62 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. AT A V ^ CO.r ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen im~XTt "Northern Gro:vn" Seeds Are Best 
May's Giant -Bloom Poppies and Gilliflower 
MAY'S POPPIES 
ANNUAL POPPIES should hc jowit as early as possible in the spring as 
. they will not stand transplanting. As the flowers come up thin 
out lo % or 4 inches apart for best results. 
Mayfield Giant Mixed. 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 
10c. 
Shirley. A single, well known variety with large blossoms; all shades 
of delicate pink, rose and brilliant scarlet. Packet 10c. 
Ireland. A low growing hardy poppy, 12 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 10c. 
Snowdrift. The large, pure white flowers are perfectly round and 
double. Packet 10c. 
Paeony Flowered. Splendid large double flowers of all colors. Packet 
lOc, 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. Pack- 
et 10c. 
MAY'S PORTULACCA 
BRILLIANT garden annuals, growing about 6 inches high. The blos- 
soms, iH to 2 inches in diameter, are in all the brightest shades of 
tt-risc. orange, scarlet and yellow, and are borne profusely from early 
summer till autumn. 
Double Flowered. Rosettes with yellow centers. Packet lOc. 
Single. \ variety of colors, mixed. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S RICINUS ZANZIBARIENSIS OR 
CASTOR OIL BEAN 
FROM SKEDS so%vn in the open ground in May the plants are in full 
foliage early in July, and attain a height of to 14 feet. The 
enormous leaves, beautifully lobcd, measure 2^ to nearly 4 feel across. 
Packet 5c. 
Mixed. Many choice varieties. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S ROSES 
FAIRY ROSE. From seed the first year. Blooming in 
sowing the seed, giving about equal proportions of double, semi-double and 
4 to 5 months after 
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single Howers. Packet 10c 
MAY'S SCHIZANTHUS OR BUTTERFLY FLOWER 
VERY DAINTY ANNUAL groK'ing fli»ou/ I foot high and almost covered with rather 
large orchid like flowers in a bewildering range of color. Packet 5c. 
A' 
MAYFIELD GIANT MIXED 
MAY'S SMI LAX 
CRACEFUL window vine with glossy, green foliage that will make several feet 
f growth during the first season. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S STOCKS OR GILLIFLOWER (weeks) 
STOCKS have an indi'Adualiiy in their attractiveness that is shared by no 
oihcr annual. Their colors are softer, yet quite as strong and more diverse, 
than those of any other garden favorite, while their exquisite fragrance, pro- 
fusion and duration of bloom are quite unsurpassed. Sowing the seed in March 
or April they will begin to flower in July and continue until frost. 
White Vienna. A charming dwarf plant, bearing stalky stems of very fia 
grant white blossoms. Packet 10c. 
Large Flowering Pyramidal. This variety bears very large spikes, pyramidal 
in form, of double flowers. Packet 10c. 
Mauve Beauty. Delicate lavender. Packet 10c. 
Salmon Beauty. Salmon pink. Packet 10c. 
Purple, packet 10c.; Rose, packet 10c. ; Blue, packet 10c.; Yellow, packet lOc : 
White, packet 10c. ; Crimson, packet 10c. 
Collection of 6 separate colors 50c. 
Dwarf German. Fine mixed varieties. Packet 10c. 
Evening Scented. Perfume Plant. Exquisitely fragrant. Packet 10c 
GILLIFLOWER— WHITE VIENNA 
