FOR QUICK CUT FLOWERS 
A', • ■* ' • 1 , 
PRICES 
All 
Packets 
3 for 25c 
or 10c each, post¬ 
paid, except as 
noted 
1163—FAIRY BOUQUET LIN ARIA. Looks like a 
Snapdragon. A Gold Medal Winner. It’s easy to 
grow everywhere and make good cut flowers. 
Blooms in great clusters. Pkt., 10c. (See color 
picture, Page 65.) 
Lobelia 
Very fine edging or border plant fairly loaded with 
blooms all summer. 
1160— CRYSTAL PALACE. Deepest blue. Pkt., 10c; 
3 for 25c. Plants, 40c per doz., postpaid. 
1161— TRAILING LOBELIA. Bright blue with white 
eyes. 
1185— LOVE-IN-A-MIST. (Nigella.) A compact free 
flowering plant with finely cut foliage. Blue and 
white mixed. 
1181— LUNARIA. (Money Plant.) Flowers purple 
followed by silver seed pods. Prized for winter 
decoration. 
1186— LUPINE. (Mayfair Hybrids.) Easily grown 
on poor soil but insists on good drainage. Carries 
long graceful spikes of rich variegated flowers. 
1182— MIGNONETTE. (Sweet Fragrance.) Adds 
charm and fragrance to all bouquets. Should be in 
every garden. Large flowering, mixed. 
Mignonette 
Lantana 
Gift* with Your Flowor 
Seed Order, Set Pago 2 
All Color PETUNIAS 
A Mass of Bloom All Summer 
Few plants equal the Petunias for freedom of bloom and variety of 
color. Petunias will produce beautiful, sweet-scented flowers in their 
delicate and gorgeous colors throughout the whole summer. Unsur¬ 
passed for boxes, beds or informal garden planting. 
1230— GENERAL DOBBS. Dark velvety red. 
1231— HOWARD STAR. Rich maroon. 
1232— ROSY MORN. Rose pink, white throat. 
1234—VIOLET QUEEN. Velvet violet blue. 
1228—TWINKLES. (Star of California.) Pkt., 20c. (See picture in 
color, Page 71.) _ 
1229—NEW ROSE GEM. All American Winner. Rich deep rose 
pink, dwarf compact type. An exceptionally fine new Petunia of 
the best color. Pkt., 15c. 
Godetia 
1124— FOUR O’CLOCK. (Marvel of 
Peru.) A thrifty grower. Makes 
u fine hedge or a low screen. Eas¬ 
ily grot^n and bloom from mid¬ 
summer to frost. Flowers have a 
queer habit of opening in the early 
evening and closing before morning. 
Pkt., 5c. 
1125— GAILLARDIA. (Annual Blanket 
Flower.) Has heads of disk shaped 
flowers and rich blending of red, yel¬ 
low and orange. iy 2 ft. tall. Pkt., 10c. 
1175—GERANIUM. Favorite house 
plant. Seed started early will bloom 
the first year. Mixed colors. 
1126 — GLOBE AMARANTH. A fine 
winter bouquet flower. The blooms 
look like clover heads. Extra large. 
Both red and white colors. Pkt., 5c. 
1117 1 —GOBETIA. An attractive hardy annual which should 
be better known. Easily grown, unusually showy and 
comes in a wide range of color from pure white to dark 
. red. 
1132—HELIOTROPE. In shades of purple. Fine for bou¬ 
quets; sweet vanilla odor. 
1151—ICE PLANT. (Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum.) 
Suitable for rock garden, hanging baskets, etc. Foliage 
thick frosted; waxlike white flowers. The hotter the 
summer the more it blooms. 
1159—KENILWORTH IVY. (Linaria.) Lavender and pur¬ 
ple flowers. A .charming half-hardy perennial. A trail¬ 
ing plant suitable for baskets, vases, pots and rock work. 
1154—LANTANA. A profusion of blooms throughout the 
summer. Fine for rock gardens, porch boxes and hang¬ 
ing baskets. Red and yellow shades mixed. 
1235—DWARF MIKED PETUNIAS. A wide range of fine rich color. 
Verv effective fqr beds. They grow 12 'inches tall. 
LARGE BALCONY TYPE BLOOMS 
1236— BALCONY BLUE. (See picture in color, Page 71.) 
Pkt., 15c, postpaid. 
1237— BALCONY ROSE. (See picture in color, Page 71.) 
Pkt., 15c, postpaid. 
1238— BALCONY WHITE. Pkt., 15c, postpaid. 
1 233—BALCONY MIKED. Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1206—NEW FLAMING VELVET. All America 
Gold Medal Winner 1936. Seed Pkt., 20c. 
Plants, per doz., 65c. (See picture in color, 
Page 71.) 
1239—GIANT RUFFLED AND FRINGED. Flow¬ 
ers are exquisitely ruffled or frilled, of immense 
size and of a great variety of variegated colors. 
Seed pkt., 15c each. Plants, 65c per doz., postpaid. 
1240—PETUNIA ALL DOUBLE GIANT MIKED. 
All America Winner. The new all double 
Petunia. Runs from 90% to 100% true to type. 
The very finest in Petunias. Pkt., 30c. 
Lupine 
Giant Larkspurs—Vivid Coloring 
Surprisingly like the perennial variety. Grows 
from 2 to 3 feet tall, with nurperous large, grace¬ 
ful blooming spikes. 
1155— PURE WHITE. Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1156— NEW ROSAMOND. All America Winner. 
(See picture in color, Page 70.) Pkt., 15c, post¬ 
paid. 
1157— DARK BLUE. Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1158— BLUE BELL. All America Winner. (See 
picture in color, Page 65.) Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1169—EMPRESS ROSE. Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1162—ANNUAL MIKED. Pkt., 10c, postpaid. 
1207—NEW BURGUNDY. All America Gold 
Medal Winner 1937. Large Pkt., 20c. (See 
picture in color, Page 65.) 
Poppies—The First to Bloom 
They defy the heat of the summer sum 
1131—NEW MONARCH ART SHADES. 
Large semi-double blooms. Newest and 
the very finest. Choice range of color. 
1254—NEW SUNLITE. All America Win¬ 
ner. Rich golden yellow, semi-double. 
Verv fine. 
1121—^CALIFORNIA POPPY. (See page 69.) 
Shirley Single Poppies 
These have beautiful satiny flowers of 
various colors with white centers which 
make the plants very attractive. They can¬ 
not be transplanted. 
1250—AMERICAN LEGION, ORANGE. 
1253—SHIRLEY, MIKED. 
Double Carnation-Flowered Poppies 
1249—DOUBLE MIKED. Gor¬ 
geous balls of fringed petals. 
1258—GLORY POPPY MIXTURE. 
Pkt. 5c. 
1328—Annual 
Flower Mixture 
A complete flower gar¬ 
den of lovely annuals. 
A whole garden 
in one packet. 19 
flowers — all dif- 111^ 
ferent. Pkt., 
Earl E. May Seed Co., Shenandoah, Iowa—Page 67 
