Fig. 2638. 



TUBEEOUS EOOTED BEGONIAS 



BY 



WM. HUNT, 



. A. C, GUELPH. 



AMONG the almost innumerable va- 

 rieties and types of flowering be- 

 gonias now grown, there is none 

 more deserving of attention or more beauti- 

 ful for summer decorative purposes than 

 the tuberous rooted varieties. Whether 

 grown as pot plants entirely, or started 

 early in the season in pots and then trans- 

 ferred to the flower bed or border later on; 

 or if even the dry tubers are put at once 

 into the open ground at the proper season, 

 they will, with only average attention and 

 care, and a fairly suitable position given 



them to grow in, give a grand display of 

 their beautiful and showy wax-like blos- 

 soms, both single and double, and in such a 

 variety of shade and color that well repays 

 the flower grower for the comparatively lit- 

 tle skill and care required in their culture. 



And yet how very few amateur plant 

 growers there are who are thoroughly suc- 

 cessful with them. Some can, however^ 

 grow them to perfection, as is evidenced by 

 the splendid specimens that are seen at al- 

 most every floral exhibit that I have had the 

 pleasure of judging; specimens that had 



