November 14, 1914 



HORT ICULTURE 



691 



BEGONIA MRS. HEAL. 

 See Cover Illustration. 

 Three specimens of this resplendent 

 flowering plant were exhibited at the 

 Boston show last week and they 

 caused a decided sensation, winning a 

 silver medal for the grower. William 

 Downs, superintendent of the E. S. 

 Webster estate. Chestnut Hill. Mass. 

 We are indebted to Joseph Breck & 

 Sons for the use of the photograph of 

 one of the plants exhibited. Unfortu- 

 nately as with all scarlet flowered 

 plants the photograph does not show 

 the flowers distinctly. A group of 

 these plants which we saw at Mr. 

 Webster's conservatories impressed us 

 as one of the most beautiful things in 

 the floral line we had ever seen. Mr. 

 Downs has favored us with some notes 

 on this charming begonia and its cul- 

 ture, which follow: 



This is of the new winter flowering 

 type of begonias originated in England 

 and marking a new departure in this 

 ever popular race of plants, being the 

 result of a cross between the tuberous 

 and fibrous rooted sections, the latter 

 if a am rlghtlv informed being Soco- 

 trana. Mrs. Heal, with Winter Cheer 

 and Elatior, was the advance guard 

 of many varieties which will follow. 

 We have (though untried at present) 

 Fascination (yellow). Optima (salmon) 

 and Her Majesty (pink), which will 

 make a very interesting group. Optima, 

 it is claimed, will succeed In a cool 

 greenhouse and one grower told me 

 that Mrs. Heal would, but my experi- 

 ence is that it needs same temperature 

 as Lorraine. 



This type has not proved quite so 

 easy of culture as the Lorraine and I 

 think the dual nature of the plant ac- 

 counts for that, taking the resting na- 

 ture of the bulbous and the continuous 

 of the flbrous. I think if this is kept 

 In mind and with a little extra care in 

 watching and watering they will am- 

 ply repay in the end. 



All, or most all, of the plants that 

 have been grown in this country have 

 been imported in the spring or early 

 summer and when received are in their 

 dormant state, potted in a mixture 

 of peaty nature with a lot of silver 

 sand through it. Right here is where 

 you have to be very careful with the 

 water until they begin to grow which 

 may be soon or may be after quite a 

 long time. They are much the same as 

 Lorraines. not making much growth 

 until August and September, but when 

 they do they make rapid growth, but 

 at no time must they be carelessly 

 watered or it will cause rotting of the 

 bulb and that, of course, is the end 

 of the plant. We use much the same 

 compost in growing then as for Lor- 

 raines — touch fibrous loam, leaf mold, 

 sand and dried cow manure broken up 

 in small lumps which makes a rough 

 porous mixture. 



When they get started into growth 

 and rooting freelv they can be potted 

 along with an ordinsrv shift. 4 to 6 in. 

 and so on and carefully watered until 

 thev root throuph again. In the final 

 shift a little Clay's manure may be 

 used in the mixture. 



We feed them with this and liquid 

 manure just the same as other plants 

 and grow them in the house with our 

 Lorraines until they go out of flower 

 and then comes t^e critical time, to my 

 thinking— the keeping of them through 

 the winter. They must not be thrown 



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under the bench nor put on the shelf, 

 but kept on the bench where they can 

 be seen, in a temperature of about 50°, 

 until the spring. When they show 

 signs of activity they can be put in a 

 warmer house and started along. 



Cuttings from them root nearly as 

 freely as geraniums, but I have not 

 had good success from leaf cuttings so 

 far; these will make nice plants in 

 6-in. pots by the fall. 



The plants we exhibited at the 

 chrysanthemum show were two-year- 

 old plants, the largest about 2 feet 

 through and the same in height above 

 the pots (8 in.). Over 200 flowers and 

 opening buds were counted on this 

 plant — to be accurate, 233— by one of 

 my men. They have been fully in 

 bloom for nearly three weeks and we 

 have plants in the conservatory now 

 about two weeks looking as fresh as 

 ever. 



Many have told me they cannot grow 

 them. I really don't see why, if they 

 can grow Lorraines; and some say 

 they can't get a decent plant of the 

 latter. It surely is not the fault of the 

 plant; it is something left out in its 

 culture that it needs. I have heard of 

 one lot up on a shelf, another soaked 

 with the hose, but that will not grow 

 them. The extra care and attention 

 they need is well repaid with such 

 plants as we have now. I was told I 

 could not grow them after the first 

 year, but this is the third and they are 

 better than ever. These are plants 



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