1939-1940 CATALOG OF RICHARD DIENER NURSERY, OXNARD, CALIF., U. S. A. 
are defined, and the book is so conveniently arranged 
and compressed that it is marvelously easy to handle. 
35 illustrations; 652 pages. $5.00. 
1001 GARDEN 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED 
"Revised 50%. 1935" 
By Alfred C. HoHes 
Covers all phases of garden¬ 
ing on the medium-sized place 
— flowers, fruits, vegetables, 
trees, shrubs, walks, etc. A 
veritable encyclopedia. 330 
pages. Cloth, $2.00; postpaid, 
$2.15. 
OUR NATIVE CACTI 
By Ethel Bailey Higgins 
Treats of Cacti indigenous to the United States, giv¬ 
ing uses, classification, description, habitat, flower¬ 
ing periods, diseases, cultural directions. 182 pages, 
94 illustrations, and 4 color plates. Linen cloth, $2.65. 
PERENNIAL GARDENS 
By H. S. Or+loff 
Following the simple directions in this book insures 
a perennial garden crowded with bloom, in which 
the colors make a perfectly blended picture. First 
come plans, showing how to locate and lay out the 
garden; then clear directions for preparing the soil, 
fertilizing, planting, cultivating, transplanting and 
propagation. 18 illustrations; 90 pages. $1.25. 
ing to their uses as garden, climbing, and landscape 
roses and the part each of these plays in the garden 
is fully explained with complete directions for rose 
care and culture, planting, propagation, protection 
from insects and diseases, and variety lists. 74 illus¬ 
trations; 88 pages. $1.25. 
ALL ABOUT FLOWERING BULBS 
By T. A. Weston 
Full information on bulbs of all seasons with all 
essential details for their successful growth. 186 
pages, 65 full-page halftones, and 8 color plates. 
Cloth, $2.00; postpaid, $2.15. 
MODERN DAHLIA CULTURE 
By Wm. H. Waite 
. . . the originator of "Jersey’s Beauty," and other 
highly popular Dahlias. 134 pages, 24 halftones, 6 
color plates. Cloth, $1.50; postpaid, $1.65. 
AMERICAN ALPINES IN THE GARDEN 
By Anderson McCully 
Hundreds of fine plants from our Pacific Northwest 
are fast coming into favor with garden makers every¬ 
where. This new book describes and tells how to 
grow over 500 different kinds and gives full infor¬ 
mation on making a rock garden and moraine, pool, 
growing from seed, purchasing, and transplanting. 
19 illustrations, 262 pages. $2.50. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS —AND 
THEIR CULTURE 
By George Otten 
The only book devoted to this subject. The author, 
who has been most successful in the culture of Tuber¬ 
ous-rooted Begonias for over 50 years, gives the de¬ 
tails of general culture, propagation and hybridiza¬ 
tion in clear and understandable language, and makes 
the first attempt to classify the single flowering and 
double flowering varieties. 84 pages; 36 halftone il¬ 
lustrations. Cloth, postpaid, $1.40. 
BOOK OF BULBS 
By F. F. Rockwell 
With this complete and practical book you can get 
the utmost in beauty from every kind of bulbous 
plant. Clearly written by one who knows; illustrated 
with 187 beautiful photographs and instructive 
drawings. Includes tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies, 
crocuses, glads, dahlias, peonies, irises, begonias, and 
scores of other beautiful but not-so-well-known 
bulbs. We recommend it as the best and most com¬ 
plete bulb book. 187 illustrations; 264 pages, $2.50. 
THE CACTUS BOOK 
By Dr. A. D. Houghton 
Just select the right kinds and you can grow cacti 
in any climate and under any conditions, with flowers 
up to a foot across and sometimes 200 blooms on a 
single plant. This book tells you which cacti to buy 
and how to grow them outdoors or indoors; how 
to raise from seed, hybridize, make cuttings and 
grafts, and everything else connected with success¬ 
ful cacti growing. 18 illustrations; 145 pages. $2.25. 
ROSES 
By F. F. Rockwell 
Tells just what the beginner or average flower lover 
can do with roses. Varieties are classified accord¬ 
PLANT PROPAGATION 
999 Questions Answered 
By Alfred C. Hottes 
Surely the increasing of plants 
by seeds, cuttings, divisions 
and by grafting is one of the 
most fascinating miracles 
each of us can perform. Have 
you often wondered just how 
to sow various seeds, why some 
sprout so slowly, how long 
you can keep seeds, when to 
sow perennials? How to grow plants from their 
leaves? How to increase bulbs faster? How to give 
a piece of a favorite shrub to a neighbor? How 
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