62 SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. 1VT ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen- 
May's Giant -Bloom Poppies and Gillif lower 
4. 
MAY'S POPPIES 
ANNUAL POPPIES should be sown as early as possible in the spring as 
. they will not stand transplanting. As the flowers come up thin 
out to t 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 
10c. , ounce SOc. 
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 lOc. 
MAY'S PORTULACCA 
BKiLLiANT gar(?fn annua/j, growing about 6 inches high. The blos- 
soms, ij^ to 2 inches in diameter, are in alt the brightest shades of 
tt-rise. orange, scarlet and yellow, and arc borne profusely from early 
summer till autumn. 
Double Flowered. Rosettes with yellow centers. Packet 10c. 
Single. A variety of colors, mixed. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S RICINUS ZANZIBARIENSIS OR 
CASTOR OIL BEAN 
FROM SEEDS sown in the open ground in May the plants are in full 
foliage early in July, and attain a height of i2 to 14 feet. The 
enormous leaves, beautifully lobed, measure 2}/^ to nearly 4 feet across. 
Packet 5c. 
Mixed. Many choice varieties. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S ROSES 
NEW FAIRY ROSE, from Seed the first year. Blooming in 4 to 5 months after 
sowing the seed, giving about equal proportions of double, semi-double and 
single flowers. Packet lOc. 
MAY'S SCHIZANTHUS OR BUTTERFLY FLOWER 
VERY DAINTY ANNUAL growing aAou/ I foot high and almost covered with rather 
large orchid like flowers in a bewildering range of color. Packet 5c. 
MAYFIELD GIANT MIXED 
MAY'S SMI LAX 
A GRACEFUL wtWow pint with glossy, green foliage that will make several feet 
of growth during the first season. Packet 5c. 
MAY'S STOCKS OR G I LLI FLOWER (wII^ks) 
STOCKS have an individuality in their attractiveness that is shared by no 
other 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. .JV charming dwarf plant, bearing stalky stems of very fra- 
grant while blossoms. Packet lOc. 
Large Flowering Pyramidal. This variety bears very large spikes, pyramidal 
m form, of double flowers. Packet 10c. 
Mauve Beauty. Delicate lavender. Packet lOc. 
Salmon Beauty. Salmon pink. Packet 10c. 
Purple, packet lOc; Rose, packet lOc.; Blue, packet lOc; Yellow, packet lOc; 
White, packet 10c. ; Crimson, packet 10c. 
Collection of 6 separate colors 50c. 
Dwarf German. Fine mixed varieties. Packet lOc. 
Evening Scwtei. Perfume Plant. Enquisitcly fragrsnt. P««k«t lOc 
GILLIFLOWER— WHITE VIENN.'k 
