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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Begonia house, best form of ... 100 

 Bull, Mr. W., hybrids raised 



by 24 



Cannell, Mr. H., hybrids intro- 

 duced and raised by ... :.. 28 

 Characteristics, general, of Be- 

 gonias ; interesting exceptions 



to the 11 



Compost for Begonias .. 48, 50, 62 



Continental Seedlings 30 



Crousse, M. Felix, hybrids raised 



by ... 30 



Cuttings, propagation by 43 



Double-flowering varieties ... 56 



,, varieties, the first raised, 



22, 98 



Erect- flowering section 60 



Exhibition, Begonias for ... ... 67 



Fertilisation, artificial 95 



,, natural 92 



Fertilising, marking the crosses ... 94 



Flower, treatment when in ... 53 



Flowering, treatment after ... 54 



Forest Hill strain, The 24 



Form in double Begonias, variety 



of 58 



Hildebrandia, the genus 13 



History of the Tuberous Begonia 14 



Hybrid, The first garden ... 18 



Hybridising double Begonias ... 97 

 Hybridisation and seed saving ... 86 

 Hybrids raised by Messrs. Veitch 20 

 Improvements in the Begonia ... 3 

 Introducer of the Begonia ... 32 

 Laing, Mr. John, hybrids raised 



by 24 



Leaf cuttings 45 



Manures, artificial, feeding with... 68 

 O'Brien, Mr. J., hybrids raised by 22 



Packing Begonias, hints on ... 69 



Pearce, Mr.R., the late 32 



Plants, small v. large, for bedding 79 

 ,, suitable for combination 



with Begonias 84 



Potting, on 49,52, 62 



Pots, cultivation of Begonias in... 46 

 Propagation of the Begonia ; by 



.Seeds, 34 ; by Cuttings ... 43 



Propagating double varieties, hints 



on 63 



Properties of single Begonias ... 86 



,, double varieties ... 90 



Seed saving and hybridisation ... 86 



Seedlings, on potting on 42 



,, transplanting into 



boxes or trays _ ... 40 

 ,, treatment of, after ger- 

 mination ... ... 38 



Seed pans, preparing for sowing ... 34 



Seeds, on gathering the 94 



,, propagation by ... ... 34 



Selecting and starting tubers ... 47 



,, flowers for crossing ... 94 



Shading Begonias, on ... ... 68 



Soils fo* 1 Begonias 48, 50 



Species of Begonia 10 



Sutton & Sons, Messrs., hybrids 



raised by 24, 84 



Swanley Collection, the 28 



Temperatures for ... ... 52, 68 



Treatment when in bloom ... 53 



Tubers, selecting and starting, 47, 80 



,, on preserving in winter 84 



Veitcb, Messrs., hybrids raised by 20 



Ventilation for 52 



Watering, on 48,51, C3 



Winter- flowering varieties, new 



race of 74 



