PETUNIA. 



and will grow in a soil so dry it would cause most 

 plants to wither. 



The ordinary temperature of the house suits 

 them ; they require plenty of sunshine. 



They are propagated from seeds or cuttings. 

 The grandiflora varieties bear but few seeds and 

 these are obtained with difficulty. The double 

 varieties give no seed, except those produced by 

 fertilizing single flowers with the pollen of the 

 double. The single small-flowering varieties seed 

 freely and self sow in the garden. Cuttings started 

 in summer in damp sand will make blooming plants 

 for the next winter. They require only small pots, 

 should be shaded after transplanting and given 

 very little water until they begin to grow, and then 

 all the sunshine possible. Pinch off the first flower 

 buds to induce a stocky growth. Both single and 

 double Petunias may be grown in the open ground 

 through the summer and potted in fall for winter 

 blooming. 



There are hundreds of varieties of single Petu- 

 nias, ranging through the shades of crimson and 

 rose to pure white, striped mottled, and self- 

 colored. 



VARIETIES OF DOUBLE PETUNIA. . 



Acteon, rose, varied with dark purple ; large. 

 Ada, purple, crimson and white. 

 Admiration, creamy white tinged with rose. 

 American Belle, variegated crimson and white. 

 Briqjsmaid, white shaded blush; very large. 



