DOUBLE-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



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BEGONIA MONS. TRUFFAUT. Hollyhock type. (See p. 58.) 



most beautiful form. Blooms of such purity 

 form are, however, still comparatively scarce, 

 are difficult to obtain even from the largest 

 good time, and price be hardly an object, 

 perfectly double a flower is, the more difficult 

 it ; indeed, it may be fairly stated that 

 all by the very finest kinds. This causes 

 seedlings to be small, and every florist knows 

 plant is, not only is it a more difficult matter 

 to raise the young plant successfully becomes 

 uncertain process. 



of colour and excellence of 



and first-class double whites 



growers, unless ordered in 



For naturally, the more 



it is to obtain pollen from 



no pollen is produced at 



the proportion of first-class 



that the more highly bred a* 



to obtain seed from it, but 



a much more delicate and 



