CHAPTEE XIII. 



JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 

 Petunia to Tritoma. 



Petunia. 

 P. nyotaginiflora 

 and jP. 



The garden annual petunia gets its 

 name irom. petun, the aboriginal term 

 for tobacco. It belongs to the Night- 

 shade family, and is a near relative of common to- 

 bacco. The species P. nycta- 

 giniflora and P. violacea and 

 their hybrids are the common 

 petunias of our gardens. The 

 former variety is white, and 

 may still be obtained from the 

 seedsmen under that name. 

 The latter variety, with origi- 

 nally purple and magenta 

 flowers, has now become so 

 changed by supercultivation 

 that it is rarely presented in 



Giant of California, Petunia. . ^ • • i ■ j? m. ij i. 



its prmiitive form. Ihe tnest 

 of all the petunias are called Giants of California; 

 they are hybrids raised in that country by a lady 



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