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ing names in the catalogues: Glaucopliylla, glaucophylla scandens, and 

 Comte de Limminglie. Its origin is unknown, but it is probably Bra- 

 zilian. It was first found some years previous to 1888 in an obscure 

 garden in Dorsetshire, England. The stems are long, drooping, or 

 creeping, and bear glaucous-green, ovate, wavy leaves from three to 

 five inches long. The flowers are in compact clusters, and brownish - 

 red in color, and variegated in bud. It flowers freely all winter. 



Maculata. B. maculata, Eaddi. (B. argyrostigma, Fisch.), has erect, 

 branching stems, and broadly lanceolate, wavy leaves four to six inches 

 long, with the upper surface sometimes dotted with roundish white- 

 spots. The flowers are pale rose or white. Var. argyrostigma picta, 

 Hort., is a common form with very large, white spots on the leaves. 

 Introduced from Brazil about 1822. The plant is a strong grower, 

 but is considered by many "too leggy." 



Goegoensis. B. goegoensis, Brown, sometimes known as the Fire 

 King, has a short, thick rootstock, and roundish leaves, which have 

 their surfaces puckered green above and red beneath, with dark bronzy 

 blotches. The flowers are small and rose pink. It was introduced 

 from Gogoe, Sumatra, by Veitch & Sons, in 1882. This begonia 

 is very distinct and ornamental, and well worthy of a place in the 

 greenhouses. 



Daedalea. B. daedalea, Lemoine (B. strigillosa, Dietr.), has a 

 short, thick rootstock, reminding one of the Rex type. The leaves 

 are large and smooth, with toothed margins that are beset with long, 

 reddish hairs. The surface of the leaves is covered with a network 

 of russet brown. The flowers are white, tinged with pink. This is 

 a very handsome foliage plant not very widely known. A native of 

 Mexico. 



Stigmosa. B. stigmosa, Lindl., is very similar to B. daedalea in 

 habit and general appearance, but the coloring of the leaves differs 

 in the brown being in blotches instead of a network. 



Sanguinea. B. sanguinea, Raddi, is one of the most common be- 

 gonias in cultivation. It has smooth, thick, fleshy leaves which are 

 bright green above and blood crimson below. The flowers are small, 

 white, and insignificant. It was introduced from Rio de Janeiro in 

 1823 to the Berlin Botanical Gardens, and is a handsome foliage plant. 

 This species was crossed with B. metallica, producing B. Tnurstoni, 

 a hybrid with a smooth, shiny, rich purple, roundish leaves, which 

 are red on the under side and prominently veined. The flowers are 

 small, rosy white, on slender flower stems. 



Heracleifolia. B. It eraclei folia, Cham, and Schlecht, which was 

 introduced from Mexico by Otto, of Berlin, in 1830, is a very large- 

 growing species with palmate leaves six to twelve inches across. Tire 

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