Nicotunia

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Read about Nicotunia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nicotunia is a name given by the undersigned to hybrids of Nicotiana and Petunia offered in 1893. They were originally described as follows: "The plants have slender, drooping or trailing tomentose green, red and purple stalks and Lvs. twice or three times as large as the petunia; the fls. are handsome, white, pink, carmine or striped and borne in plenteous profusion. No seed is ever produced, but they are very readily multiplied by cuttings." These plants have unfortunately vanished from cult. They were, of course, annuals. They were semi-trailing plants, the Lvs. covered with abundant short, woolly hairs. The cross was Petunia hybrida var. grandiflora x Nicotiana wigandioides var. rubra, the former probably being the seed-parent. The singular thing about the cross was the fact that the root seemed in all cases to be paralyzed and very defective, though the tops in all the many hybrids produced grew with much vigor. The blooms were beautiful, and it is a pity that the plants were not grafted on tobacco roots. Subsequently several parties nave reported crosses of the tobacco and petunia and also tobacco and salpiglossis. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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