To make nice bushy plants the tops should be nipped every fort-
night. Those that have been used as bedding plants should be
taken up before frost, planted in a box of soil, and allowed to
rest during the winter, storing them under the stage of the green-
house. These may be again taken from the box and set out in
the open bed on the return of summer.
Aurantiaca.—The flowers are of a bright orange color; the
plant a very free summer bloomer.
Hogarth.—Produces splendid racemes of rich carmine flowers.
Elegans.—The flowers are light scarlet carmine, which are
borne in very large trusses. Blooms finely in winter, and there-
fore well adapted for forcing.
Jasminoides.—A most abundant bloomer, flowers pure white,
resembling a Jasmine in fragrance and appearance. A charming
variety.
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Leiantha.—The flowers are a dazzling scarlet. The plant of
bushy habit, very free flowering and healthy.
Triphylla.—Flowers bright orange-scarlet, very showy. The
plant is a free summer bloomer, and is one of the best for bed-
ding out.
Tue Peruni1a.—this is a very popular bedding plant, of very
easy culture, and makes a very showy bed. It grows well in
any rich garden soil, begins to bloom in June, and continues to
grow and flower all through the summer, until checked by frost.
It should be planted always in a bed devoted solely to Petunias,.
