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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Petunia continued. 



P. violacea (violet), fl. on pedicels 2in. long ; corolla purplish- 

 violet, very elegant, lin. or more long, infundibuliform-campanu- 

 late, with a ventricose tube and a sub-equal limb. August. 

 J. ovate, shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; floral ones 



FIG. 93. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PETUNIA NYCTAGINIFLORA. 



to lOin. long, prostrate, erect and 

 Ayres, 1831. Half-hardy 



twin. Stems numerous, 6h 



slightly branched at apex. Buenos Ayres, 



perennial. See Fig. 94. (B. M. 3556 ; B. B. 1626 ; P. M. B. i. 7.") 



SYNS. Nieremberpia phcenicea (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 193), Salpiglossu 



integri/olia (B. M. 3113). 



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 



FIG. 95. FLOWER OF SINGLE GARDEN PETUNIA. 

 general system of culture now being that of growing 

 plants from seed annually. In the single varieties, re- 



Fetunia 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. 



Double Varieties. ADONIS, white, suffused and blotched 

 purple, fringed. Aim, deep rose-purple, blotched white ; large. 

 ALICE, rosy-purple, splashed and suffused white, beautifully 

 fringed. BAYARD, maroon-purple, self. BEAUTY OF MANNA- 

 MEADE, white, blotched and tipped claret-purple. BEAUTY OF 

 RUNNYMEDE, rich purple-plum, tipped and blotched white 

 CONCOLORE, pearly-white, blotched light purple ; large, beau- 

 tifully flmbriated; distinct and fine. DE CANDOLLE, deep 

 crimson-purple, edged and blotched white ; free. HIBERNIA, 

 rosy-purple, edged green ; peculiar. LABYRINTH, white, edged 

 and tipped with rosy-purple, full, and fringed. MADAME 

 HENGIST, purple, edged white. M. A. LOHIER, pure white 

 blotched deep magenta, beautifully flmbriated; fine. MINNIE 

 EVANS, rosy-purple, mottled and flaked white. MRS. WEBB, 

 deep lilac-mauve, beautifully veined with crimson-purple, fringed ; 

 very large. OPHELIA, pure white, marked with deep purplish- 

 crimson ; large and fine. PERFECTION, deep rose ; very double 

 and effective. POSTHUMIA, white, beautifully blotched rosy, 

 purple ; fine. ROMULUS, rose, suffused white, veined crimson ; 

 large. 



Single Varieties. AVALANCHE, white, tipped and tinged 

 rose ; medium size, distinct. BEAUTY, white, edged and 

 barred purple ; large. BOULE DE NEIGE, satiny-white, throat 

 slightly tinted lavender; free and effective. CANNELL'S 

 FAVOURITE, rosy-red, suffused purple ; very large, of good 

 substance. CHARMER, crimson, suffused purple, edged and 

 striped white ; large and fine. CLAIRVOYANT, white, distinctly 

 edged and barred crimson and maroon ; large. DELICATA, white, 

 barred purple. DR. DANIEL, crimson-maroon, white throat ; 

 free, and of good habit. DR. HOGG, deep magenta, white 

 throat, heavily veined purple; large. DR. TUCKER, rosy-purple, 

 large throat, veined and netted. ELEGANS, white, suffused and 

 barred purple-crimson, fimbriated. LITTLE. PET, soft pink, 

 veined maroon ; pretty and distinct. Miss MINNEY, deep lilac, 

 edged white, veined purple. MRS. A. MAYES, white, marked 

 with bars of purple from centre ; good habit. MRS. S. HIBBERD, 

 white, striped from centre with maroon ; fine. MRS. W. ELDER, 

 white, edged with bright purple, fine shape. PURPLE KING, 

 deep plum-purple, black throat ; very rich and distinct colour. 

 SPITFIRE, intense bright purple, shaded crimson ; a good bedder. 



FEUCEDANUM (the old Greek name used by 

 Hippocrates). Including Pastinaca. OBD. Umbelliferce. 

 A genus comprising about 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 



