Plate 3G5. 

 BEGONIA VEITClllT. 



Again are wo indebted to the indefatigable labours of 

 Mr. Pearco, the eminently successful collector of the Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Chelsea, for a most valuable addition to our gardens ; 

 the more so, as we are inclined to believe that in many parts 

 of the kingdom it will prove perfectly hardy, and ^^ ill go far 

 to increase the popularity of herbaceons plants, towards which 

 there seems to be much attention given at present. 



As the plant has been already figured in the 'Botanical 

 Magazine ' (Tab. .")G63), we would here subjoin Dr. Hooker's 

 statement witii regard to it antl a very closely allied species, 

 Berionin Clar/cei: — "Of all the species of Begonia known, this 

 is, 1 think, the finest, ^^'itll the habit of Saxi/rar/a ciliata, 

 immense flowers of a vivid vermilion cinnabar red that no 

 colourist can reproduce, it adds the novel feature of being 

 hardy in certain parts of England at any rate, if not in all. It 

 was discovered by Messrs. Veitch's collector, Mr. Pearce, near 

 Cuzco, in Peru, at an elevation of 12,000 to 12, 500 feet; and 

 the plants gi-own in Mr. Veitch's establishment have already 

 given sufficient proof of hardihood, by withstandjug a tempera- 

 ture of 25° Falir. with absolute impunity. Unwilling as I am 

 to pronounce on the probable or possible adaptation of exotic 

 plants to an English climate, I cannot but believe that in the 

 soutli-wcstern counties, and in the south of Ireland, the Be- 

 gonia I'cifchii will certainly prove one of the most ornamental 

 of border plants." Of the nearly allied species, after noticing 

 the points of difference. Dr. Hooker says, in the nund)er for 

 last month (November), where li. Clnrlel is figured, '-AMiether 

 this and Bcijonia Veitchii, together with another allied to it 

 from the same country, and hitherto unpublished, will even- 



