F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
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AQUILEGIA 
(Columbine) 
The Columbines are among the most beautiful 
and popular of all hardy perennial plants. They 
are easily grown from seed and when sown in the 
Spring will occasionally bloom the same season, 
but generally the second. Aside from their being 
prized for cut flower purposes making dainty 
decorations, they are valuable for shrubbery. 
LONG SPURRED VARIETIES— This is unques¬ 
tionably the finest strain of the Columbines. The 
plants are of, strong, thrifty growth with flowers 
of largest size, varying in color through charming 
tones of cream, pink, lavender, blue, white, red, etc, 
Blue and Lavender shades. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
Orange and Red shades. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
Pink and Rose shades. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS MIXED — A 
splendid mixture containing all the beautiful colors. 
Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 50c. 
MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT STRAIN—This strain 
is allowed by the Royal Holticultural Society to be 
the best ever raised, and has received awards of 
merit wherever exhibited. The blooms are of large 
size and the spurs very long. There are no crude 
or jarring tints, and on the whole form a most 
harmonious mass of coloring seldom seen in other 
flowers. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c; 54 oz. $1.00. 
DOBBIES IMPERIAL HYBRIDS— The result 
of years of breeding by the Scotch seed house of 
Dobbies, Edinbourgh, Scotland. Flowers of fine 
form and shades not found in other strains. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 70c; 54 oz. $1.25. 
SINGLE FLOWERING— All colors mixed. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
DOUBLE FLOWERING—All colors mixed. 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c. 
ARGEMONE 
(Mexican or Prickly Poppy) 
GRANDIFLORA — An annual with ornamental 
foliage and large, handsome poppy-like flowers of 
satiny texture. Flowers are 2J4 to 3 inches across, 
snowy-white, filled in center with golden stamens. 
Sow seed where they are to bloom; prefer sunny 
location. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz - 25c. 
ARMERIA 
(Thrift or Sea Pink) 
FORMOSA— A very pretty, hardy perennial edg¬ 
ing plant, bearing rosy-pink flowers. Nine inches. 
Pkt. 10c. 
ARISTOLOCHIA 
(Dutchman’s Pipe) 
An excellent perennial climbing vine. Large and 
showy foliage; affords dense shade. Flowers shape 
of a Dutchman’s pipe, hence its name. 30 feet. 
Pkt. 10c. 
ASPARAGUS 
PLUMOSIS NANUS (Lace Fern)— 3 feet. Pro¬ 
duces fine bright green sprays; does well in shady 
places. Seeds start slowly and should be soaked 
in warm water before sowing. Pkt. 10c; 100 seeds 
35c. 
SPRENGERI (Emerald Feather) —A very ele¬ 
gant foliage plant for hanging baskets; drooping 
branches. Pkt. 10c; 100 seeds, 30c. 
AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE 
(Dolichos Lignosus) 
A rapid growing evergreen perennial climbing 
vine, producing freely clusters of rose pea-shaped 
flowers. Excellent for covering arbors, trellis, etc. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
AQUILEGIA, MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT STRAIN 
ARABIS 
(Crock Cress) 
ALPINA —A hardy perennial and one of the earli¬ 
est and prettiest spring flowers. The spreading 
tufts are covered with a sheet of pure white flowers. 
An excellent plant for rockeries and edging; 6 to 9 
inches. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
Pointers on Seed 
Germination 
In many cases failure with flower seeds 
may be due to the great length of time re¬ 
quired for those seeds to normally germinate 
or to the extreme smallness of the seedling 
plants. 
Annuals such as Zinnias, Gypsophila, and 
Stocks germinate from two to six days pro¬ 
ducing good sized seedlings which are easily 
detected and cared for, but plants such as 
Larkspur take fifteen days, Petunias twenty, 
Sweet Peas fifteen, Nemesia twenty,_ and in 
general there is a great variation in the time 
required for seed to germinate and make a 
sizeable seedling. In view of these facts many 
a sowing is given up for lost before the seed 
has had sufficient time to grow, and when they 
do come up they are not discovered. 
Tiny seedlings when once through the soil 
surface are subject to many hazards of in¬ 
sects, birds, animals, and the weather, which 
are very apt to destroy them unless the gar¬ 
dener has taken proper precaution to give 
them ample protection. 
