EEPORT ON VARIEGATED BEGONIAS. 



LII.— REPOET ON VARIEGATED BEGONIAS, 



GEOWN AT CmswicK, 1860. 

 By Thomas Moore, F.L.S., r.R.H.S., Secretary to tU Floral Committee. 

 The remarkably showy race of dwarf Begonias, having the 



extended by the production of seminal varieties since the intro- 

 duction of B. Rex, that attention was very early directed by the 

 Committee to the collecting of as many of these varieties as could 

 be readily procured, in order that their respective merits in an 

 ornamental point of view might be determined by direct com- 

 parison. For this purpose about 40 varieties were obtained in 

 the spring of 1860, and of these 36 are described in the following 

 memoranda, the remainder having either died or been too imper- 

 fectly developed to admit of their true character being seen. 



This extensive collection was liberally contributed for the 

 purposes of the Committee by the following gentlemen, namely : 

 Messrs, Rollissox & Sons of Tooting, Mr. Veitch of Chelsea, 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son of St. John's Wood, and 

 Messrs. Low & Co. of Clapton. 



varieties may assist in the 



. Aegente^. Upper surface of the leaves wholly silvered, 



'r. ii. ZoNAT-E. Upjjer surface of the leaves mark 



§ 1. Leaves smallish, with bright silver zone. 

 B. Griffithii .5. B. Regina 



B. argentea guttata 0. B. araabilis 



B. Madame Wagner 



§ 2. Leaves large, with bright silver zone. 

 B. Marshallii 10. B. Rex Leopardii 



12. B. Cloth of Silv< 



