Home › P › Petunia (This free-growing plant still)

Petunia (This free-growing plant still)

This free-growing plant still holds its own; and it will ever be popular in gardens where free-growing subjects are preferred to those with which greater skill is required to command success. Some of the recent double varieties are very handsome. A good addition to those described on p. 86, Vol. III., is given below.

Double Varieties. ADOLPHE WEICKE, crimson, with darker veins, neatly fringed white. ANTIGONE, deep lilac, shaded rose; large. ARC-EN-CIEL, rich purplish, lightly veined, prettily fimbriated. CELEBRITE, pale rose, shaded lilac; large and well-formed. C. NODIER, rich purple. CREPUSCULE, purplish, with white tips; large and full. DIABLE BOITEUX, lilac; very large, doubly fimbriated. FRISURE, deep crimson. HERMINE, white, handsomely fringed. LA CHINE, rich reddish-purple, fimbriated. LA NUIT, deep crimson. MADAME SAUZER, rose, with lilac tint and darker veins, prettily fringed. M. BESSAUD, violet, crimson, and white; well-formed. MONT CENIS, creamy-white; large, fimbriated. MRS. BARCHARD, reddish-purple, with white margin. RUBENS, purplish-red; large. SHAKESPERE, rosy-lilac, veined maroon. TELEPHONE, lilac-rose, veined magenta; large.

Single Varieties. ACROBATE, rose, tinged lilac, white throat, dark red reticulations; fine form. ALFRED, magenta, maroon throat. CELLINI, deep lilac, whitish throat, dull red veins. HARPOCRATE, carmine, white throat, purplish reticulations; large. JUNO, reddish-purple, with darker veins. MDLLE. DE LA SEIGLIERE, white, reticulated with violet lines; good form. MISS ALCOTT, deep pink, maroon veins, large. MISS C. TYRELL, rosy-purple, crimson veins, dark throat. MONOLOGUE, magenta, flaked white and shaded violet; large. THEMISTOCLE, clear red, white throat; large. VESUVE, bright red, marked purple and maroon; large.