HORTUS VEITCHII 



and attractive, the bright carmine-pink flowers, in pendulous cymes 

 composed of from twenty to thirty each, are massive and effective. 



BEGONIA COCCINEA, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 3990 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 1843, vol. x. p. 73. 



A very beautiful now well-known species, from the Organ Mountains 

 of Brazil, sent by William Lobb in 1841. 



The plant flowered for the first time in April 1842, soon after it was 

 received, and was subsequently exhibited at the rooms of the Horticultural 

 Society in Eegent Street. 



BEGONIA CEINITA, Oliver. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5897. 



A very elegant plant introduced through Pearce from South America, 

 with a tendency in the branches to develop hairs on that surface only 

 which faces the petiole of the leaf below. 



BEGONIA DAVISII, Hart. Veitcli. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6252 ; The Garden, 1877, vol. xi. p. 70, with fig. ; PI. Mag. n.s. pi. 231 ; 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1879, p. 22 ; PI. and Pom. 1877, p. 85, col. pi. 



Introduced from the Andes of Peru through Walter Davis, after whom 

 it is named. 



The plant of dwarf tufted habit has elegant bluish -green foliage, purple 

 on the under surface, and handsome dazzling scarlet flowers. 



This species was effectively used as a parent by Seden in obtaining a 

 dwarf race of hybrids suitable for summer-bedding. 



BEGONIA DECORA, Stapf. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1893, p. 9, fig. p. 4. 



A species with ornamental foliage from Penang. 



The plant is of a dwarf compact habit with a creeping rootstock, from 

 which are produced the handsome leaves, often 3 to 4 in. long, rich 

 bronzy red-brown with yellow-green nerves, covered with thick-set papillae 

 terminating in short hairs. 



This species has been crossed with varieties of Begonia Rex by various 

 continental growers, and the offspring are amongst the finest ornamental- 

 leaved foliage plants our stoves possess. 



BEGONIA x EUDOXA. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1899, p. 53, fig. 



A hybrid Begonia raised at Chelsea from Begonia Burkei fertilized with 

 the pollen of B. decora. 



The oblique leaves 6 to 9 in. long, of a bronzy-green ground colour, 



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