. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. -T^ CULTURE OF FAVORITE ASILY cultivated from seed, the Petunias are half-hardy perennial plants, blooming the first season, and therefore usually grown as sum- mer annuals. They run through many shades and markings, being mottled, striped, clouded, feathered and in plain colors. The seeds are very small, and should be s
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. -T^ CULTURE OF FAVORITE ASILY cultivated from seed, the Petunias are half-hardy perennial plants, blooming the first season, and therefore usually grown as sum- mer annuals. They run through many shades and markings, being mottled, striped, clouded, feathered and in plain colors. The seeds are very small, and should be sown on the surface and rubbed in with the hand or be lightly covered. After the plants are up, they should be thinned out liberally, as each individual plant becomes quite large, and blooms the better for having plenty of room. If the tip of the main branch is taken off, the side branches will be more numerous, thereby giving a more liberal supply of flowers. The double ones are more often grown from cuttings or slips than from seeds. The seeds of double flowers in these plants are obtained by fructifying the jDistils with the pollen from a single or semi-double flower; occasionally, however, this process will yield single flowering plants. Petunias are grown in windows and conserva- tories as well as gardens, especially the double varieties. A good soil for their growth may be made up of equal parts of loam, leaf-mold, good manure and sand. Petunias seed freely, and are largely self-propagating; but a few of the superior hybrids are liable to prove defective in this respect; and, to insure success in raising these fancy kinds, the simplest and best method is to invest a small amount in the seeds raised by some specialist. They will appear early in spring, but all the sooner if the beds be cleared of old flower- stems and other rubbish. A few Petunia plants will in a shoi't time cover an area of sev- eral square yards, and they therefore furnish a cheap and easy way of floral o
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