The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
Daniels’ Choice Florists’ Flower Seeds. 
PETUNIA, DOUBLE, ^FRINGED. 
Petunias— Daniels’ Superb 
Fringed. 
A NEW and splendid class, producing large and strikingly 
beautiful flowers, the edges of the petals being elegantly 
laciniated or fringed. 
s. d. 
392 Single, very choice, mixed ... per pkt. 2 6 
393 ,, ,, ,, smaller pkt. 1 6 
394 Double, an assortment of 8 superb vars. 3 6 
395 „ Choicest mixed ... ... ... 2 6 
396 „ ,, ,, ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
397 Lady of the Lake. Beautiful large fringed, 
pure white, double flowers, superb ... ... 26 
Petunia— Double-flowered. 
Saved from carefully hybridised flowers, will produce a good 
percentage of large, handsome, double flowers. 
8. d. 
398 Very choice, mixed ... ... per pkt. 2 6 
399 ,, „ ,, ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
400 An assortment of 6 choice sorts ... 2 6 
401 Green-edged double varieties. Very 
choice, mixed ... ... ... ... 2 6 
402 Large-flowered Striped. Very choice ... l o 
403 New Dwarf Striped. A fine new compact 
and distinct variety, growing about eight inches 
high; bearing a profusion of pretty striped flowers 1 0 
Daniels’ Superb Petunias. 
Petunias in their many beautiful varieties form a highly interesting 
and desirable class of free-flowering plants for pot or garden culture ; 
those of the grandif ora section, both single and double-flowered, 
being especially valuable. The blooms of these are of immense size, 
beautifully formed, and of the most charming and delicate colours ; 
some of the flowers are exquisitely veined or pencilled, others blotched 
or striped. The new “ Pringed ” varieties, both double and single, 
produce some charming flowers, the edges of the petals being 
elegantly cut or fringed, whilst the colours are most varied and 
beautiful. The seed we offer has been carefully saved from fecundated 
flowers of the finest varieties ; but, as Petunias raised from seed have 
a tendency to “sport,” we cannot guarantee more than sixty or 
seventy per cent, of flowers true to description. All will, however, 
be found well worth growing, and occasionally some fine novelties 
may be secured. Petunias for indoor cultivation may be sown in 
January or early in February, but those intended for bedding out 
do not require to be sown before March. A soil composed of two 
parts leaf-mould and one part loam, with the addition of a little sharp 
sand, forms an excellent compost for these, but the seeds being 
very small require special care in sowing. Pill your pots or seed 
pans to near the rim and press the soil down firmly and evenly, sow 
thinly, and cover the seeds very slightly with fine soil, sprinkle 
gently with a fine rose water-pot, and place in a gentle heat of sixty 
or sixty-five degrees, not higher, and keep nicely moist. As soon 
as the young plants can be handled, prick them out about one 
inch apart in pots to strengthen, and when sufficiently advanced in 
growth pot off singly into small pots, gradually harden off when 
established, and plant out about the middle of May, or shift into 
large pots as required. In planting Petunias out of doors, ground 
should be selected that has not been freshly manured, otherwise 
a superabundant foliage will retard the flowering. 
From Miss E. BRINN, Contains Farm, Orpington. 
Sept. 2 r th. 
“ The Single Petunia Seed I had from you this year has done splendidly, some of 
the plants producing hundreds of flue bloomB." 
Petunia hybrida grandiflora. 
A fine and distinct class of beautiful, large-flowering varieties, 
producing blooms of immense size, and of the most charming 
colours ; much superior to the old varieties of Petunia hybrida. 
The plants arc robust in habit of growth, and admirably suited 
as pot-plants for the greenhouse or conservatory. 
per pkt.— s. d. 
404 An assortment of 12 choice varieties ... 3 6 
405 ». „ 6 „ „ 2 0 
406 Alba. White, beautiful ... ... ...10 
407 Kermesina. Pino, bright crimson ... ...10 
408 Maculata. Blotched, very handsome ... ... 1 0 
409 Marginata. Pine large-flowered, bordered and 
veined with green ... ... ... ...10 
410 Prince of Wurtemberg. Beautiful rose, very 
large, extra fine ... ... ... ... 1 0 
411 Purpurea. Fine dark, splendid ... ... l o 
412 Rosea. White-throated, rose and white, very 
lovely ... ... ... ... ... x o 
413 Superbissima. Magnificent variety, enormous 
flowers, fine robust plants ... ... ... 1 6 
414 Venosa. Veined varieties ... ... ... l o 
415 Violacea. Splendid bright deep violet ... ... 1 0 
416 Choicest mixed ... ... ... ... 2 6 
417 ,, „ ... ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
Petunia— Ordinary Class. 
418 Choicest mixed. Beautiful showy varieties for 
beds or borders ... ... ... 1 0 
smaller pkts. 3d. & 0 6 
a it lu From Mrs. DAYNE, Granville Park, Lewisham. 
Oct. fith. 
T*!!' Dayn0 , *'° t * ie Seeds sent in the Spring were most satisfactory. 
1 he Asters made a splendid show and were much admired, also the Stocks were 
most beautiful ; the Mignonette very flue and lasting." 
From Mr. J. WHITE, Lewdown Village, Devon. 
Aug. 9th. 
“I must acknowledge my best thunks arc due to you for sending me such a fine 
collection of Flower Seeds, they axe lovely, especially the Stocks, which are charming 
some of them have two or three crowns of brilliant colours." 
