
Tomato. 32 
Trachelium Coeruleum . 24 
Tritoma . 25 
Venidium. 30 
Watsonia . 16 
Zephyranthus . 23 
Zinnia .24, 25 
BULBS, PLANTS, BOOKS 
Cactus (Phyllo) . 22 
Amaryllis .14, 15 
Pelargoniums .8, 9, 10 
Shasta Daisy “G. Marconi” . 16, 17 
Watsonia . 16 
Books .33, 34, 35 
INSECTICIDE 
Vaporite . 36 
Vancouver, B. C., Canada, March 9, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: I received your plants in good shape last fall. 
Every one did well. At present I have 3 lovely blooms on the 
Amaryllis Hybrid. I haven’t seen anything like them in 
Vancouver. 
The Geranium Flamingo is an excellent plant, and has 
been in constant bloom all winter. This is the most persistent 
bloomer of a collection of nearly 50 varieties. Thanking you, 
R. KELL. 
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