386 EEPORT ON VARIEGATED BEGONIAS. 



IS. B. nebulosa. 



From Mr. Veitch, Messrs. E. 

 Messrs. Low & Co. The leaves a 

 on the ribs above ; their centre is of a dull reddish-green, forming 

 a star with narrow tapered radii, and the border is irregular, 

 moderate in width, of the same dull green, dotted with grayish 

 green ; the under surface is red. The whole upper surface, as is 

 the case in the rest of the varieties belonging to this section, is 

 suffused with red. This variety is something in the way of that 

 called B. Isk, but is less coarse, and more distinct in character 

 from B. Queen of England, ranking therefore among the more 

 desirable kinds of second-class merit. 



B, rubra marginata. 



)m Messrs. Low & Co 



I grayish green. 



with a small star of dark green in the centre, the star speckled 

 with the- broken edge of the gray-green zone, and the margin also 

 speckled with the same colour, and strongly tinged with red. 

 The upper surface is hairy on the veins ; and the under surface 

 is red. The stalks are red, with shaggy red hairs. This is one 

 of the dull-looking red-stained series, closely resembling that 

 called B. virginata. 



30. B.aueen of England. 



From Messrs. Eollisson & Sons. This is the finest of the 

 large red-stained varieties. The leaf-stalks are reddish and 

 shaggy. The leaves are hairy on the veins above, and red 

 beneath. The upper surface is of a reddish olive-green in the 

 centre, the colour breaking out into broadish ravs, which are 

 more distinct than in J5. Rex, and broader than in B. MarshalUL 

 Beyond this is a broad silvery green intermediate zone, less pure 

 m colour than in the varieties just named; and on the outside a 

 distinct margin of about an inch in width, of the dark green, the 

 marginal portion being dotted with silver in distinct spots, and 

 having a red hair growing in each spot. It is a very ornamental 

 variety, one of the very best of the large sorts for ornamental 



21. B. Isis. 



From Messrs. Kollisson & Sons. Messrs. E. G. Henderson & 

 Son, Messrs. Low & Co., and Mr. Veitch. A large growing 

 coarse variety of the dull red-stained series. The leaves are of a 

 pale or grayish green, with a narrow red-tinged border, and a 



