SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 57 
— Are Hardiest For All Climes 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Unrivalled Varieties of Garden Blossoms 
Cypress Vine. A most beautiful vine with delicate fcrn-Iikc foliage and beautiful star-shaped 
rose, scarlet and white flowers. Packet 5c. 
Cobea Scandens or Cup and Saucer Vine. A rapid climber, growing 3010 50 feet during the 
season. Flowers arc bell shaped and purple. Packet lOc. 
Cineraria Hybrida. A very free growing variety. The flower is single, with 
highly colored petals and comes in all shades from light blue and purple to 
crimson and maroon. Packet 10c. 
Dahlia. This is one of the best late flowering plants and is en- 
joying a deserved popularity. Double sorts bloom from seed 
the first year if sown before April, while single ones may be 
sown later. , , i 
Double Cactus Mixed. Exceedingly beautiful; the petals arc 
curiously rolled to needle like points, are very long and are of 
the richest colors and white. Packet 15c. 
Double Fine Mixed. Packet 10c. 
Single Mixed. Packet 5c. 
Daisy or Bellis Perennis. 
Giant Double. Daisies are easily grown from spring sown seed 
come into flower in a very short time. The flowers arc white, 
red, variegated. Not all will come double from seed. 
Finest Mixed. Packet 10c. 
Blue. .'\ fine winter bloomer. Packet 5c. 
Longfellow. Ro.«c color. Packet 10c. 
Snowball. Double white. Packet lOc. 
Shasta. Hardy perennial, white. Packet 10c. 
May's Dianthus Pinks. These may be treated as annuals or 
biennials, bu( as the former may be sown when all danger 
of frost is past. They bloom in a few weeks after 
sowing and continue until after a hard frost, after 
which, if given a slight protection, they will survive 
the winter and flower even more abundantly the 
following season. 
May's Imperial Mixed. This mixture comprises 
various varieties of the finest strains in the ' 
newest and brightest colors. The double sorts 
arc quite as large and handsome as the carna- 
tion, while the single are much larger than the 
ordinary types and very fragrant. The > 
fringed varieties come in both single and dou- 
ble with petals cut finely into a lace-like fringe, 
which, combined with their wonderful colorni!;, 
makes them very attractive. Packet lOc. 
Little Gem. Dark red, suflTused and veined with carmine and broadly 
margined with white. Packet 10. 
Chinensis. (Indian Pink.) The flowers are all double and showy, crim- 
son and white predominating. Packet 10c. 
Heddewigii. (Japan Pink.) Flowers arc very large, brilliantly colored, 
from while to crimson and rose, striped and laced, double and single 
mixed. Packet 10c. 
Diadematus. (Diadem Pink.) Large double flowers, in lilac, crimson, 
purple and white, fringed outer edges. Packet 10c. 
Laciniatus. Large showy flowers, with fringed edges, a variety of colors 
and Etrinid. Packet 10c. „ ■ . .„ 
Dwarf Fireball. Scarlet and double flowers. Packet 10c. 
Dwarf Snowball. Double white flowers. Packet 10c. 
Good Mixed. All colors and varieties. Packet 10c. 
Datura or Trumpet Flower. 
Cornucopia. (Horn of plenty). White and purple. Packet sc. 
Mixed. Seed of man)' varieties. Packet 5c. 
Digitalis or Foxglove. The improved strains of this plant produce well 
filled spikes from 4 to 5 feet high, whose blossoms are very large, bell shaped, 
and of the most beautiful shades of yellow, crimson, rose and white, with 
exquisite throat markings. 
Fine Mixed. Packet 5c. 
Dolichos or Hyacinth Bean. A rapid growing, annual climber, 
shaped foliage and erect racemes of delicate pea-shaped blossoms. 
Daylight. Large spikes of white flowers. Packet 5c. 
Darkness. Violet to purple flowers. Packet 5c. 
Giant Crimson. Reddish purple flowers. Packet 5c. 
Mixed. Purple and white flowers. Packet Sc. 
Eschscholtzia or California Poppy. A hardy annual for bedding, edging or 
massing. Low growing, finely cut foliage. It bears a profusion of strong 
yellow poppies from June until frost. The state flower of California. 
The plants average about a foot in height, with silvery foliage. They are 
most eflfective when grown in beds of considerable S17.C, over which the 
seed may be sown broadcast thinly, and lightly raked in. These sowings 
may be made early in the spring or late in autumn for earlier germination, 
blooming the next spring. Useful as a pot-plant and for cut flowers. 
Packet Sc. 
Forget-Me-Not or Myosotis. These dainty, elegant little flowers are hardy 
perennials that love cool, moist soils, and, like pansies, bloom most freely 
in fall and early spring. They make beautiful, close borders, or edgings, 
thickly sprinkled with pretty flower-sprays, and will bloom nicely " "."V 
tcr in a cool room or cold frame. Once at home in a garden they establish 
themselves by self-seeding. Average height 6 inches. Packet 10c. 
Fuchsia or Lady's Eardrop. Easily grown from seed. The plant groxvs 
from 12 to 18 inches. The flowers have a crimson calyx and pendant 
purple center. One of the best known of the greenhouse plants. They 
require a firm, rich soil, and a shady location. Packet lOc. 
Fetrerfew. An old-fashioned bedding plant about 18 inches high, with num- 
erous branching flower stems bearing small double while flowers. Pkt. Sc. 
GaiUardia or Blanket Flower. A showy annual, remarkable for the size and 
profusion of blossoms which range in color from sulphur and orange yellow 
to the amaranth and claret shades. Should be sown where it is to bloom. 
Single. Packet 5c. 
Double. Packet Sc. 
Lobelia. Low growing bedding plant, with tiny blossoms. 
Blue King. Dark blue, with white eyes. Packet 10c. 
Crystal Palace. Deep blue. Packet 10c. 
Emperor William. Light blue. Packet Sc. 
Gracilis. Light blue, trailing Packet Sc. 
Snowball. New. Pure white. Packet 10c. 
Mixed Varieties. Packet Sc. 
