THE 
CRIMSON PETUNIA. 
Petunia phanicea, 
ANY 
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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 Pelunia pheniced, is a garden variety, therefore 
not to be regarded as typical for botanical purposes. 
Indeed, we can scareely speak of it as a proper hybrid, 
but rather a cross, no one knows how many times re- 
moved, from P. riolacea, P. nyctaginiflora, P. phaniced, 
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