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Petunias. The largo flowering hybrid kinds like grandiflora, 

 inimitable maculata or blotched, are not hardy, and very liable to 

 damp off when exposed to rain and daring wet weather, in the 

 cold weather also they do not thrive. The only time they 

 really do fairly at Bangalore, is when sown in the cold season, 

 and flowering in the early hot weather. The consequence is, 

 really good Petunias are scarce here, while the common old pur- 

 ple and white varieties are mere weeds and not worth growing. 



Phacelia Hydrophyllacece. Hardy plants, flourishing in any 

 common soil ; the flowers are curious from the manner in which 

 they slowly unroll themselves, some are perennials, and others 

 biennials, the flowers are chiefly pink and blue coloured, propa- 

 gated from seed. 



Pheasant's Eye. Vide Adonis. 



Phlomis Labiatce, Phlomis Eusselliana, Jerusalem Sage. These 

 are perennial and shrubby plants, with coarse hairy leaves resem- 

 bling the common sage ; the flowers are purple, red, yellow, &c., 

 growing readily from seed in any common soil. 



Phlox DrummondiiThis is one of the brightest and most use- 

 ful of our garden annuals whether for pots or beds, and is very 

 hardy, it will do fairly sown in the early part of the rainy season, 

 though the flowers get a good deal knocked about by heavy rain, 

 but best sown anywhere in October and November after the rains. 

 It then flowers well through the hot season and makes the garden 

 glow with its rich scarlet, crimson, pink, purple and white colours, 

 besides giving out in the morning and evening a very nice scent. 



Phlox Perennial Is very hardy, and flowers all the year round, 

 is propagated by cuttings and grown in large pots, in full sunshine. 



Pinks. Picotees and Carnations will flower here if the plants 

 are brought down from the Neilgherries and carefully grown, kept 

 out of heavy rain Carnation seed will come up well, and fine large 

 plants can be so raised, but these never flower. 



Indian and Japan pinks do very well indeed, sown at the end of 

 October, they flower well through the cold and early hot season, 

 in beds and pots, and are very gay and desirable, of these the 

 Hedwig kinds single and double are the best. 



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