1939 catalog of RICHARD DIENER NURSERY, oxnard, California, u. s. a. 
STATICE SINUATA 
(Everlasting) 
This is one of the best cut flowers for florists as well 
as the private gardens. Is easily and quickly raised 
and flowers continually. The more you cut of the 
flowers, the more it will flower. 
By years of selection and crossing we have pro¬ 
duced some beautiful clean colors in all shades of 
the rainbow and having large flowers on stems mea¬ 
suring from two to three feet. 
Statice is to be cut when the flower is just at its 
best. Put up in bunches containing from one to two 
dozen stems to each bunch and hang them up in a 
dark room where they will keep for months. These 
are used during the winter months when flowers are 
scarce. 
Statice is a perennial in localities where only light 
frost occurs but will not stand heavy freezing. 
Directions for Sowing: Sow the seeds in cold frames or boxes. 
Smooth the surface of the soil and sprinkle the seeds over it 
just as they are. Do not separate the seeds. Then press them 
into the soil with a smooth board. Cover them very lightly 
and keep them moist. If the atmosphere is very dry it is best 
to cover seeds up with burlap and moisten the burlap three 
or four times each day. The seeds will be up in eight to ten 
days. Leave them in the full light as soon as the plants ap¬ 
pear. Transplant two feet apart as soon as the seedlings have 
four or five leaves. 
White .Pkg. 25c 54 lb. $ I.00 1 lb. $4.00 
Deep Blue .Pkg. 25c J4 lb. 1.00 lib. 4.00 
Blue .Pkg. 25c 541b. 1.00 lib. 4.00 
Yellow .Pkg. 25c 54 lb. 1.00 lib. 4.00 
Pink .Pkg. 25c J4 lb. 1.00 lib. 4.00 
Mixed .Pkg. 25c 541b. 1.00 lib. 4.00 
(Larger amounts on request.) 
Pastel Shades Mixed: This is a mixture of all the 
most modern shades of Statice of Chamois, reddish 
pink, flesh pink and all the intermediate colors for 
cut flowers and flower work. Nothing finer imagi¬ 
nable. All colors are clean and distinct. Years of 
crossing and selection have produced this wonderful 
strain. Try a package. 
Package 25c 54 lb. $1.00 1 lb. $4.00 
Port Washington, Ohio, March 9, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: “Permanent Wave”—a white Dahlia I grew 
from your seed several years ago—is the finest cut flower 
white I have ever seen. Has often held up nice for 6 or 7 
days. Yours truly, W. F. HINES. 
* * * * 
Gainesville, Florida, February 16, 1938. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: In June, 1936, I purchased 1/16 oz. of your 
mixed single Gerbera seed. I planted the first seed bed of 
125 seeds in the third week of June and got 98 plants from 
this. I planted two more seed beds in July and both gave 
over 70% germination. However, that is not the point that 
I considered unusual, but the point is that the first bloom 
appeared in September, 1936, and these plants continued to 
produce bloom, there being nine perfect bloom picked on 
Christmas Day, 1936. 
The growing of flowers is but a hobby with me, but a com¬ 
mercial grower of Gerbera in Clermont, Florida, was amazed 
and I believe rather skeptical when I told him of this, as he 
does not expect bloom in less than two years after planting 
the seed. Yours truly, WM. N. RYERSON. 
GIANT IMPERIAL STRAIN OF LARKSPUR 
LARKSPUR (Annual) 
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 
Exq uisite Rose . ” .10 
Peach Blossom . ” .10 
Blue Spire . ” .10 
Lilac Spire . ” .10 
White Spire . ” .10 
Daintiness, delicate lavender. ’’ .10 
Gloria . ” .10 
Mixed . ” .10 
l /2 oz. 50c 1 oz. $1.00 
Roanoke, Virginia, August 3, 1937. 
Richard Diener Nursery, Oxnard, California. 
Gentlemen: Some time ago I saw some unusually large 
Pansies and the party who had them advised me that they had 
purchased the seeds from you. Will you please quote me a 
price on your giant Pansy seeds. Yours very truly, 
MRS. R. B. MOSS. 
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