112 THE FLOWER VASE. 
PETUNIA. 
Petunia. Class 5. — Order 1. 
A beautiful procumbent plant, blossoming through the 
season. Corolla funnel-form; color white or purple; the 
latter sometimes edged with green. The white species is 
very fragrant. 
Thou art less proud than they deem thee. 
They say that thou art proud ; I know 
Meek thoughts oft o’er thee stealing; 
I know the silent, generous flow 
Of fervent, kindly feeling 
Thy heart yields — by these and many a token 
1 know thou ’rt less proud than thine eye hath 
spoken. 
Rose of Sharon, 1844. 
