1939-1940 CATALOG OF RICHARD DIENER NURSERY. OXNARD, CALIF., U. S. A. 
PRACTICAL GARDENING BOOKS 
Written by well-known authorities in a concise and lucid manner, 
handsomely printed on good paper, profusely illustrated and attrac¬ 
tively bound in durable covers 
Our list of customers is increasing by considerable numbers each year. So many people write us ask¬ 
ing questions concerning Floriculture that it is almost impossible for us to answer every one individually. 
For those looking for information on this subject we have compiled a list of books which we can 
recommend. These books are inexpensive and are written by experts in their lines. 
PRACTICAL VEGETABLE CULTURE 
By A. E. Wilkinson 
The growing of vegetables for home consumption 
and on the farm for profit. 308 pages with 135 illus¬ 
trations. Cloth, $2.00; postpaid, $2.15. 
^ WATER GARDENS AND GOLDFISH 
By R. V. Sawyer and E. H. Perkins 
Contents: Waterlilies on Balcony, Dooryard Water 
Gardens, Concrete Pools, Pool and Rockery Com¬ 
binations, Waterlilies, Sacred Lotus, Victorias, 
Lesser Aquatic Plants, Pond Folks, Cultural Direc¬ 
tions, Home Aquarium and Its Management, Pop¬ 
ular Varieties of Goldfish, Foods, Diseases and 
Simple Remedies, Enemies, Breeding, Goldfish in 
the Garden Pool, Wintering Goldfish, Aquarium 
Construction. 
Full information, from Waterlilies in a tub to a 
regular-sized pool, coupled with complete informa¬ 
tion on the care and breeding of Goldfish. 
272 pages, 5 x 7^4 ; 126 illustrations; jacket in two 
colors. $2.00. 
GARDEN POOLS: LARGE AND SMALL 
By Ramsey and Lawrence 
Nothing else can add so much to your garden as a 
pool, even if it is only a transformed wash tub in 
the tiniest garden space. How to have one is fully 
explained in this new book. Its text is so complete 
and its illustrations are so numerous and practical 
that you can easily find the type of pool that fits in 
your garden and learn all about designing, planting 
and caring for it. 41 illustrations; 122 pages. $2.50. 
AZALEAS AND CAMELLIAS 
By H. H. Hume 
Every point about growing both of these shrubs is 
carefully explained here—soils, time and method of 
planting, cultivation, mulching, pruning, frost pro¬ 
tection, feeding, pot and tub culture, pests and 
diseases, and propagation. This information holds 
good for every region where either shrub is grown, 
indoors or outdoors. 14 illustrations, 90 pages. $ 1.50. 
THE ART OF HOME LANDSCAPE 
M. E. Bottomley 
Perhaps you are confused 
about formal and informal de¬ 
sign. Perhaps you have won¬ 
dered how to make a high wall 
terrace or house appear lower, 
how to widen the effect of a 
tall house, how to emphasize 
a building or how to subordi¬ 
nate it. You may want to know 
not only how to plant the front 
of the house but how to de¬ 
velop the yard and garden— 
the Home Landscape. 
You have always wanted to get a working idea 
of the use of color in the garden. In this book Pro¬ 
fessor Bottomley has interpreted the principles of 
landscape gardening. He has made them practical 
and understandable to the amateur. 
The practical end of landscape gardening is by no 
means overlooked in this book. There is a thorough 
survey of the field of horticulture—how plants grow, 
fertilization, pruning, tree surgery, planting and 
maintenance. 
276 pages, 5j4 x 8, profusely illustrated. $3.50. 
BOOK OF SHRUBS 
By Alfred C. Hottes 
A complete, nontechnical description of the com¬ 
mon species with its characters, uses, soil, pruning 
and propagation. Lists of different shrubs for dif¬ 
ferent purposes. 446 pages, 187 illustrations. Cloth, 
$3.00; postpaid, $3.15. 
HORTUS A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF 
GARDENING 
By L. H. and Ethel Z. Bailey 
Easy to use, accurate, and nontechnical, this great 
book comes closer than any other single volume to 
answering every question about gardening. It in¬ 
cludes every kind of ornamental, fruit and vegetable 
plant grown today with brief and complete informa¬ 
tion on their uses, cultivation, hardiness, propaga¬ 
tion, preferred soil, color, identification, etc. Com¬ 
mon names are used throughout, all botanical terms 
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