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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
Geum, Lady Stratheden 
GEUM 
GYPSOPHILA . Baby # s Breath 
These lovely dainty free-flowering plants do well in 
most any type of soil. Their dainty white or colored 
panicles are popularly used in mixing in with other 
flowers. 
ELEGANS GRANDIFLORA —Large flowered single 
annuals, 2-3 feet tall. 
Alba —True Covent Garden strain; pure white. 
Rosea— Soft light pure rose. 
Carminea— Lovely deep carmine. 
M ixed. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Paniculata Single White — Very dainty tiny white 
single flowers on slender stems 2 feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
Paniculata Double White —This strain is superior to 
the older hardy strain and produces graceful dainty 
sprays of tiny rose-shaped double flowers of pure 
white, although not fixed true for doubleness it pro¬ 
duces a goodly percentage of these charming double 
flowering plants around 3 feet tall. Pkt. 25c. 
Repens —This class is for rock gardens, being only 
6 inches high. 
Rosea —Light rose. Alba —Pure white. Pkt. 15c. 
Pacifica —Pyramids of tiny pink flowers appear in 
slender, spreading panicles. It is very hardy and able 
to withstand severe frosts or extreme heat and dry¬ 
ness, and comes into bloom after the Paniculata. 
Pkt. 25c. 
GOURDS, ORNAMENTAL 
These are desirable in many places where an im¬ 
mense amount of vine is wanted quickly. The blooms 
of some are quite striking and handsome. The mature 
fruits are unique and are often shellaced and used 
as household decorations. 
This perennial plant reaches a height of two feet, 
bears lovely double rose-like flowers gracefully poised 
on long stems at the base of which is a thick rosette 
of strawberry-like leaves. The plants make splendid 
perennial borders, and are welcomed in bouquets. 
MRS. BRADSHAW— Orange scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
LADY STRATHEDEN— Golden yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
GODETIA . Satin Flower 
TALL DOUBLE FLOWERED— This attractive hardy 
annual blooms profusely, bearing showy flowers of 
satiny texture in many rich and varied colors of ex¬ 
quisite beauty. Plants branch considerably at the 
base and produce strong stems about 2 feet tall. 
Crimson, Rich Pink, Carminea Improved Pink, Lav¬ 
ender, Mixed—Pkt. 10 c. 
DWARF DOUBLE AZALEA FLOWERED MIXED— 
Pkt. 10c. 
DWARF COMPACT SINGLE —These bushy plants are 
covered with broad petaled cup-shaped flowers 2 or 3 
inches across, and are of the same satiny texture as 
the double flowered sorts. Mixed, pkt. 10c. 
GOLDEN ROD . Solidago 
This popular hardy perennial flowers in late summer, 
producing golden yellow composital flowers. Height 
3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
GRIVILLEA . Silk Oak Tree 
ROBUSTA —A very beautiful and graceful decorative 
plant with fern-like foliage; excellent for table decor¬ 
ations; easily raised from seed, producing good sized 
plants in a short time. Pkt. 10c. 
SMALL FRUITED VARIETIES 
Apple —Creamy white apple-shaped. 
Bottle (Miniature). 
Egg Shaped —White. Used as nest eggs. 
Orange —Shape and color resemble an orange. 
Pear, Bicolor —Green and golden yellow. 
Pear, Striped —Yellow and green. 
Warted —All shapes and varied sizes, oddly warted. 
Small Varieties Mixed. 
LARGE FRUITED VARIETIES 
Calabash (Pipe Gourd)—Used for making pipes. 
Dipper —Used for dippers and birds’ nests. 
Dish Cloth or Bath Sponge (Luffa)—The mature fruits 
have a fibrous skeleton and is used like a sponge. 
When ripe soak in water to separate from flesh. 
Giant Bottle or Chinese Water Jug. 
Hercules Club —Mature fruits are 2 to 3 feet long 
and club shaped. 
Mixed —All varieties, large and small. 
Price any of the above: Pkt. 10c; / z oz. 20c; 1 oz. 35c. 
Ornamental Gourds 
