: II. I. TITRATION IIORTICOLE. 



BEGONIA FROEBELII, a. de candolle. 



1875, pi. 212, p. 106. 



-9 ii.rvia. margins undulata et crenulata, supra sparsim pilosa, subtus dense 

 ivato-acutae , ut pednncoH, pedicefii, floresque externe pubescentes; flores coc- 

 ■ares, filain. ntis a. rjualilms: i'em. 5-lobi, ali.s obtusis, una majore. — Ecuador. 



1874, II. p. 552. 

 .1 tuberous- I » clothed with a dense felt of white hairs on the under 

 lie of Ecua- » surface. The young leaves are altogether woolly, resemb- 

 rcebel uur- ■ ling purple plush. 



e Candolle, » The erect, not pendent, flowers are borne in large clus- 

 )■- on I..ng straight firm peduncles, elevated above the 



■ «rl\ .- 1 1 1 i * - > 1 » i'uli.-igi'. They arc large, and of the most dazzling scarlet, 

 ;ction Hus- » of a shade previously unknown in Begonias, and of 



this in its » such brilliancy that we can compare it to nothing else 

 le>s obtuse » but the flowers of Verbena defiance, or the glowing bracts 

 ?ule. From » of Poinsettia pulcherrima. The coloured plate opposite 

 ind by the » represents the plant at two thirds of its natural size, but 



>s spnad- » it was impossible to reproduce the scintillations in the 

 by Bimilar » colour of the living plant. 



colour of » This .pecies is a far more profuse bloomer than any 

 mod in the >. utln-r Begonia in cultivation, the flowers being produced 



character •> in alum, lance from June till the frosts of Autumn. Further, 

 any diner- » the (lowers stand better than those of any other Begonia. 

 ltryalsois » We had proof of it at the International Exhibition at 

 list all the » Cologne, where this species retained its beauty in spite of 

 nown that » the Ion- journey, the tropical heat and dust it was subjected 

 » to, and continued to develop its flowers abundantly in 

 .ion of Co- » the open air fully exposed to the sun, during the whole 

 nd it will » period, from Aug. 23, to Sept. 10, whilst a collection of 

 lion of the ■ hybrid tuberous-rooted Begonias placed by their side, 

 » under the same conditions, had lost nearly all their flowers 

 4ed Bego- » at end of the second day. » 



■ctly trom The foregoing information on the hardy constitution of 

 : "»d they our plant, furnished 1>y Mr. Froebel himself, gives us reason 

 le species | to. believe that it will prove a valuable species for out-door 

 Ed. Andke. 



g 10 me group with ornamental foliage. They 

 lively green, embellished with white hairs, and 



PURPLE-LEAVED PEACH. 



