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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
LOBELIA 
The dwarf sorts are charming plants, well 
adapted for bedding, pots or rockeries. They 
make a neat edging for beds of white flowers 
and are very effective in masses. The flow¬ 
ers are usually blue with lighter center and 
borne in neat clusters. 
CRYSTAL PALACE COMPACTA — Rich 
deep blue, dark foliage! the finest dark blue 
for bedding. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 40c. 
BLUE EMPEROR —A very compact vari¬ 
ety; sky-blue flowers. Pkt. 10c; Y$ oz. 40c. 
WHITE GEM — Forms a perfect ball of 
snow-white flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
GRACILIS —Light blue; light green foliage; 
trailing. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c. 
TENUIOR —Of upright habit; about 12 to 
15 inches, with very large flowers of intensely 
blue flowers, with light center. Pkt. 10c; 54 
oz. 50c. 
MIXED COMPACTA VARIETIES — All 
colors. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz • 40c. 
CARDINALS (Cardinal Flower) —A peren¬ 
nial variety, producing brilliant scarlet blos¬ 
soms on tall, showy spikes 3 feet. Pkt. 25c. 
LYCHNIS 
HAAGEANA—Handsome hardy perennial 
plant of easy culture, for massing in beds 
and borders; will bloom the first year if sown 
early. Brilliant orange, scarlet crimson, etc. 
Twelve to eighteen inches. Pkt. 10c. 
LUPINUS 
(Lupins) 
Hardy free-flowering native California annuals, 
with long, graceful spikes of rich and various col¬ 
ored pea-shaped flowers; valuable for mixed bor¬ 
ders, beds and for cutting. Sow in the open ground 
and thin to 6 inches. Two feet high. 
Rich Blue .Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 54 lb. 75c 
Sky Blue .Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 54 lb. 75c 
Rose .....Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 54 lb. 75c 
White ....Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 54 lb. 75c 
Mixed Annual .Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 54 lb. 75c 
POLYPHYLLUS (Perennial Lupins) — Most 
beautiful hardy border plants producing tufts of soft 
green foliage, from which arise in continuous suc¬ 
cession the stately spikes of bloom. Two to three 
feet high. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 35c. 
LUPINS 
MATRICARIA 
(Double White Feverfew) 
CAPENSIS —Neat, small double white flowers, 
well adapted for bedding and cutting. Perennial. 
Height 3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
MIMOSA 
(Sensitive Plant) 
PUDICA — Curious and interesting plant with 
globular heads of small pinkish-white flowers! the 
leaves close and droop when touched or shaken. 
Annual. 12 to 18 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
MATTHIOLA 
MARVEL OF PERU 
or F O U R O’CLOCK 
A hardy annual of the easiest culture. Sow in 
open and then plant to 18 inches apart. Flowers 
are closed until afternoon; 3 feet. 
MIXED—All colors. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
MINA 
LOBATA —An annual climber of luxurious growth 
attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet in a season. Pro¬ 
duces attractive tube-shaped flowers; the buds be¬ 
ing first bright red, then changing through orange- 
yellow to creamy white when fully expanded 
Pkt. 10c. 
BICORNIS (Evening Scented Stock)—This old- 
fashioned annual has no beauty to recommend it, 
the flowers being a dull, purplish-lilac, but grown 
for the entrancing fragrance which it emits during 
the evening. 18 inches. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c. 
MECONOPSIS BAILEYII 
(Blue Thibetan Poppy) 
This beautiful blue perennial poppy throws up 
from its root-stalk half a dozen leafy stems 2 to 3 
feet high, well-finished with broad sea-green leaves 
and bearing freely at their heads large four-petaled 
blooms of a glorious sky-blue color, the effect of 
which is enhanced by a central zone of golden 
yellow anthers. Thrives best in shaded location. 
Seed is very slow in starting and many months 
may elapse before seedlings appear. Pkt. 25c. 
