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Petunia Garden on Crosley Estate, Kipling Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 

McCULLOUGH’S PETUNIAS for All Purposes 
A very useful and free-flowering annual, thriving on any soil and in the hottest weather. For a showy bed, or for porch or 
window boxes, few plants equal the Petunia in effectiveness. Sow the seed in pots or flats in the house or hotbed in February 
or March, or in the garden as soon as the soil is warm. Cover the seed but slightly as it is very fine. 
Double Flowering Petunias 
ALL DOUBLE DWARF VICTORIOUS 
Dwarf compact plants, covered with giant fringed double 
flowers, very free flowering. 
649 ALL DOUELE VICTORIOUS MIXED. An extra dwarf 
giant mixture of Fringed Petunias producing flowers 100% 
double. Habit very compact. The plants are remarkably 
uniform in habit, producing a wonderful assortment of bril- 
liant and fancy colorings. Very free flowering; an excep- 
tionally fine strain for pot culture as well as for bedding 
Height, 12-13 inches. Pkt., 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
Large Single Flowering Varieties 
650 SNOWSTORM. Extra large frilled clear white, out- 
standing for size and much larger than White Bienes 
ants 
Snowstorm will average 4 inches in diameter. 
medium dwarf, the finest white for either bedding or pots. 
Very fragrant. Pkt., 35c. 

651 DAINTY LADY. Received Awards of Merit, 1936 All- 
America Seed selections and the Royal Horticultural Society 
of England. A remarkable introduction which brings us the 
first really yellow petunia, ‘I'he plants are neat, compact, 
semi-dwarf, and free flowering, bearing generous quantities 
of medium-sized, delicate, golden yellow flowers, beautifully 
fringed, Pkt., 25c. 
652 SETTING SUN. The result of a cross between Petunia 
grandiflora fimbriata, Brilliant Rose, and a dwarf variety. It 
comes true from seed and forms compact bushes 12 inches 
high, covered with beautifully fringed blossoms of a bril- 
liant rose-pink, measuring 3 inches across. It is admirably 
suited both for growing in pots and for borders. Pkt., 25c. 
653 ELE’S PRIDE, Dwarf, immense flowers of rich deep Elk’s 
purple, with large lobes forming a five-pointed star. The 
velvety black veins add much beauty. Pkt., 25c. 
654 WHITE CLOUD. Pure white, very dwarf and compact. 
Pkt., 25c. 
655 BURGUNDY. Large single flowers of a deep Burgundy-red 
enhanced by a rich velvety sheen. The throat, which is white, 
veined purplish red, creates a beautiful contrast. The flowers 
measure 3% inches across. Pkt., 25c. 
Large Single Flowering Fringed Mixtures 
656 DWARF GIANTS. (Ramona Strain.) A dwarf, sturdy 
growing type, especially suited for pot culture. Flowers are 
beautifully ruffied and fringed with open well marked throats. 
The mixture contains a good assortment of the most de- 
sirable dark and light shades, which are well balanced. 
Pkt., 35c. 
657 RUFFLED MONSTERS. A half dwarf type of erect and ro- 
bust habit. The flowers are very large and ruffled, with open 
shallow throats. The colors are mostly the desirable red and 
dark shades, richly marked and veined. Pkt., 35c. 
New Petunia, Miniature 
A new strain of dwarf, compact miniature Petunias, forming 
plants from 6 to 9 inches high, literally smothered with flowers. 
Plants about 8 inches wide. 
658 GENERAL WASHINGTON. The ruffled blooms have large, 
open throats 3 inches or more in diameter. The bell part of 
the bloom is a rich velvety amaranth-red with a glistening 
reddish black throat, Pkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
659 RUFFLED BETSY ROSS. The color is red and white, with 
the white blending to golden and the red blending to very 
deep red in the throat, The blooms are 2% inches in diameter 
and well ruffled with a good open throat. This color com- 
bination gives the individual plant, as well as a row of plants, 
a decidedly gay effect, particularly since the plants are so 
uniform and compact and so completely covered with ruffled 
blooms. FPkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
660 MARTHA WASHINGTON. A new break in Petunias. 
Martha Washington is a ruffled or frilled Petunia. Its growth 
is about 9 inches high, and it forms a perfect ball effect, 
literally smothered with lovely frilled blooms about 3 inches 
in diameter. Its neat, compact habit makes it suitable for 
borders, bedding, pots or window boxes. This is a unique 
novelty in Petunias. Color a blush-pink veined a wine-red; 
throat a dark violet. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c. 
661 BRILLIANT ROSE GEM. This Petunia isa very rich deep 
rose with a slight suffusion of scarlet. We recommend Bril- 
liant Rose Gem for those who want a strong color, one that 
will withstand the utmost in hot, strong sunlight. Pkt., 15c. 
662 PINK GEM. Flowers clear pink, measuring 2 inches in 
diameter. Pkt., 15c. 
663 VIOLET GEM. A true miniature, producing rich violet- 
blue blossoms In great numbers, Foliage dark green. Height 
6 to 8 inches, will spread 6 to 8 inches. Pkt., 15c. 
664 MINIATURE MIXED. A mixture of light and dark pink, 
including the ruffled Martha Washington which is described 
above. Pkt., 15c. 
ALL 10c PACKETS ARE 3 FOR 25c; ALL 15c PACKETS ARE 2 FOR 25c—When ordering, see page 64 of this catalog. 
