THE BEGONIA. 



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, ^ IT B E R U S begonias have 

 »|k 7 Leen disconrsod upon in our 

 several series^ and the plant 

 l)efore us gives occasion for 

 a hrief essay on the species 

 which belong more espe- 

 cialljr to the stove, and are, 

 with very few exceptions, of 

 no use whatever for the de- 

 coration of the open garden. 

 By the term " stove " may 

 be understood, in this con- 

 nection, the tropical plant- 

 house and the warm green- 

 house, and it is advisable 

 to set out with the AA'ortl 

 " stove " to impress upon 

 the reader the fact that 

 these begonias love warmth 

 and moisture^ and the treatment that suits many green- 

 house plants will only firing disappointment if applied 

 to them. It is a fact, however, of some importance that 

 many of the tender licgonias may be grown in an ordinary 

 greenlnjusc by an expert in plant culture. A common 



