THE 

 CRIMSON PETUNIA. 



Petunia ph&nicea. 



LANTS of the new world often 

 lack interest through sheer 

 meagreness of " associations/' 

 and the petunia is a trite ex- 

 example of this. Its useful- 

 ness as a garden flower rests 

 on its beauty first, and next 

 on the ease with which it 

 may be adapted to a variety 

 of circumstances for deco- 

 rative effect. At page 10 

 of the present Series will be 

 found some remarks upon the 

 name and character of the 

 plant, and we shall therefore 

 now speak of its cultivation 

 only. 



The flower before us, which for convenience sake we 

 name Petunia phcenicea, is a garden variety, therefore 

 not to be regarded as typical for botanical purposes. 

 Indeed, we can scarcely speak of it as a proper hybrid, 

 but rather a cross, no one knows how many times re- 

 moved, from P. violacea, P. nyclaginijlora t P. phosnieea. 



