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Howard’s Star Petunia. 
I This is the most distinct and 
desirable Petunia, for everybody 
to raise that was ever offered. 
Flowers large, 21 inches in diam¬ 
eter, and the most prolific bloom¬ 
er I ever saw. The body color 
is a dark, rich, velvety maroon, 
which, when held up so that the 
light strikes across it at a cer¬ 
tain angle, assumes an emerald 
green sheen, a very peculiar 
transformation. Starting deep 
within the throat are the five 
rays of a star, of a pinkish-white 
in the centre, shading to a de¬ 
cided pink at their margin, 
where they blend into the ma- 
roon. Their outline, however 
JERICHO ROAD- 1 'f 
FLORAL PARK- /% 
NEW YORK 
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