BEGONIA 



BEGONIA 



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Lionnet and jMetalliea. all forming beautiful specimens 

 of foliage. Of the flowering sorts, two of the most 

 widely cultivated are the old favorites, Rubra and Wel- 

 toniensis. Vernon and Erfordii are veritable weeds for 

 growth, and are covered with bloom. Paul Bruant is 

 one of the freest bloomers of the group, tljc plant bring 

 covered with fis., while the Ivs. are large, (buk, iiciiiiled 

 and shining. Gloire de Lorraine is the most wonderful 

 of recent Begonias, a well grown plant being a sight 

 never to be forgotten. The As. are large, bright pink, 

 and borne in wonderful profusion. It is semi-tuberous 

 in character, and requires a season of rest each year. 

 The Semperflorens glgantea class is a very useful one, 

 and many improved varieties now add value to it. 

 Among them are La Prance, Elegantissima alba, Goliath, 

 Mastodonte and Obelisque. The Shrubby section thrives 

 in much the same .soil as Rex, or a trifle heavier, re- 

 quiring less heat and moisture. Cuttings can be struck 

 as easily as those of the geranium. g^ q_ Hill. 



Index to the Begonias here described ; Abel Carri^re, 

 No. 104 ; Abundance, 39 ; A. Dallifere, 105; Admiration, 

 99aa; Adonis, 74; Adrienne Schmidt, 105; albaflmbriata, 

 99aa; Albatross, 20 ; albo-coccinea, 19 ; albo-picta, 15 ; 

 Alice Manning, 99aa ; athaeitlora, 99aa ; Amelia, 40 ; 

 angularis, 41 ; argenteo-guttata, 38; argyrostigma, 28 ; 

 Ascotiensis, 42 ; atropurpurea compacta, 20 ; Autumn 

 Rose, 76 ; aiicuhwfolia, 12 ; Baron A. Vriere, 104 ; Bau- 

 mannii, 80 ; Bertha de Chateaurocher, 43 ; Bertha Mac- 

 Gregor, 108 ; Bexley White, 99aa ; hU-olor, 87 ; Bijou, 

 76; Bijou deGand, 44; Bismarcki, 45; Boliviensis, 81 ; 

 Bruanti, 47, sub 3 ; Caffra, 24 ; Cannell's Gem, 99aa ; 

 caroliniffifolia, 46 ; Carri^re, 47; Charles Baltet, 99aa ; 

 Chelsoni,83; cinnabarina, 89; Clarkei, 84; Clementinie, 

 105; coccinea, 29; Comte de Limniinghe, 18; corallinu, 

 29; Corbeille de Peii,48 ; coronata, 20 ; Count Erdody, 

 108; Countess Louise Erdody, 107; Couutess of Craven, 

 93aa; Credneri, sub 3; Crimson Gem, 20 ; crinita, 90 ; 

 cyclophylla, 91; dredalea, 32; Dandy, 99aa; Davisii, 

 77 ; Dewdrop, 47; Diadem, 20 ; diadema, 49 ; digitata, 

 50 ; Digwelliana, GG ; discolor, 85 ; dlverslfolia, 87; 

 Domini, 107; Dr. Masters, 99aa ; Dr. Nachtigal, 23 ; 

 Dregei, 24 ; Duchartrei, 2 ; Duchesse de Brabant 108 

 Duchess of Edinburgh, 20; Duchessof York 20 Duchess 

 of Leinster, 99aa; Duke of York, 99aa; Duke Zeppelin 

 99aa ; D. Wettstein, 105 ; echinosepala, 51 Edward B 

 Kennedy, 104 ; Ed. Pynaert, 104 ; elegantissima 20 

 elliptica, 16 ; Erdody, 107, 108 ; Erfordii 52 Evansi 

 ana, 85 ; Fairy Queen, 20; Feastii,53; Flamingo 99aa 

 P. E. Laing, 99a ; foliosa, 14 ; Proebeli 78 Fioebeli 

 vernalis, 78 ; fuchsioides, 13 ; geranifoha 92 gera 

 nioides, 80 ; Gilsoni, 54 ; glauoophylla 18 Gloiie de 

 Lorraine, 75; Gloire de Sceaux, 76; GloiyofStin tead 

 99aa ; Goegoensis, 30 ; Goliath, 20 ; gracilis 8 !,i i 

 cilis, var. Martiana, 87 ; Grahatniana, 19 giai 1 fl 

 94; sfrrtjidjs, 85, 107 ; Griffithi, 100 ; gunnel -et In ) 

 Haageana, 3 ; -ffri.s.sfcarn, 5 ; Hecla, 99aa Hem i Dor 

 neck, 105; Henri Vilmorin, 104; Henshaw Russell 99aa 

 heracleifolia, 33 ; liernandUvfotia, 63 ; hjbrida multi 

 flora, 55 ; hydrocotylifolia, 8 ; Illustration 20 unpen 

 alls, 4 ; imperialis, var. sraaragdina, 4 ; incarnata 12 

 Ingrami, 56 ; inxigtiin, 12 ; John Heal, 74 Julia 74 

 Knowlsleyana, 57 ; Kunthiana, 58 ; laciniata 101 Lad 

 Balfour of Burleigh, 99aa; Lady Qrinthorpe 99aa I 

 Prance, 20 ; leopardinus, 107; Leopoldi 107 Lesoud 

 105; Lin^e, 105; Lothair, 99aa; Louise Closson 108 

 Louise Chretien, 108 ; Lubbersi, .59; Liicaniae (0 Lu 

 Closson, 108; lucida, 16; Lyncheana, 61 m icuIiT 

 28 ; maculata, var. corallina, 29 ; Mad. d Lamagn> 10 

 Madame deLesseps, 62 ; Mad. Treyve, 104 Mad Punck 

 lot; Mad. F. Alegatifere, 104; Mad. Georges Bruant 

 105 ; Mad. Chas. Weber, 104 ; Mad. G. \an Meerbeeke, 

 104 ; Mad. Jos. Moens, 104 ; Mad. Luizet, 104 ; Mad. 

