GROWN BY THE FAMOUS COLD SYSTEM. 
The easiest of all pot plants to grow, hand- 
some, showy foliag-e and blossoms and lus- 
cious fruit. oma- 
Brazilian Melon Fruit, mental plant it 
has few equals, its splendid busliy liabit, 
healtliy growtli and charming foliage giving 
it tlie preference over many of the weaker 
and more delicate class. It also, furnishes a 
most desirable egg-shaped, yellowisli-orange 
colored fruit, which hangs pendant in clus- 
ters, iust below tlie beautiful foliage. This 
fruit is of the most delightful flavor, havmg 
a slig-htly suh-acid taste, entirely different 
from any other fruit we are acquainted wit.n. 
For eating out of the hand, slicing or iiwking 
into preserves, it is simply delicious. Stronsr 
plants, 25c. each, postpaid. 
American Wonder Lemon, and^ valu- 
able fruit for house culture. The leaves are 
of a deep glossy green like the Otaheite Or- 
ange are easily kept clean and bright, ren- 
dering the plant neat and attractive at all 
times. In addition to this, its waxy white, 
fragrant blos.soms. produced in clusters, loi- 
lowed bv large showy fruit, make tins plant 
at all times beautiful as well as 
useful. The fruit is very large, 
of fine flavor, and superior to the 
ordinary lemons of commerce in 
every particular. You will make 
no mistake in ordering this most 
beautiful plant, as it is valuable 
alike as an ornamental plant or 
a fruit producing plant. We have 
grown and sold this valuable 
plant for several years and have 
never received a single complaint 
from a customer who purchased 
it. It is beyond doubt one of the 
very finest plants for house cul- 
ture ever introduced; 25c. each, 
postpaid. 
Strawberry Guava. luscious 
tropical fruit and charming house 
plant, rivaling the famous Ota- 
heite Orange in beauty. It is a 
nice, clean grower, with thick, 
glossy green leaves, and like the 
orange, it bears both flowers and 
fruit at the same time. 11' 
flowers are pure white and . 
lightfully fragrant. The fruit 
large , nearly the size of a wa 
nut, and of a beautiful reddi.sh 
color; the llavor is delicious, 
sweet and spicy, and yet rich and 
delicate. It is very rare and in- 
teresting. The plant begins to 
bloom and bear fruit while quite 
small. 25c. each, postpaid. 
Smyrna Fig. 
POB HOUSE CUI.TUBI:. 
One of the grandest pot plants for flower- 
ing wc have ever seen, and being' useful as 
well as ornamental, should be g'rown by every 
one. It is a \'ery dwarf \'ariety, and blos- 
soms and fruits freely when only 12 or 15 
inches high. The delicately scented blossoms 
are produced In profusion. The fruit is quite 
small, being only about one-half the size of 
the ordinary orange, but is very sweet and 
delicious. For pot culture it is one of the 
most novel and interesting plants o£ late in- 
troduction. It blooms freely during the en- 
tire season, and one plant will scent a whole 
room. The stock we offer is strong and 
thirifty. 25c. each, postpaid. 
THE GENUINE SMYRNA FIG. 
A dwarf variety imported from the far East, 
of compact, hardy growth, mak- 
ing little wood. As a pot or tub 
plant It is extremely valuable, 
either indoors or outside. It will 
winter safely in an ordinary cel- 
lar, or it can be allowed to hard- 
en off with a few frosts In the 
early fall and then brought In- 
doors for growing during the 
winter. The fruit is of medium 
size, very sweet and almost seed- 
less. For the South It is nearer 
a perpetual bearer than any other 
variety of Figs, and will produce 
three crops in a season. The 
ideal Fig for pot ctature in the 
North, and It is one of the rare 
plants that you should not miss 
getting. Strong plants on own 
roots, grown from fruiting wood 
. which will commence to bear at 
• once, 30c. each, postpaid. 
SPECIAL OFFER! 
For $1.00 
We will send by mail, post- 
paid, one each of the five Rare 
Tropical Fruits illustrated on 
this page. Safe arrival guar- 
anteed. 
L. L. MAY & CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
