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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Petunia—continued. 
P. violacea (violet). fl. on pedicels 2in. — corolla purplish- 
violet, very elegant, lin. or more long, infundibuliform-campanu- 
late, with a ventricose tube and a sub-equal limb. August. 
l. ovate, shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acute; floral ones 
Fig. 94. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PETUNIA VIOLACEA, 
Varieties. Named varieties of Petunias are not met 
with nearly so often of late years as formerly, the more 
Fie. 95. FLOWER OF SINGLE GARDEN PETUNIA. 
: general system of culture now being that of growing 
plants from seed annually, In the single varieties, re- 
Petunia—continued. 
presented in Fig. 95, there is a great diversity of 
colouring ; some are selfs, others are beautifully veined, 
striped, or marked in various ways. Only single varieties 
were grown at first; afterwards, semi-double forms began 
to appear; and now the latter are numerous, very full, 
Fig. 96. FLOWER OF DOUBLE GARDEN PETUNIA. 
and also beautifully fimbriated, as shown in Fig. 96. A 
selection of named varieties is subjoined. Those with 
double flowers do not succeed well outside; they should 
be grown in pots, under glass. 
full, and fringed. MADAME 
M. 5 pure white 
deep magenta, beautifully fimbriated; fine. MINNIE 
Fag rosy-purple, mottled and ed white. Mrs. WEBB, 
e. 
Single Varieties. AVALANCHE, white, tipped and tin 
rose; medium size, distinct. BEAUTY, 3 — edged et 
barred purple; large. BOULE DE NEIGE, satiny-white, throat 
slightly tinted lavender; free and effective. CANNELL’S 
ta cig rosy-red, suffused purple; very large, of good 
PEU (the old Greek name used by 
Hippocrates). Including Pastinaca. ORD. Umbellifere.. 
A genus comprising abont 100 species of perennial, very 
rarely annual, herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees, dispersed 
over the Northern hemisphere, the Andes of tropical- 
America, and tropical and Southern Africa. Flowers 
white or yellow, rarely pink, often polygamous, in com- 
pound, frequently many-rayed umbels. Leaves pinnately 
or ternately decompound, rarely simply pinnate. The 
species are of little horticultural value. The following 
