SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. 1% J" A AT' ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 63 
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— ^/^r^ Hardiest For All Climes 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Giant-Bloom Poppies and Brilliant Phlox 
MAY'S Poppies 
ANNUAL POPPIES should be jO'MTt OS early as possible in the spring as 
. ihcy will not stand transplanting. As the flowers come up thin 
out to 3 or 4 inches apart for best results. 
Masrfield Giant Mizea. A special mixture, selected and prepared by 
ourselves, from the best and most carefully grown strains of double 
giant varieties. The flowers are enormous pompons of various 
colors, pure white, flame red and scarlet and white mixed. Packet !0c. 
Shirley. A single, well known variety with large blossoms; all shades 
of delicate pink, rose and brilliant scarlet. Packet 10c. 
Iceland. A low growing hardy poppy, i2 inches high with medium 
sized orange and yellow flowers. Packet 10c. 
Fairy Blush. Large double blossoms, with petals fringed with white 
and tipped with a blush cream color. Packet lOc. 
Snowdrift. The large, pure white flowers are perfectly round and 
double. Packet lOc. 
Paeony Flowered. Splendid large double flowers of all colors. Packet 
10c., ounce 50c. 
New Oriental. The flowers are of enormous size, often measuring over 
six inches in diameter; colors range from soft flesh and rose to the 
most brilliant dazzling scarlet and richest maroon purple. Packet lOc. 
MAY'S Phlox Drummondii 
THIS !S(/jc sko'.vicst and most brilliant of the garden annuals and one 
of the most easily grown. Seed may be sown in the open ground 
after danger of frost is past and they w'ill bloom in a few weeks from 
the time of sowing. They grow very tall, about 4 feet someltmcs, 
branching from the roots and these branches are completely covered 
with blossoms measuring from i inch to ij^ or 2 inches across, making 
heads at least a foot in diameter. 
Large Flowering Mixed. The flowers are very large and they remain 
in blossom an uTuisually long time. The colors are unequaled in 
richness and variety, from pure white, rose pink, scarlet and cerise 
to the lavender and purple shades. Massed they make a gorgeous 
showing anywhere. Packet 10c. 
MAY'S Flowering Varieties (Grandiflora) 
THIS TVl'K has tlu- lar^rs! fl'.r.irrs, as well as iho l.irwest heads of bloom. 
tVillcviion of 6 Superb I'hU'-x, separate olnr, 50c. 
Snow White. Packet 10c. Shell Pink, Packet 10c. 
Deep Rose. Packet lOc. Soft Lilac, Packet 10c. 
Bright Scarlet, Packet lOc. Rich Crimson, Packet lOc. 
MAYFIELD GIANT MIXED 
Starred and Fringed." In the fringed flowers the petals are distinctly 
bordered with white, which together with the bright eye of the center, 
contrasts wiih the magnificent velvety colors, la the Starred 
Phloxes the central teeth are ftve or six times as long as the lateral 
ones. Finest mixed. Packet 10c. 
Phlox, Double, pouble Phlox is one of the most desirable annuals for 
cut bowers. This year we have secured a particularly fine strain of 
the double from P'rancc, which runs fully 75 per cent pure white and 
^^ream color,^ and perfectly double and semi-double. Packet 10c. 
Phlox, Perennial. The varieties of the perennial phlox are among the 
choicest of our cut flowers for bedding and border plants. Packet lOc. 
MAY'S Dwarf Phlox (Nana Compacta) 
THIS STRAIN oj' dzvar J compact habit is excellent for pot plants and 
ribbon lines and massing in beds; 6 inches high. > 
Fair Maid. Delicate pink. Packet 10c. 
Fireball. Scarlet. Packet 10c. 
Snowball. White, Packet 10c. 
Collection of 3 separate colors, 25c. 
For general list of flower seeds, see pages 68 tc 71. 
The order of seeds purchased of you last spring uas very satisfactory, es- 
pecially the Phlox. They were the best I ever grew. 
MRS. EllIEL RIIODY. 
Skakoptt, Minn., Box jro. 
PHLOX 
