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produced a number of excellent hybrids and varieties. The most re- 

 markable is Marjorie Daw, a cross between B. rulra and B. glaucophylla 

 scandens. Mrs. Shepherd writes of it as follows : "One of my new be- 

 gonias Marjorie Daw is a climber. I think it is the most rapid and 

 vigorous growing begonia in existence. Some of the shoots are over 20 

 feet in length. It is planted in a large box in the ground in the east end 

 of my 'largest greenhouse. The branches spread out like a great fan, 

 covering the entire end of the house, and run 4 or 5 feet under the glass 

 roof. In November last it had 150 clusters of buds and blossoms. It 

 grows so fast that it is continually getting in its own light, necessitating 

 merciless pruning 3 or 4 times each year. I cut away last week three 

 large armfuls of branches, from 10 inches to 2 feet in length, sufficient 

 to make four or five hundred cuttings, all cuttings having 4 to 6 joints. 

 I have a great many plants now growing outside, that are growing even 

 more rapidly than the one in the greenhouse. I think within three 

 years, with proper care, a strong plant would grow to reach the second- 

 story window of a house, and have hundreds of beautiful blossoms. It 

 throws numerous shoots from the roots, which branch out in all direc- 

 tions, making very spreading plants. I think it will be very popular 

 here for cut flowers, as it can be cut with branches. I am very proud of 

 this lovely begonia." 



Nevada State University, 



Agricultural Experiment Station. 



