. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. CHAPTEE XIII. JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. Petunia to Tritoma. Petunia. P. nyotaginiflora and jP. The garden annual petunia gets its name irom. petun, the aboriginal term for tobacco. It belongs to the Night- shade family, and is a near relative of common to- bacco. The species P. nycta- giniflora and P. violacea and their hybrids are the common petunias of our gardens. The former variety is white, and may still be obtained from the seedsmen under that name. The latter variety, with origi- nally purple and magenta flowers, has now become so chan
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. CHAPTEE XIII. JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. Petunia to Tritoma. Petunia. P. nyotaginiflora and jP. The garden annual petunia gets its name irom. petun, the aboriginal term for tobacco. It belongs to the Night- shade family, and is a near relative of common to- bacco. The species P. nycta- giniflora and P. violacea and their hybrids are the common petunias of our gardens. The former variety is white, and may still be obtained from the seedsmen under that name. The latter variety, with origi- nally purple and magenta flowers, has now become so changed by supercultivation that it is rarely presented in Giant of California, Petunia. ^ ⢠⢠i â j? m. ij i. its prmiitive form. Ihe tnest of all the petunias are called Giants of California; they are hybrids raised in that country by a lady. 188. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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