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MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
Dahlias. 
DRACBNA INDIVISA.— A very beautiful decorative plant with 
long-, slender, graceful, drooping leaves. It is a rapid grower, 
adapted to pot culture in the house and very fine for centers 
of vases, rustic boxes, etc., on the lawn. Strong plants, 15 
to 18 inches tall, by express, $1.00. 
PABRIANA IMBRICATA — A, small pot plant, with cedar-like 
foliage, which in the spring produces an abundance of charm- 
ing, pure white tubular blossoms. 15c each. 
FERNS. — For jardinieres and ferneries. We offer a choice as- 
sortment of 15 varieties, especially adapted to house culture. 
The present universal use of these plants for house decoration 
has induced us to grow them by tens of thousands. They 
are easily grown, thrive in any house if kept cool and well 
watered, and being a "thing of beauty" are "a. joy forever" to 
•everyone who grows them. Strong thrifty plants 20c each by 
mail, or $1.50 per dozen by express. 
Adiantum Cuneatum. — Maiden Hair. The well-known maiden 
hair. Highly prized for house culture. We have a choice stock 
in various sizes. 1st size 35e each postpaid. 2d size 75c each 
by express. 3rd size $1.50 by express. 
Japanese i Fern Balls. — (See cut.) These very interesting 
ferns are independent of both soil and moisture. The former 
they do not require, as they are rooted in moss; and when the 
latter is withheld they simply dry up and go to sleep, to re- 
awaken when moisture again reaches them. They are grown 
•suspended in the air, and are 6 inches or more in diameter, 
in their dormant or dry. state, in the moss. They will live for 
years under proper treatment, alternately resting and grow- 
ing, according to circumstances. They are very satisfactory 
as house' ferns, and attract much attention and interest. It is 
best to' treat them with some degree of regularity, giving them 
water ; two or three times a week during the growing season, 
a.hd;no water at all during the resting period. These periods 
can be arranged at convenience, but each should cover say 
two or three months or longer. The green foliage is light 
and beautiful. 1st size, 75c each. Large size, $1.25 each, postpaid* 
DAHLIAS — There is no more beautiful class of flowers than these. They are of 
easy culture, give .an abundance of bloom at small expense and increase in numbers 
very rapidly from year to year. The tubers should be taken up each fall and stored 
in a dry cellar until spring, when they may be divided and replanted. Price, unless 
otherwise noted, 15c each, or $1.50 per doz. 
A. D. Livoni.— Rich pink, finely formed. A very handsome and desirable variety. 
Arabella.— Pale lemon, shading to primrose at the tips. A large bloom of perfect 
form. Very fine. , 
Champion Rollo — Orange red, large, full blossom. 
Cyclops. — A cactus variety. Crimson, richly shaded. 
Catherine. — A well-formed Pompon variety. Pure yellow. 
Dr. J. P. Kirtland — Very large bloom; dark velvety crimson. 
Fern Leaf Beauty — Pompon sort. Small, creamy white flower with a margin of 
crimson around each petal. Foliage fern-like. An excellent bedding variety. 
Grand Duke Alexis. — Very large bloom; white, tinted lilac. 
Hector. — Orange red. 
Harmony. — Cactus sort. Reddish bronze. Fine. 
Judy. — Yellow, striped crimson. 
Lemon Giant — Light, clear yellow; slender drooping stems. 
Lyndhurst — Scarlet or Vermilion. Distinct in its color from all others. A most no- 
ble flower. 
Modesty. — Cream-white, shading gradually to light pink. A finely formed flower. 
Miss Ruth. — Pale pink, shading to white. Often sports a deep cardinal. 
Mary D. Halleck. — Canary yellow of medium size. 
Mars. — A fine pompon. Bright scarlet. 
May Pictor. — A choice yellow cactus sort. 
Nymphea. — A pale pink flower of medium size. Very valuable for cutting purposes. 
Prof. Baldwin — Cactus sort. Bright orange. Very free bloomer. 
Purity.— A perfectly pure white pompon variety. 
Pluton. — Pure yellow, choice. 
Sunbeam. — A new crimson pompon. A valuable addition. 
Snow Clad —A fine white pompon. A most excellent bedder. 
White Swan.— A well formed, pearly white sort. 
