DOUBLE-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



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BEGONIA KOSAMONDE. Hollyhock type. (See p. 58.) 



HINTS ON PROPAGATING. 



PROPAGATION of double Begonias is, like the single kinds, effected by means 

 of both seeds and cuttings. The former process gives rise to all new 

 varieties, and though tedious, is a safer and better mode of increase than 

 the latter. The seed is to be sown at the same time and in the same manner 

 as that of the single flowers, though as it is of an even finer description, it 

 should be scattered on a still more even, fine, and carefully prepared surface. 

 Good double seed, however, germinates better and more regularly than that 

 from single flowers, and the young plants, though very slender and delicate* 

 looking, are not, we consider, so troublesome in a young state as singles. 

 When fit, prick them off, and grow on in exactly the same manner, and 



