KEPORT ON VAEIEGATED BEGONIAS. 



somewhat broken by the faintly tinted veins, and exterior to this 

 by a narrow veiny or broken green edge marked with red behind. 

 The stalks are red, hairy. It is a very pretty and effective sort, 

 with the surface more silvered than B> Regina, and one of the 

 most desirable varieties. 



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superior to it, and a desirable kind. The leaves are of medium 

 size, glossy, with a dark olive-green centre, surrounded by a clear 

 silvery-gray yandyked zone, exterior to which is a dark green 

 border nearly equalling it in width. The leaves are marked with 

 red behind, and have red hairy stalks. The colours of the surface 

 are distinct and well marked, rendering this a desirable sort for 

 cultivation. 



6. B. amabiiis. 



From Mr. VeItch. This is a neat dwarf kind, with rather 

 small leaves, of which the central part, extending half way to the 

 margin, is bright green, and the rest of the surface is about 

 equally occupied by a zone of silver-gray and a border of green. 

 The under surface is bright red, and the stalks purplish and 

 downy. It is a desirable small spedes. 



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7. B. Marshallii. 



From Mr. Veitch andtMessrs. Rollisson & Sons. This fine 

 variety has large slightly bullate leaves, with the colours of 

 B. Eex, but a broader silvered surface. The deep green of the 

 central part radiates in tolerably even lines along the course of 

 the veins, so as to form an irregular star ; the zone of silver-gray 

 is vandyked on both edges, and is nearly twice as broad as the 

 green margin, which is blotched and spotted with gray. The 

 leaves are stained with purple behind, and the stalks are purplish 

 and shaggy. It is one of the very best sorts. 



8. B. Madame AUwardt. 



From Messrs. Low & Co. This handsome form bears so very 

 . MarshaUU, which was preferred before 

 e required in the same col- 

 lection ; and it would not be very material which of the two was 



