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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. 
b. d. 
478 Single, very choice, mixed ... perpkt. 2 6 
479 „ ,, ,, smaller pkt. 1 6 
480 Double, an assortment of 6 superb vars. 3 6 
481 „ Choicest mixed ... ... ... 2 6 
482 „ ,, ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
483 „ Brilliant Rose. Beautiful bright rose ; 
most charming variety ... ... ... 2 6 
484 Lady of the Lake. Beautiful large fringed, 
pure white, double flowers, superb ... ... 2 6 
Petunia— Ordinary Class. 
485 Choicest mixed. Beautiful showy varieties for 
beds or borders ... ... ... ... 1 0 
486 ,, ,, ... smaller pkts. 3d. & 0 6 
487 Large-flowered Striped. Very choice ... 1 0 
488 Kew Dwarf Striped. A fine new compact 
and distinct variety, growing about eight inches 
high ; bearing a profusion of pretty striped flowers 1 0 
From Miss MARTIN, Newmarket. 
March 13tb. 
“ Miss Martin purchased in 1SS4, of Messrs. Daniels, a packet of 
mixed Fern-leaved Primula, and they have come up most beau- 
tiful plants with fine foliage and lovely colours." 
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 grandijlora 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 “Fringed” 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. Fill your pots or seed 
pans to near the rim and press the soil dowm 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 he handled, prick them out about oue 
inch apart in pots to strengthen, and wdien sufficiently advanced in 
grow'th 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 floiveriug. 
Petunia hybrida grandiflora. 
A fine and distinct class of beautiful, large-flow'ering varieties, 
producing blooms of immense size, and of the most charming 
colours ; much superior to the old varieties of Petunia hybrida. 
The plants are robust in habit of grow'th, and admirably suited as 
pot-plants for the greenhouse or conservatory. 
per pkt.— s. d. 
489 An assortment of 12 choice varieties ... 3 6 
490 „ „ 6 „ 2 0 
491 Alba. White, beautiful ... ... ... 1 0 
492 Atrosanguinea. Very bright and effective. The 
blooms are of great size, and of a brilliant 
dark blood-crimson colour, the throat is well- 
opened and of a beautiful pure white, forming a 
most brilliant contrast with the outer parts of 
the flower ... ... ... ... ... 1 6 
493 Kermesina. Fine, bright crimson ... ...10 
494 Maculata. Blotched, very handsome ... ...10 
495 Marginata. Fine large-flowered, bordered and 
veined w'ith green ... ... ... ... 1 0 
496 Prince of Wurtemberg. Beautiful roso, very 
large, extra fine ... ... ... ... 1 0 
497 Purpurea. Fine dark, splendid ... ... 1 0 
498 Rosea. White-throated, rose and white, very 
lovely ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 
499 Superbissima. Magnificent variety, enormous 
flowers, fine robust plants ... ... ... 1 6 
500 Venosa. Veined varieties ... ... ... 1 0 
501 Violaeea. Spltudid bright deep violet ... ... 1 0 
502 Choicest mixed ... ... ... ... 2 6 
503 „ „ ... ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
Petunia— Double-flowered. 
Saved from carefully hybridised flowers, will produce a good 
percentage of large, handsome, double flow'ers. 
s. d. 
504 Very choice, mixed ... ... per pkt. 2 6 
505 ,, „ ,, ... smaller pkt. 1 6 
506 An assortment of 6 choice sorts ... 2 6 
507 Green-edged double varieties. Very 
choice, mixed ... ... ... ... 2 6 
