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THE TUBEROUS BEGONIA. 



Begonia Sedeni was first introduced to public notice in June, 1869, when 

 it was awarded the silver Flora Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society, as 

 "the best new plant shown for the first time in bloom." Its pretty rosy 

 crimson flowers it need scarcely be said were greatly admired, and Mr. Seden 

 used his treasure with good effect, both as a seed-bearing and pollen parent. 

 It may be convenient here to place on record an authentic list of the varieties 

 raised by Mr. Seden for his employers, showing the order in which they were 

 raised, their parentage, and the year in which they were sent out. 



LIST OF HYBRID TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS, 



RAISED BY MESSRS. /AMES VEITCH AND SONS. 



We need, perhaps, scarcely go into particulars respecting the whole of 

 these hybrids, as many of them are not now to be found in trade lists, but 

 a few] for special reasons may be alluded to. B. intermedia (see p. 31) bore 

 flowers which closely resembled those of its male parent, but darker in colour. 

 B. Chelsoni, sent out the same year, was a pale orange-scarlet (see p. 33). Vesu- 



