NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
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DESCRIPTION OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT. 
§v NOTICE. ip^ 
We desire to ca'.I special attention 
to the following plants: 
BRAZILIAN PLUME PLANT, 
NEW FRENCH ROSES, 
TREE CARNATIONS, 
ENGLISH FUCHSIAS, 
LADY TRE\'ELTAN ASTER, 
RUBY GOLD ROSE, 
MINNETONKA GERANIUM, 
DOUBLE PEONIES. 
The accompanyinj? illtistrations will sliow, much better than auythiriij wc could write, 
the mammoth sire to which our business has grown. This past season we have been obliged 
to erect several more large conservatories, giving this part of our business one of the most 
complete establishments in America. In addition to this we have added 60 feet to our Seed 
House, at the same time jrutting in all of the latest improvements to facilitate the work in 
this department. Our system of keeping a record of orders is tincqualed. As soon as an 
order is received it is turned over to the Kail OflElce and Order Department, where it is 
entered in a ledger and the amount-of order credited to the customer ; afterthisis done the 
order is numbered, dated, and sent to the proper department to be filled. To insure correct- 
ness in every order, it is carefully checked twice before packing. In this way we guard 
against errors, and the customers can rely on receiving exactly what their order calls for. 
In the Sxpress Department we pack everything that is to be sent by express, and 
during our busy season representatives of all the different companies may be seen at our 
place at all hours of the daj-, checking and loading the parcels for their line. 
The Bulk Order Koom is where all heavy seeds, such as com, peas, beans, potatoes, 
etc., are boxed and packed for shipping by freight. This is one of our busiest departments 
during the early part of the season. 
The Package and Kail Room is where we are rushed day and night for several 
months in the year, thousands of orders being filled daily, all of which are rechecked before 
going out in the mail. An idea of the immense amount of mail we receive during our busy 
season may be gathered from the fact that last year over 24 per cent, of the registered mail 
that came to St. Paul was directed to L. L. May & Co. When one takes into consideration 
the amount of mail coming to this city, they can readilj'- see with what an immense business 
we are now favored. 
Our Conservatories are complete in every respect, having been erected at a cost of 
over $50,000, and they are one of the largest as well as one of the finest commercial plants 
ever constructed. Each department in this line of our business is in the hands of thoroughly 
competent men who have been with us for years. In our Plant Department, as with the 
seed, we make quality our first consideration, and for this reason May's Northern Plants 
have become very popular. 
SEE PAGE 6 FOR INTRODUCTORY PACKAGE. 
