Plate 239. 
PETUNIAS, JUBILEE AND CHABMING. 
Every year witnesses the production of a large number of 
seedling Petunias, both single and double, although the latter 
have very much lost ground in public favour, (few, if any, of 
them surpassing one of the earliest raised, Inimitabilis flora 
joleno , and figured by us more than three years ago,) while 
amongst the single varieties, the striped flowers, in the way of 
Madame Ferguson, Mrs. Smith, etc., have been more generally 
grown, and deservedly so, for a plant of this strain well managed 
makes a very pleasing object for the greenhouse or conservatory. 
The varieties which we now figure are, however, entirely 
distinct from the striped class, and may perhaps rather be 
called pencilled or reticulated flowers, being distinguished by 
very beautiful and delicate veining; they have been brought 
forward by Mr. William Bull, of Chelsea, and have been much 
admired, their form, size, and colouring, being alike excellent. 
It is not likely that in the cultivation of a flower so easily 
grown as the Petunia, any novel methods of culture are likely 
to be discovered, and we have, therefore, no further remarks on 
this head to make to those already given in former volumes; 
it may perhaps be interesting to note a few of the leading varie¬ 
ties for the guidance of purchasers: amongst double varieties, 
Ariadne, Boule de JSfeige, Due de Guise , Inimitabilis flore igleno, 
JU Imperatrice, Madame Bouchardat Aine, Prince of Wales, Ma¬ 
dame Bendatler, are perhaps the best; while of the single 
varieties we should prefer Distincta, Mrs. Smith, Flower of the 
Bay, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. SJierbrook, Shrubland Bose, and Venus. 
Of the varieties now figured, Jubilee (Pig. 1) is a rich rosy- 
red of good shape, with a distinct bar of dark crimson in each 
lobe, the space between the bars being very largely and deli- 
