EASY TO ORDER 
Just list what you want on the en- 
closed order sheet or on any sheet 
of paper. Please write your name 
and address plainly, giving rural 
route or street address. Also, if 
your express station is different 
than your postoffice, list the ex- 
press station, too. 
Easy to Send Money 
Your personal check is good with 
us, or you can send a Money Or- 
der or Bank Draft. If you send cur- 
rency or coin, wrap it carefully and 
you should then register your let- 
ter. Every year thousands of our 
customers send us signed checks 
with the amount left blank to be 
filled in with the correct amount to 
cover the order. This works out 
fine for everyone because the 
checks are always filled out for the 
exact amount of the order and at 
» the lowest prices in effect the day 
MOST THINGS 
POSTPAID 
You will see that most everything 
in this catalog is delivered to you 
Postpaid.. This represents a big 
saving to you. Some things too 
large to go by parcel post are 
quoted “Not Prepaid”. We ship 
these by Express. But, since nur- 
sery stock goes at the low second 
class express rate, the charges you 
pay on such shipments are general- 
ly as cheap as freight, sometimes 
even less. 
If your order includes some of the 
larger items which must go by Ex- 
press and some which would be 
postpaid by us, then we will send 
the entire order by Express. This 
will avoid making two separate 
shipments. 
For this privilege we will include 
some extra nursery stock which has 
a greater value than the additional 
express charge amounts to. 
+o is received. 
Prices Quoted Subject To Stocks On Hand 
— INDEX —. 
“All America’”’ Roses........- 57 
Apples iene cas,- airs eine 6, 7 
APSCICOUB Tie clare «rete science ote 
Tose Tait) of sain Hone aoadas 4 
Asters, Hardy ..........--- 65 
Azalea yo.) ce< 6 cere sicecras 46 
Baby Bush Roses..........-. 55 
Barberries ......-..-0- 44, 45 
Begonas, Tuberous .........- 60 
Bleeding Hearts ........... 65 
Blackberries ......-.5-+-2-. 13 
Blueberries: . 22.22 ccc ews es 4 
BluesMiaste. eect staeiecetelee 64 
Boys’ and Girls’ Page....... 21 
Boysenberries ............. 12 
Buddleiagt<. Seabee eens 47 
Butterfly Bushes ...........- 47 
Caladium -.-65 
Calla Lilies Rng 
Cannas 60, 61 
Carnation: .. 64 
Cherries . . eee 5 
Chrysanthemums ....... 52, 53 
Clematis Feo. oe eee 52,53 
Climbing Roses .......- 55, 56 
Columbine ........-.-++-+-- 64 
Currants ......--¢eeeeeeees 11 
Dabilisa = cp cxciels\e si ais's!~ te 62, 63 
Daisy, Shasta ..........---: 
Dewberries .......-+--+--- 13 
Delphinium ..........- 65, 67 
Elms, American .. 
Elms, Chinese . . - 
Evergreemns .....-.2-0-5-:> 
Ferns, Hardy ........---+-- 
Floribunda Roses .... 
Flowering Almond . 
Flowering Trees .. 
Gaillardia fietiei-i> os sireteasy> tre 67 
GARDEN SEEDS ......24-40, 68 
Gladiolus Wiss eee 22, 23 
Golden Bell Forsythia ......45 
Gooseberries .......---+---- 11 
Grapes ease eines a eereas 8,9 
Hedges, Hardy ..........--- 49 
Honeysuckle, Bush ........- 44 
Hopa Flowering Crab . .50 
Horse Radish ..... iin ns 
Hybrid Tea Roses . 54-59 
Hydrangeas ...........- 46, 47 
Landscape .........e-+e--- 41 
LAWN GRASSES .......---- 59 
[oithies (ajc eicte icteden spbie.s 62, 63 
Lombardy Poplar .......... 48 
Magnolia .........-.0++--- 50 
Millionmums ..........+-+-. 52 
Mock Orange .......--- 43,44 
Mushrooms ......--+-+-+-;- 41 
Peaches .....-+eeeeceeeee: 15 
PEALE 60:5 seise bie ere © winiele 0g 8,9 
Peonies: (4. ei ceeins «aes 67 
PERENNIALS .... 52, 53, 60-67 
Phloxgien i -s cheats oe: eee 60, 61 
Plamen s occ cess sco cecsisicw 14 
rivet tice sinicrein eisteererersier ores 49 
Pyrethrum 0 Gi6)65) 0:60 cisisrnts' 67 
Quintuplet Apple .......... 10 
Raspberries ............ 12,13 
Red ‘Bud Siew 50 
Red Flowering Quince ...... 45 
Rhubarb Scie sere stecree te acere 4 
Rosezalea .......-0000-2- 3 
Roses 0c cess ccc cees 54-58 
Same ire ais aveteteverca\er ete oferece) ef oabe 4 
Seedling Trees .......... 48, S1 
Shade Trees ........2.-.-:- 48 
SHRUBS 
Snowball .. 
