Begonia 



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Begonia 



Principal Species and Hybrids : 



albo-coceinea, IV, Oct., 



Mch., so., wli. 

 aBCotiensiB, '2', Aug., wh. 

 ' 



wh. 



fuchsioides, 6', 



Feb., sc. 

 Froebelii incomparabilis, 



2', Jy., sc. 

 grarili.s, 2', My., Jy., 



pk. 



ll:l:l Italia, 4', Aug., 



Dec. , ro. 



Illinium, 1', Mch., sc. 

 Jy.," Aug., Pres. Carnot, 3', Jy., 



Oct.,sc. 

 Dec., sanguinea, 3', Je., wh. 



semperttorens, H', Jan., 



wh. or ro. 



socotrana, 1', Xov., ro. 

 weltoniensis, 1", Dec.,pk. 



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NEW SI'AKLET TUIIKUOUS BEGONIA 



Mit. W. G. VAI.KXTIXE. 



Other Species and Hybrids :- 



acorifolia, 3', Jy., wh. incaniata, 2', Aug., pk. 



knowsleyana, 2', Sep. 

 linclleyaiia, 3', Je., wh. 

 numirata, 3', Ap., pk. 

 natalensis, 2', J*ov., wb., 



ro. 



nitida, \\', Aug., pk. 

 jiiuta, }', Aug., pk. 



ii]itcra, 3', Jy., wh. 

 chmabarina, 2', Aug., or. 



8C. 



ooccinea, 3', Ap., sc. 

 evansiaiia, 3', Sep., flesh. 

 t, r 'Tanioides, I;'.', Sep., wli. 

 lnuikcriiuia, 2', Jy., pk. 

 iucana, 1', Ap., wh. 



(2) FIBROUS ROOTED. 



Description. Although thprc are many species 

 of liegonias with fibrous, as distin;;iiished from 

 tuberous, roots, yet from a purely horticultural 

 point of view t lie term "Fibrous Hooted " applies 

 more particularly to tlic now fairly large group of 

 varieties and hybrids of Begonia scmpnrflorcns. Tin- 

 I'lii-rnt of this group is a native of Brazil, whence 

 it was introduced as far back as 1X2!). It is per- 

 ennial, but may be successfully treated as an 

 annual, as may all its forms. Kach member of the 

 group grows about 1' in height, throwing up 

 numerous growths from (lie base, and making, 

 without any help in the way of pinching or train- 

 ing, pretty, shrubby plants that bloom profusely 



and continuously over a very long period. As 

 summer bedding plants the fibrous rooted Begonias 

 are useful, and, as they have the merit of being also 

 winter flowering, they may be potted up from the 

 open before frosts occur, to bloom all through the 

 dull months in an intermediate house. The variety 

 of B. semperflorens sent out by Vilmorin, of Paris, 

 under the name of rubra, and subsequently dis- 

 tributed in this country as Crimson Gem and 

 Vernon variety, is remarkably useful and beautiful, 

 because, in addition to its scarlet flowers, there is 

 the attraction of its leafage, this turning to a 

 brilliant crimson bronze soon after the plants are 

 bedded out in early June. One other member of 

 the group calls for special mention, as illustrating 

 what has been written elsewhere concerning im- 

 provement; this is semperflorens gigantea, raised by 

 M. Lemoine, of Nancy, a splendid subject fora warm 

 conservatory, where it will produce its rose or red 

 flowers continuously from early autumn to late 

 spring. Two species are combined in this plant, 

 namely, semperflorens and lynchiana, and with 

 first-rate results, the plant having all the best 



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NEW SCAUI.KT TUBEROUS BEGONIA 

 GENERAL BADEN-POWELL. 



qualities of the former with the added vigour and 

 larger proportions of the latter. In either its rich 

 carmine or rose coloured forms gigantea should be 

 cultivated as a pot plant. 



Propagation. It is sin easy matter to raise a 

 stock of this group from seed, but as those of 

 hybrid origin do not come quite true such must be. 

 |iro|iagalei| by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil 

 during spring or autumn, the former for preference ; 

 these root freely in a propagating house. Seed 



