66 SEED CATALOGUE o/ L. L. AT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen IT"H~Tt"I "Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's Most Fragrant Verbenas and Zinnias 
MAY'S VERBENA 
DELIGHTFULLY SWEET, old fashioned favorite, the new varieties of 
which far excel the old in size, sweetness, and brilliancy and diversity 
of color. The strains we offer have been carefully selected and they pro- 
duce very large trusses and individual flowers of astonishing size. They 
are vigorous and free blooming, and if sown out of doors in AJay, bloom 
by the first of July, though quickest results are obtained from seed 
sown in the house or hotbed and transplanted in May. 
Giant Pink. From shell to deep salmon pink. Packet 10c. 
Purple. Royal purple with a white eye. Packet 10c. 
Mammoth. Flowers of unusual size, single flowers sometimes 
being as large as a 25-ccnt piece, while the clusters of bloom are 
magnificent, and the range of colors more vivid than in any other 
mixture. Packet 10c. 
Hybrida. Mixed. Splendid range of colors. Packet 10c. 
Defiance True. Rich scarlet. Packet 10c. 
Blue. Showy and distinct. Packet 10c. 
Striped. Beautiful collection. Packet 10c. 
White. Purest white flowers. Packet 10c. 
Cloth of Gold. Yellow foliage. Packet 10c. 
Lemon. Lemon scented foliage. Packet 10c. 
Collection of 6 separate colors 50c. 
.ANTED IN RICH SOIL single plants of this beautiful annual, flower- 
ing the first season, will carpet a space 3 to 4 feet in diameter with 
neat foliage and scores of fine flower umbels. Plants raised from 
seed are not only cheaper, but more vigorous, producing more and 
larger flowers for a longer season than those grown from cuttings. 
MAY'S 
Bargain 
Collection 
The CHILDREN'S 
Garden 
ONE PACKET PAN- 
SY, over 4.0 colors 
and markings. • 
One packet Pinks, all 
colors, single and double. 
One packet Bachelor's Buttons, 
double, all colors. 
One packet Calliopsis, finest mixed. 
One packet Alyssum, sweet and fragrant. 
One packet Marigold, double mixed. 
Six Full Sized Packages, lithographed in natural colors, with full 
cultural directions on each packet. All fresh, new crop seeds. 
This collection has been made up especially so as to secure the 
best effect for the least money and will produce a gorgeous show 
of flowers the entire .sea.son. A fine amusement and education. 
This complete Children's Collection, consisting of 6 packets of 
Flower Seeds, sent postpaid, to any address, for only 20c. 
MAMMOTH VERBENA 
MAY'S WALL FLOWER 
SINGLE PARISIAN'. An annual variety that will flower through 
the summer from spring sown seed. Very fragrant 'and 
i opular. Packet Sc. 
MAY'S WILD CUCUMBER VINE 
A QUICK CLIMBER, for covering porches, arbors, trellisesi 
etc. Very pretty and effective. Packet Sc. 
MAY'S WILD FLOWER GARDEN 
CHOICE MIXED FLOWER SEEDS. A mixture of many varie- 
ties of beautiful, easy-growing flowers, producing a con- 
stant and varied bloom the whole season. This mixture is 
especially prepared from choice, fresh .seeds, the colors and 
varieties being carefully proportioned and will be found su- 
perior to any mixture offered. Large packet 5c. 
MAY'S ZINNIAS 
NEW- GIANT. A brilliant and showy annual. The flowers 
are extremely large, very double and stiff, and regular 
of outline. They are in all the strong colors, orange, scar- 
let, yellow, dark red and a cerise pink. Packet 10c. 
Curled and Crested. The petals, unlike those of New 
Giant, are curled and twisted, making a more graceful flower, 
but thereby losing the stiffness 
and formality that are character- 
istic of the Zinnias. Packet 10c. 
Zebra. The petals are striped 
and variegated. Packet 10c. 
Choice Mixed. Packet Sc. 
FEW FLOWERS bloom so continuously 
and abundantly throughout the 
season as Zinnias. The brilliance of 
their coloring makes them adaptable 
for use in beds, borders or garden 
hedges. The seed should be sown in 
the open ground early in the Spring. 
Average height i\i to 2 feet. ZINNIAS 
