SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. -\yf A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 107 
— Are Hardiest For All Climes Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Hardy, Perennial Garden Beautifiers 
Guaranteed to Greatly Increase the Attractiveness of Your Garden 
HAROY PERENNIALS are 
among ike most beautiful 
as well as the most satisfac- 
tory and practical of all 
plants. They not only grow 
year after year without care 
or replenishing but ihey also 
grow more beautiful with age, 
and by judicious planting a 
succession of blossoms may 
be obtained during the entire 
season. The Old Fashioned 
Garden is their proper metier 
but they fit In anywhere. 
Great strides have been made 
in their cultivation since our 
grandmother's day. and the 
old favorites have become 
wonderfully beautiful in the 
hands of skilled horticultur- 
ists. 
SPECIAL NOTE. The priccs 
on Per en n ials a rc gi ven 
postpaid, and are the same 
by express at purchaser's ex- 
pense; but when ordered by 
express, larger plants will be 
sent. Write Tor prices on 
large quantities. 
Achiiie. The Pear!. Of low 
spreading habit; the flow- 
ers are while and double; 
blossoms from June to Oc- 
tober; i8 inches to 2 feet. 
Anemoiie. Pulsatilla. Pur- 
ple ftowers; April and May. 
Anthermis Tinctoria. Golden Marguerite 
flowers from June to September. 
AquUegia. Columbine. — 
Candidissima, native variety. Chrysantha, golden spurred. Chrysantha 
Alba, white; May till July. Coerulea, true blue Columbine; May and 
June. Giant of Battles, crimson. Califomia Hybrids, all colors. 
Armeria. Blooms all summer.— 
Formosa, deep crimson flowers, height 6 inches. Maritima, red flowers, 
height y inches. Plantaginea, pink, height 9 inches. 
Aralia Arabella. .^ foliage plant for foliage. 
Asters. Hardy; bloom in August and Septembc 
Nova AngUca, purple, yellow centers; 48 inches. Alpinus, blue; height 
S inches. Pyr. Hybrids, shades of blue; height 48 inches. Sub. Coeruleus, 
violet blue, height 24 inches. 
Baptisia, Aastralis. Blue, pea like flowers and dark green foliage. 2 feet 
high. 
Bleeding Heart — ^ 
Dielytra Spectabilis. One of the best old fashioned garden plants; May 
and June. 
AN ATTRACTIVE CORNER OF HARDY PHLOX. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MAXIMUMS AND 
OTHE:^ HARDY PERENNIALS . 
Bushy habit with large golden 
Dielytra Formosa. Dwarf, 
showy pink flowers; May. 
Bocconia. Cordata. Buff 
colored flowers, long 
spikes; 6 to 8 feet high. 
Boltonia Asteroides. Large, 
single. Aster-like flowers; 
pure white; September; 
from 5 to 7 feet -high. 
Boltonia Angelica. 3 to 4 
ftu-t; large purple flowers 
Campanula. Bluebells. • 
Carpatica Alba, white. Glo- 
merata, violet, height 24 
inches. Grandis, blue; 18 
inches. Persifolia, blue; 20 
inches; June, July. 
Chrysanthemum — 
Maximum, large, single, 
(.iiisy like flowers; white. 
Coccinea, single; red petals. 
Par then ium. 
Coreopsis. Laurelata. This 
blooms from June through 
the summer; flowers very 
large; yellow. 
Daisy — 
Shasta, very large; belongs 
to Chrysanthemums; petals 
white. Longfellow. Pink 
petals. 
Dracocephalum. Ruyscbian- 
um. Purplish flowers; in 
July. 
Delphinium — 
Formosi:m. Larkspur. Flowers sky blue, shaded with indigo; spur violet. 
Blooms in summer; 18 to 20 inches. Grandiflorum. Siberian Larkspur. 
One of the lower growing kinds, having variously tinted flowers from deep 
blue to white. One of the bes':. July and August. 
Dianthus — 
Deltoides Alba. Hardy Pink. The old-fashioned Grass Pink; perfectly 
hardy. In use either as a cemetery or garden flower. Semper Florens. 
Dark pink, fragrant flowers; May and June. 
Digitalis. Fox Glove. Native variety; height 50 inches. 
Gaillardia Grandiflora. Blanket Flower. The center is dark reddish- 
brown, while the petals are variously marked with rings cf brilliant scar- 
let, crimson, orange and vermlllion. 
Golden Glow. Rudbeckia. The flowers are produced in enormous quan- 
tities on long stems, and resemble a fine double golden yellow cactus 
dahlia. It blossoms in late summer wh.:n most shrubs and plants are 
through blooming. September and October. 
Gypsophila. Repens Rosea. Rose color, height 30 inches. 
Price of any of the above, each 15c., dozen $1.S0, 100 $10.00, by express. 
Set of 8 varieties, purchaser's selection, for $1.00, postpaid. 
For General List of Flower Seeds, ses pages 
68 to 71- 
