Hybrid Fringed Petunia.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 9 November 1910, Page 40

Hybrid Fringed Petunia.

The petunia is one of our best and most showy bedding plants, they stand the hot. dry season exceedingly well, and continue flowering right on till June. The ordinary petunia grandillora makes a brilliant display, but the flowers are

small and plain. The fringed varieties are grand subjects in any garden, but the great difficulty is to secure plants with true fringed blooms. No matter what strain of seed may be used, the percentage of good fringed flowers is small. We have found that the best way of securing these good flowers is to grow plenty of plants, single them out in boxes, and allow them to show their first blooms before planting out; by this means we are able to select the best and grow them in a ibed by themselves. The result well repays the trouble.