Spireas 
Strawberries 
Tamarix eres pale tree ae aherens 45 
ETitOmas. cfo,cjeierelcleerelereteneyelere 67 
Truberoses: 5 <2'30 43141040 - sie s 63 
Viamea ars is. 1s) iste sioierervicnels 5 52,53 
SEEDS 
FLOWER SEEDS .........-16-20 
ASbELB) eoeicis eieje cr eietersierece o:s 19 
Cosmos Witsle cies siereiauct star - 18 
DearkS Pur Wer cieie wie eseleraie:sts => 18 
Marigold Giniciceiciele cists oles’ 19 
Morning Glories ......... 20 
Pansies ois cisie cc oe ences 17 
Petunias ............ 16, 17 
Snapdragons ............ 19 
Sweet Peas 22. esc sees: 19 
Verbena iitevaisie esis sisters ele ints W7 
VASCSETY Boot OOOO Oko 17 
VEGETABLE SEEDS....24-40, 68 
Asparagus 
Beans 
Beets -.... 
Bug Dust 
Cabbage 
(Carrote Rey craairsietoreientisneler- 
Caulifiower. 
Celery iin rae ser areinte aie alot 
Corn, Sweet ...... 24, 32, 68 
Cucumbers .......... 24, 31 
Ee Plantisn icici <0 -0t - 
Endiveiey ca cmieretieite) st 6h 31 
Her bat acre store sie eine eisyere ie 40 
Kohlrabi ......2...00-%- 
(ettuce: fa... teraeus ice 24, 35 
Muskmelon ...........-. 
Onions iors cls lore so stoke 34, be 
Squash WR saseis.s scsarsesieys 37 
Sweet Potato ............ 28 
Swiss Chard ............ 28 
Tomato ........- 24, 38, 68 
Gwiyet ole icy stolo Roh SEO 39 
Vegetable Collection ...... 40 
Watermelon ......... . 35 
NOTICE: If a Federal Sales Tax is passed between catalog printing 
time and the time you order, add it to your remittance, please. 
Page 2 Copyright Earl E. May Seed Co. 1952 
THESE VALUABLE PREMIUMS_ 
With Early Nursery Orders 
Premiums pictured below are given on Nursery Orders only 
from this catalog. Garden Seed Premiums on page 25. Sorry, 
no premiums on Farm Seed or Hybrid Corn. 
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Early Orders are always a great help to us and we 
express our appreciation of them with these premiums. 
Even though the nursery stock isn’t shipped until 
planting time, we can get all the “book work” done 
well ahead of the last minute rush. This really makes — 
a saving for us, in worry as well as work, and so we 
are glad to say “thank you” for early orders with 
these premiums. If you send your nursery order rea- 
sonably early, you are welcome to your choice of the 
premiums on the schedule listed below. 
Any 1 Premium on Nursery Orders of 
$4.00 to $6.00 
Any 2 Premiums on Nursery Orders of 
$6.00 to $8.00 
Any 3 Premiums on Nursery Orders of 
$8.00 to $10.00 
Any 4 Premiums on Nursery Orders of 
$10.00 or more 
You are entitled to more than one premium with the 
larger orders. You can have them alike or assorted. 
Please be sure to write your choice of premiums on 
your order; otherwise, we will not know what you 
want and none will be sent. We may run out of some 
of the premiums as the season gets farther along, and 
in that case we reserve the right to send you our - 
choice of the premiums. 
No. 1—Floribunda Rose Bush. Worth 75c. 
No. 2—One Hardy Mum. Worth 50c. 
No. 3—One Jonathan Apple Tree. Worth 75c. 
No. 4—One Dark Red Peony. Worth 85c. 
No. 5—2 Regal Lily Bulbs. Worth 60c. 
For still more premiums you can get for ordering 
your garden seed early, see Page 25. 
@ur Nursery Guarantee 
FIRST: We guarantee our Nursery stock to be abso- 
lutely TRUE-TO-NAME, If it proves otherwise, you 
can have your choice of Replacement Free or a Full 
Refund of the entire purchase price. 
SECOND: We guarantee our Nursery Stock to be 
strictly high quality, exactly as described in this 
catalog. We further guarantee it to reach you in 
good, live, thrifty growing condition. If you are 
not completely satisfied when you examine it on 
arrival, return it at once at our expense and you 
can have your choice of Replacement Free or a 
Full Refund of the entire purchase price. 
THIRD: Our Nursery Stock is strong, heavy-rooted 
and vigorous. It is dug and handled and packed 
with the utmost care. But, if it fails to grow for 
you, we will replace it at half-price the following 
season. We can’t control weather conditions and 
other factors which might affect its growth, but we 
will share the loss with you and meet you half way. 
he must report your losses to us by October 1, 
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