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eight inches long, if put in the ground in the Fail in any 
of the States in which it is hardy, will root and form 
nice plants by Spring. They may also be increased in 
the same way in more Northern latitudes, where they 
ure not hardy, in the pit or greenhouse. 
PETUNIA. 
ray) HIS makes a fine bedding plant for the South, as it 
== stands the dry Summers admirably and will yield a 
quantity of bloom all the season through until killed by 
frost. They are ail natives of South America and mostly 
confined to Brazil, where they are strictly perrenial. 
They are of the easiest culture, seeding themselves when 
once planted, and growing in any soil that will sustain 
plant life. Only a few years ago they were compara- 
tively littie cared for until they were much improved 
at the hands of the florists both in this country and in 
England, or probably more, than any other which has 
been operated upon. Petunias are very gay flowers, the 
single ones being most effective as bedding plants, and 
the double forms making exquisite specimens for pot 
eulture; supplying abundance of flowers for the decora- 
tion of the greenhouse, and for cutting for bouquets or 
dressing vases. There are a vast quantity of varieties in 
cultivation, which have sprung from the intermixture of 
the white-flowered Nyctaginiflora and the rosy purple 
Violacea. Many beautiful double varieties are now sent 
out each season claiming special merit; the double ones 
do not, however, bloom as freely as the single. Wherea 
mass of any particular color is desired, it is better to root 
the cuttings of the favorite sorts in the Fall as you would 
Geraniums. For a mixed border the seed may be sown 
where wanted to grow, and if the ground is rich, single 