Zoar.— Pompon. Tellow edged salmon and pink. 
Mixed Varieties — In harvesting our tubers many of them become mixfd. These we 
otter m mixed lots. They will be choice varieties, but we do not know their colors. 
10c each, $1.00 per doz. 
Boston Fern. — It is of such easy culture and rapid growth, 
and is so graceful and ornamental that it is superseding near- 
ly all other varieties, both with the florist and amateur. Its 
long, graceful, drooping fronds often attain a length of 5 or 
6 feet in a single year, while its foliage is always clean and 
healthy, not subject to the attacks of scale, mealy bugs and 
other insects. 25c each, $2.50 per doz. Larger plants, by ex- 
press, at 75c to $5.00 each. 
FICTIS ELASTICA — Rubber plant. A very graceful, orna 
mental plant with broad, glossy leaves of deepest green. 
Strong plants, by express, 75c to $2.00 each. 
FUCHSIAS — They thrjve best in a mixture of leaf mold and 
sand; should be kept in a shady, moist situation and require 
plenty of water, especially .when in blossom. 10c each unless 
otherwise noted. 
Carl Holt. — A beautiful single variety striped red and white. 
Helene. — (Tree Fuchsia.) Large, semi-double, orange scar- 
let blossoms; plant grows in tree form. 15c each. 
Lord Byron. — Large, single purple blossoms. A most prolific 
bloomer. 
Mrs. E. G. Hill. — Large double blossoms; coralla pure white, 
sepals dark red.' 
Mrs. Marshall — Semi-double; coralla carmine, sepals white. 
Prince Napoleon — Very large double purple blossoms. 
Trailing Queen. — A choice variety of trailing or drooping 
habit. A - novel and distinct sort- 
CHOICE GERANIUMS — After careful trial and selection ex- 
tending over a period of many years we have chosen the fol- 
lowing sorts as best adapted to general cultivation. Price 
unless otherwise noted 10c each, $1.00 per doz., postpaid; $6.00 
per 100 by express. , 
MAY'S PREMIER COLLECTION.— These six choice plants for 
75 cents. This contains six of the very best varieties in cul- 
tivation which are selected by us oh account of the size and 
brilliancy ©f blossom, their sturdy, vigorous growth and their 
profusion of bloom throughout the season. 
AlphOnse Ricard. — This is a handsome variety, producing in -greatest- 
profusion immense trusses of semi-double orange red blossoms of per- 
fect form. 10c each. 
Jean Viaud — Soft, pure pink, semi-double- with two white blotches. 
Dwarf stocky grower, rigid stems, large trusses, perfect florets, a con- 
tinuous bloomer, the plant being covered with flowers throughout the 
season. It has an iron constitution; withstands rain and sun better 
than any known geranium. 20c each. 
Mad. Jaulin. — The plant is of dwarf , robust habit. Flowers of largest 
size and very abundant; the center a delicate pink, outside a pure 
white. 20c each. 
Dryden. — Flowers single, bright, rosy red, with large white blotches 
on two upper petals and smaller blotches on the three lower ones. 
25c each. 
La Favorite. — An old, well-known variety. The flowers are perfectly 
double, pure white, and produced in great profusion throughout the 
season. 10c each. 
J. J. Harrison — The most brilliant scarlet grown. The trusses and 
florets are of immense size 15c each. 
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Japanese Feirn Ball. 
America.— It is a seedling from Mars, of stronger growth and larger 
foliage than the parent. On opening, the flowers are white with 
salmon center, changing to various shades of salmon and 'rose, finally, 
when fully open, to deep pure rose. 20c each, $2.00 per .doz. 
Beauty Poitevine — Color, beautiful rosy salmon, nicely shaded and 
tinted from deep orange to pure salmon. 15c each, $1.50 per doz. 
John Doyle. — Plant dense, compact in growth. Large trusses, of 
bloom, bright vermilion, semi-double. 15c each, $1.50 per doz. 
La Incontable.— Large, double blossoms, of a beautiful bright rose color. 
Mrs. E. G. Hill.- — Single salmon with a light shading in center. Trusses 
of enormous size and composed of . a great many florets. 
Mrs. J. M. Garr. — The best single white. Plants smothered in bloom 
the entire season. 