 Isabella Bellon, 105 ; Mad. D. Wettstein, 105 ; Mad. 

 Wagnet, 107 ; manicata, 17; manicata. var. aureo-macu- 

 lata, 17 ; Margaritae, 6 ; Marquis de Peralta, 108 ; Mar- 

 tiana, 12; Mastodon, 20; Margarita, 99aa; Matilda, 108; 

 M. Crousse, 105; metallica, 10; minor, 23; Miranda, 

 107 ; Miss Edith Wynne. 99aa ; Miss Falconer, 99aa ; 

 Miss A. de Rothschild, 99aa ; Moonlight, 99aa ; Mrs. 

 Brassey, 99aa ; Mrs. J. Thorpe, 99aa ; Mrs. Regnart, 

 99a A ; Natalensis, 93 ; nelumbiifolia, 63 ; nigricans, 118; 

 nitida, 23 ; nitida, var. odorata alba, 23 ; Obelisque, 20; 



nbliqua, 23 ; Octavie, 99aa ; octopetala, 94 ; Olbia, 36 ; 

 Otto Porster, 107; Packe,99AA; palmata, 50 ; Papillou, 

 105 ; parvifolia, 24 ; Paul Bruant, 64 ; Pearcei, 88 ; pel- 

 tata, 5 ; phyllomaniaca, 22 ; Picotee, 99aa ; picta, 100 ; 

 Pictavensis, sub 3; platanifolia. 9; polypetala, 95; Pres. 

 Belle, 104 ; Pres. Carnot, 05 ; Pres. de Boureuilles, 68 ; 

 Pres. de la Devansaye, 104 ; Prince Troubetzkoi, 107 ; 

 Princess May, 99aa ; Queen of Whites, 99aa ; Reading 

 Snowflake, 20; Rex, 103; Rexxdiadema hybrids, 103; 

 Rexxdiscolor hybrids, 103 ; riciuifolia, 11 ; Eot^z}ii,f>l ; 

 rosaaflora, 79; Rosy Morn, 99aa ; rubella, 34; riiliyu,29; 

 rubrioaulis, 96 ; Sanderson!, 06 ; sanguiuea, 31 ; Sauli, 

 53a ; scandens, 16 ; Scarlet Gem, 99aa ; sceptra, 49 ; 

 Seharffi, 3 ; Scharfliana, 1 ; Schmidti, 7 ; Schmidtiana, 

 7 ; Sedeni, 97 ; Sellowii, 20 ; semperflai-ens, 20 ; sem- 

 perflorens gigantea rosea, 21 ; Sieberiana, 21 ; Sir Jo- 

 seph Hooker, 104 ; Socotrana, 72 ; Souv. de Mad. 

 la Baronne de Bleichroder, 104 ; Sovereign, 99AA ; spe- 

 ciosa, 23 ; speeulata, 35 ; Stanstead Surprise, 99aa ; 

 stigmosa, 67 ; strigillosa, 32 ; subpeltata nigricans, 68 ; 

 Sunderbruchi,69; Sutherland!, 98; tenera.99; Teuscheri, 

 37; Theodore Schmidt, 105; Thurston!, 70; Thwaiti-sii, 

 99 ; Torrey Laing, 99aa ; Trioniphe, 99aa ; Triomphe 

 de Lemoine, 73 ; Triomphe de Nancy, 73 ; Veitelii, 82 ; 

 Vernon, 20; Verschaffelti,21 ; Verschaffeltiana, 27; Ve- 

 suvius, 99aa ; Waxhingtoniana, 9 \ Weltoniensis, 25; 

 Wettsteinii, 71 ; Willielm Pfitzer, 105 ; Winter Gem, 74; 

 xanthlna, 102 ; zebriua, 41. 



I. FiBROOS-ROOTED OR WlJJTEB-FLOWEKING. 



A. Lvs. hairy, velvety, or downy on the upper surface. 



B. Shape of Ivs. obliquely ovate-acuminate, orbicular- 



acuminate, or peltate. 



c. Size of Irs. large, more than 2 in. wide. 



D. FU. with )>■'/ hairs on under surface of petals, large. 



1. Scharffi^na, Regel. Fig. 206. A robust herbaceous 

 perennial, 1'.. ft. high : Ivs. large, thick, fleshy, hairy, 

 olive-green above, crimson below : stipules very large 

 and prominent : fls. waxy white. Braz. — This Begonia 

 requires warmth and care to succeed well. When well- 

 grown it IS an excellent bracket plant 



206 Beeonia Scharfliana 



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2. Duch4rtrei,Hort. , hyhvitHB.echinosfpalaxSchnrf- 

 fidna ) : st. 2-3 ft. high, branched profusely, hairy, pur- 

 ple : Ivs. ovate-lanceolate acuminate, green above, hairy, 

 red below: fls. large, waxy white, a few red hairs on the 

 under surface of petals.— Int. by Bruant in 1892. 



3. Haage^na, Watson {B. Seharffi, Hook.). Pig. 207. 

 Tall-shrubby, whole plant hairy ; Ivs. ovate-cordate, 

 acuminate, wavy, red-nerved above: fls. rose-pink, with 

 a cyme 8-12 in. in diam., males with 2 round and 2 nar- 

 row petals, females with 5 equal petals. Brazil. G.C. 



