56 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. 1\>f AAT" ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, florists, Nurserymen J.T M.J. A. A "Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's Fine Hardy Flowering Garden Annuals 
MAY'S Chrysanthemums 
SUMMER FLOWERING, cxcelUnt hardy annuals for garden adorn mem; 
closely allied to the ox-eyed daisy, but produced in all imaginable 
colors. The plant is a sturdy grower and the flowers very large, curiously 
marked and variegated. The seed we offer is from the very best strains 
of the finest stock. 
Carinatum Album. Large white flowers with a purple eye. Packet 10c. 
Carinatum Atrococcineum. Scarlet flowers. Packet 10c. 
Carinatum Burridgeaunne. Flowers banded with crimson, white and 
yellow. Packet 10c. 
Corinatum Purpureum. Purple flowers, varying slightly in shade. 
Packet 10c. 
Mixed. .All colors, including yellow. Packet lOc. 
Collection of Pour Separate Colors. 30c. 
MAY'S Clarkia 
A PRETTY and easily grown annual; the varieties of which we offer arc 
very much superior to the old varieties. It grows to a height of 
2, 2H and even 4 feet and bears large varieties of double flowers of the 
most brilliant colors. These are sold largely as cut flowers on the European 
market and bid faij lo become very fa.^hionable here. 
Scarlet Beauty. Of the cfegans or high growing type, with brilliant 
salmon-scarlet double flowers produced in long spraj'S. Packet lOc 
rireriy. \ ivid crimson flowers. Packet lOc. 
Double Delicate Pink. Long graceful sprays of pink blossoras. Packet lOc 
SnowbalL Pure white double flowers. Packet 10c» 
Mixed. All colorse Packet 10c. 
Collection of Four Separate Colors for 30c. 
MAY'S Coreopsis 
LANCEOLATA GRANDiFLORA- One of the most beauti/ul and fiorifcrous 
rf of the hardy plants, blossoming luxuriantly from June until frost, 
flowering the first year from seed if planted early enough. The flowers 
are very large, showy, bright yellow and as cut flowers will keep in good 
cr)ndition for a week or more. It is especially good for town gardens 
it will thrive in any situation. Packet lOc 
MAY'S Centaurea 
NEW MARGUERITE. Fery fragrant and a long keeper as a cut fiozver, long 
stemmed; the blossoms are about the size of a carnation and range in 
color from pure white, through pale sulphur, yellow and lavender. The 
petals are narrow and pointed and very profuse, giving a ragged appearance 
to the flower. Seed sown in the spring will produce flowers by July. 
Packet 10c. 
and improved srrain of Marguerite, 
Centaurea Imperials. A 
with petals finely frinRcd. 
Centaurea, Dusty Miller. 
They are plants for bed- 
ding, not for flowers. 
Candissima. Leaves 
beautiful silvery 
white. Packet 5c. 
Gjrmnocarpa. Sil- 
ver gray foliage. 
Packet 5c. 
large 
Al! 
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CLARKIA 
MAY'S Cosmos 
EARLY FLOWERING. Out of iht most popular and fashionable of the summer Howers 
and deserved y so. This strain may be had in bloom from July until November. 
Ihe tlowers are large, yet delicate and graceful, and range in color from pure white 
and pink to the crimson shades. After all other flowers are gone the cosmos blooms 
on to supply abundant decoration indoors as well as out, for it is excellent as a cut 
fiowcr and very beautiful in baskets or vases. Seed should be sown in the spring 
in the open ground when all danger of frost is past or may be started before this 
under cover if earlier blossom is desired and afterward transplanted and when 
the plants are about a foot high, the tops should be pinched back to insure a 
bushy growth. Cosmos prefer a light, not too rich soil, but do well anywhere. 
Crimson, rich and deep, packet 10c. Light Pink, packet 10c. Pure While 
packet 10c. Mixed, packet 10c. Collection of Three Separate Colors for 25c. 
MAY'S Cockscomb 
(CELQSIA) 
A, 
WARF QUEEN. A 
ditarf free blooming 
nnual. about 8 inches 
hjgh, but 2 feet across. 
The foliage is varie- 
gated and the 
combs are very dark 
rc:e. Packet 10c 
Mixed. Packet Sc. 
MAY'S CELOSIA 
Castle Gould 
DISTINCT type 
, o/ Celosia Plu' 
mosa. The plants 
are literally clothed 
from base to sum- 
mit with immense 
feathered heads. 
Pyramidal growth, 
two to three feet 
high; especially 
suited for pot cul- 
ture, the profusion 
of long continued 
bloom being re- 
markablc. The 
colors are blood red, 
carmine yellow, gol- 
den orange, scarier 
and \v:ne red. 
Mixed, packet 20c. 
