1900. SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
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Begonia—continued. 
Fic. 168. BEGONIA DIAMOND JUBILEE. 
B. semperfiorens rosea (rosy). fl brig®t rose-coloured, the 
petals white at base. 1883. A pretty, free-flowering, garden 
variety. (R. If. 1881, p. 330.) rosco-multiflora is a many- 
flowered form. 1892. 
B. s. Sturzii (Sturz’). fl. rose-pink, disposed in eymose panicles. 
aa 1886. A fine, floriferous varicty. (R. G. 
B. sinensis (Chinese). T. fl. bright rose-red, monecious, in 
axillary and terminal cymes ; males Zin. across; females rather 
larger. October. J. 3in. to Sin. long, more or less unequil-sided, 
ovate-cordate, acuminate, obscurely lobulate, serrated and serru- 
lated, pale and often rosy beneath, hairy. Stem 1sft. to 2ft. 
high. China, 1898. Greenhouse. (B. M. 7673.) 
B. socotrana. Seedling hybrid forms have been obtained by 
crossing the summer-flowering, tuberous, garden varieties with 
B. socotrana. The following are of great horticultural value, as 
the blossoms are freely produced during the winter months, and 
the richly-coloured sprays of flowers are valuable for placing in 
vases : ADONIS, flowers rosy-carmine, medium-sized, leaves large 
and handsome, habit robust and erect; AUTUMN Rosk, flowers 
rose-pink, pretty, intermediate between those of B. incarnaia and 
B. socotrana (the pollen parent); JouN HEAL, flowers clear rose, 
lasting for two or three weeks, leaves* much smaller than those 
of ADONIS, habit graceful; Mrs. HEAL, the finest variety. yet 
raised, flowers rose-carmine, 3in. in diameter, leaves like those 
of JOUN HEAL, habit erect; WINTER GEM, flowers more crimson 
than carmine, freely produced, leaves rhomboid, more like 
B. socotrana than the other hybrids. The first three can be 
freely propagated by cuttings ; but the last can only be increased 
by the small tubers at the base of the stem. 
B. subpeltata (somewhat peltate). fl. pale rose, with four 
petals, disposed in cymes. 7. large, obliquely cordate, acute, 4in. 
to 44in. long, bright carmine when young, becoming bronzy. 
hk. 12in. to 16in. Garden hybrid. 
B. umbraculifera (umbrella-bearing). fl. white, chiefly male, 
but a few female and bisexnal; males lin. across, with two 
sepals and about twenty stamens; females 4in. across, with 
five sepals; eymes large, dichotomously branched. March. 
1. alternate, fleshy, 4in. to 6in. across, the lower ones reniform, the 
upper ones peltat Stems 4ft. high, simple. Brazil, 1893. 
Remarkable for bearing hermaphrodite flowers, B. frigida being 
the only other species that does so. (B. M. 7457.) 
B. venosa (veined). . white, small, disposed in slender, axillary 
eymes on red peduneles. JZ. large, sub-peltate, fleshy, freely 
sprinkled on the upper surface with silvery-grey scales ; stipules 
very large (2in. long), transparent, membranous, strongly veined. 
Brazil, 1899. (B. M. 7657.) 
&G. 141 
Begonia—con/inued. 
B. Viaudi (Viaud’s). 
pink centre, very numerous. 
garden hybrid between B. che 
and B. pictaviense. (R. H. 1897, p. 56 
f. 167.) 
B. Worthiana (Worth’s). A pretty 
variety obtained from seeds of B. boli- 
viensis, from whieh it differs in having 
more abundant and less pendent flowers, 
and larger but shorter leaves.. 1870. 
fl. white, with a 
1897. A 
chartret 
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Varieties of Tuberous Begonias. 
These have increased in popularity 
during the last few years, and the 
colour-range has also been greatly 
improved. Subjoined are some 
varieties that may be recommended. 
Single-flowered.—Crimson and Scarlet 
Shaded : EARL OF CRAVEN, bright scar- 
let, v large and full, free and 
vigoro’ LaDy TYLER, intense scarlet, 
very large, of fine form, and free; Lorp 
PEEL, deep crimson, of fine form and 
substance; Mars, bright scarlet, free 
and vigorous; Mrs. H. G. Murray, 
rich searlet, large, fioriferous, and one 
ast ; SiR SYDNEY, deep crimson, 
y rf, and excellent in all points; 
Sir TREVOR LAWReEnce, beautiful 
crimson - scarlet, 1: dwarf bushy 
habit. 
Rose-ealoured 
Bo 
CHATTERTON, dark 
rose, free and strong,-one of the 
largest ; COLOSSUS, deep orange, shaded 
rose, very large, one of the finest; J. 
RICMMOND, magenta-rose, fine form, 
dwarf sturdy habit; Mrs. NEWMAN, 
soft rose, very large, and fine for exhi- 
bition ; OpoRaT\, Rosea PLENA, bright 
rose,remarkably fr nd sweet-scented. 
White-lowered : BEAUTY, pure white 
of fine form, great size, and very free; 
Fic. 169. BErGontIA Mrs. PEREIRA. 
