GS 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Pethqia. 
This is a flower for everybody. Few high priced and rare 
plants caw begin to compare with the Petunia for beauty, 
und not half a dozen other flowers on our list are as showy 
In beds or masses as it is. We once saw in front of a humble 
western cabin a great raised bed of Petunias, a perfect cloud 
of brilliant blossoms that could be seen far over the prairie, 
gleaming in purple and white, like some great star, and all 
this wealth of beauty was the product of a ten-cent paper of 
Beed. The smallest yard and the finest park is not complete 
without these butterflies among flowers, that mind neither 
heat, drouth or rain, but bloom in profusion until the winter 
Is almost upon us. The seed is best started in the house, 
and the young plants transplanted to open ground one foot 
apart; but if the soil is made very fine, seed can be sown in 
open ground and covered lightly. After they are once up 
they are no trouble to grow. Per pkt. 
Childs* New Hybrids— Striped, blotched and stained. 
Large f uunel-shnped flowers of intense brilliancy and 
vivid marking; never out of bloom; fine for pots... .5 & 10 
Crandiflora, Mixed —Very large flowers and fine colors, 
including beautiful blotched, bordered, striped and 
veined types. 5 & 10 
Crandiflora Alba— Pure white. 5 & p) 
Nana Compacta-A dwarf bedding Petunia, almost 
smothered under its load of beautifully variegated 
flowers, and blooming nil summer. 5 & 10 
Flmbriata Titan la, Mixed Large flowers of various 
colors; beautifully veined and fringed. 5 & 10 
NEW GIANT FLOWERED PETUNIAS. 
A giant flowered strain which originated in California. 
The Double is particularly fine. 
Clematis Flowered —New pure white, and like a great 
clematis.Id & 20 
Clant Kermisina —Large open throat of deep black 
colors, and black veining. Very fine..10 & 20 
The Rainbow —Richly colored flowers with golden yel¬ 
low throats; exquisite and comes true every time..10 & 20 
Ring of Emerald —Large pink and crimson blossoms 
deeply bordered with a green band. Attracts great 
attention. 10 & 20 
Six Lobed White —Very large, pure white, usually with 
six lobes.10 & 20 
Fringed Perfection —A highly perfected strain, the 
petals of which are deeply ruffled, and the ruffles in 
turn exquisitely fringed. A superb strain of the 
richest colors .10 Sc 20 
Clant Flowered Single, Mixed Colors— Enormous 
single flowers of a great variety of superb colors and 
fancy markings Exceedingly beautiful, and with¬ 
out doubt the finest, strain of single Petunias.10 & 20 
Clant Flowered Double, Fringed, Mixed Colors— This 
strain of giant flowered Petunias originated in Cali¬ 
fornia, and it is one of the most valuable new flowers 
that h«*is ever come from that state. They are the 
largest and finest colored Petunias ever yet seen. 
Their size and beauty wall be a revelation to all who 
see them. A larger per cent, comes double from seed 
than from any other strain we know.10 & 20 
Double White —A very fine pure white flower, and very 
double; 30 per cent, will come true from seed.10 & 20 
Do uble Heliotrope - Large round blossoms very double 
and of a beautiful Heliotrope color. 10&. 20 
Double Crimson —Intense crimson, large, double and 
very rich.10 & 20 
