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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
PHILESIA, 
to give flowers of the single varieties little 
inferior to named kinds. 
Seed may be sown in March in pans 
filled with sifted loam, to which has been 
added one-fifth of leaf-mould with some 
sand ; cover the seeds slightly and stand in 
a temperature of 60°, and they will vegetate 
quickly. When the little plants are large 
enough to handle move singly into 3-inch 
pots, giving them soil similar to that in which 
they were sown ; keep close for a few days, 
when admit more air, and put them where 
they will get plenty of light. Nip out the 
points of the shoots as soon as they begin 
to grow freely, giving a little shade in the 
middle of the day, with air, and water to 
the roots as required. In six weeks move 
them into 6 or 7 inch pots, now using the 
soil without sifting, and adding to it some 
rotten manure ; again stop the shoots, and 
after they have grown so as to need sup- 
port put small sticks to each. They will 
flower through the summer, and will keep 
on blooming longer if assisted with manure- 
water once or twice aweek. Young plants 
are best, and it is better to discard the old 
ones after flowering, and to propagate 
young stock either in autumn or early 
in spring. Through the winter keep them 
in a temperature of 40° in the night, give 
less water to the soil, and let them be near 
the light. 
The double varieties of Petunia are best 
increased from cuttings, which may be 
struck in August, and treated subsequently 
as advised for the seedlings, keeping them 
in 3-inch pots through the winter, giving 
more root-room in spring ; single varieties 
that are good enough to keep on may be 
treated in like manner. 
Although, as we have said, a choice 
strain of seed of the single varieties may be 
relied on to give handsome flowers, still 
the following varieties are of great merit, 
being the selection from thousands of 
seedlings :— 
SINGLES. 
P. Bacchus. Crimson-purple and white. 
P. Cannell’s Favourite. Red and purple. 
P. Clairvoyant. White and mulberry. 
P. Distinction. Purple and crimson. 
P. Dr. Denny. Crimson-maroon. 
P. Dr. Hogg. Magenta, white, and 
purple. 
P. elegans. 
fully fringed. 
P. marginata. Rosy-purple and white. 
P. Marie Seabrook. White and crimson- 
purple. 
P. Mr. R. Owen. White and magenta. 
P. Mrs. A. Mayes. White and purple. 
P. Mrs, H. Cannell. White and maroon. 
White and crimson, beauti- 
P. Mrs. H. Wellam. 
and purple. 
P. Mrs. S. Hibberd. White, maroon, and 
purple. 
P. Mrs. W. Elder. 
purple. 
P. The Hon. Mrs. Legge. 
Magenta, white, 
White and bright 
Pure white. 
DOUBLES. 
P. Adolphe Weicke. Crimson-magenta 
and white ; fringed. 
P. Alwe.  Rosy-purple and white ; 
fringed. 
P. Antagonist. White. 
P. Beauty of Runnymede. 
and white. 
P. Crépuscule. Crimson-purple and white ; 
fringed. 
P. Duchess of Edinburgh. 
white, and dark crimson. 
P. Embléeme. Rosy-purple and white ; 
fringed. 
P. Fascination. 
rose. 
P. Lady of Plymouth. 
white ; fringed. 
P. M. Buchner. White. 
P. Madame de Poultevoy. Rose, white,. 
and purple. 
P. Madame Rendatler. 
and white ; fringed. 
P. Minne Evans. 
white. 
P. posthumia. 
P. reticulata. 
fringed. 
P. roseate. 
purple. 
Insects. — Aphides, which are often 
troublesome on Petunias, should be de- 
stroyed by fumigation. 
Plum-colour 
Light rose, 
White, purple, and 
Rosy-purple and 
Claret-purple 
Rosy-purple and 
White and rosy-purple. 
White and dark rose ; 
Rose and dark maroon- 
PHILESIA BUXIFOLIA. 
There is only one species of the genus in 
cultivation ; it is a pretty evergreen plant, 
all but, if not quite, hardy in some parts. 
of the kingdom, but it is worth a place in 
a greenhouse. It is a slow grower, and is 
difficult to strike from cuttings. It is best 
increased from suckers, which the plant 
produces freely ; these should be taken off 
in spring before growth begins, and put 
singly in pots large enough to hold the 
roots attached with a moderate quantity 
of soil ; peat, with a fair amount of sand 
added, will suit it. Grow on with ordinary 
greenhouse treatment as to air, water, and 
general attention, and the year following, 
in spring, give them pots a size or two 
larger, but, as already said, the plant is a 
slow grower and does not require so much 
root-room as some things. The flowers are 
