BEGONIA 



Liormet and Metallica, all forming beautiful specimens 

 of foliage. Of the flowering sorts, two of the most 

 ■widely cultivated are the old favorites, Rubra and Wel- 

 toniensis. Vernon and Erfordii are veritable weeds for 

 growth, and are covered with bloom. Paul Bruant is 

 one of the freest bloomers of the group, the plant being 

 covered with fls., whDe the Ivs. are large, dark, pointed 

 and shining. Gloire de Lorraine is the most wonderful 

 of recent Begonias, a well grown plant being a sight 

 never to be forgotten. The fls. are large, bright pink, 

 and borne in wonderful profusion. It is semi-tuberous 

 in character, and requires a season of rest each year. 

 The Semperflorens gigantea class is a very useful one, 

 and many improved varieties now add value to it. 

 Among them are La France, Elegantissima alba, Goliath, 

 Mastodonte and Obelisque. The Shrubby section thrives 

 in much the same soil as Rex, or a trifle heavier, re- 

 quiring less heat and moisture. Cuttings can be struck 

 as easily as those of the geranium. g q Hill 



Index to the Begonias here described : Abel Carri^re, 

 No. 104 ; Abundance, 39 ; A. Dallifere, 105; Admiration, 

 99aa; Adonis, 74; Adrienne Schmidt, 105; albaflmbriata, 

 99aa; Albatross, 20 ; albo-coccinea, 19 ; albo-picta, 15 ; 

 Alice Manning, 99aa ; athteiflora, 99aa ; Ameliae, 40 ; 

 angularis, 41 ; argenteo-guttata, 38; argyrosiigma, 28 ; 

 Ascotiensis, 42 ; atropurpurea compacta, 20 ; Autumn 

 Rose, 76 ; aucuhcefolia, 12 ; Baron A. Vriere, 104 ; Bau- 

 mannii, 86 ; Bertha de Chateaurocher, 43 ; Bertha Mac- 

 Gregor, 108 ; Bexley White, 99aa ; bieolor, 87 ; Bijou, 

 76; Bijou deGand, 44; Bismaroki, 45; Bolivieusis, 81; 

 Bruanti, 47, sub 3 ; Caffra, 24 ; Cannell's Gem, 99aa ; 

 caroliniaefolia, 46 ; Carrifere, 47; Charles Baltet, 99aa ; 

 Chelsoni, 83; cinnabarina, 89; Clarkei, 84; Clementinae, 

 105; coccinea, 29; Comte de Limminghejli; corallina, 

 29 ; Corbeille de Feu, 48 ; coronata, 26 ; Count Erdody, 

 108; Countess Louise Erdody, 107; Countess of Craven, 

 99aa; Credneri, sub 3 ; Crimson Gem, 20 ; crinita, 90 ; 

 cyclophylla, 91 ; dsedalea, 32 ; Dandy, 99aa; Davisii, 

 77 ; Dewdrop, 47; Diadem, 20 ; diadema, 49 ; digitata, 

 50; Digwelliana, 66; discolor, 85; diversifolia, 87; 

 Domini, 107; Dr. Masters, 99aa ; Dr. Nachtigal, 23 ; 

 Dregei, 24 ; Duchartrei, 2 ; Duchesse de Brabant, 108 ; 

 Duchess of Edinburgh, 20; Duchess of York,20; Duchess 

 of Leinster, 99aa; Duke of York, 99aa; Duke Zeppelin, 

 99aa ; D. Wettstein, 105 ; echinosepala, 51 ; Edward B. 

 Kennedy, 104 ; Ed. Fynaert, 104 ; elegantissima, 20 ; 

 elliptica, 16 ; Erdody, 107, 108 ; Erfordii, 52 ; Evansi- 

 ana, 83 ; Fairy Queen, 20 ; Peastii,53; Flamingo, 99aa; 

 F. E. Laing, 99a ; foliosa, 14 ; Proebeli, 78 ; Proebeli 

 vernalis, 78 ; fuehsioides, 13 ; geranifolia, 92 ; gera- 

 nioides, 80 ; Gilsoni, 54 ; glaucophylla, 18 ; Gloire de 

 Lorraine, 75; Gloire de Soeaux, 76; Glory of Stanstead, 

 99aa ; Goegoensis, 30 ; Goliath, 20 ; gracilis, 87 ; gra- 

 cilis, var. Martiana, 87 ; G-raJiamiana, 19 ; grandiflora, 

 94 ; grandis, 85, 107 ; Grifhthi, 100 ; gunnerffifolia, 9 ; 

 Haageana, 3 ; ffasskarli, 5 ; Hecla, 99aa ; Henri Dor- 

 neck, 105; Henri Vilmorin, 104; Henshaw Russell, 99aa; 

 heracleifolia, 33 ; hemandice folia, 63 ; hybrida multi- 

 flora, 55 ; hydroootylifolia, 8 ; Illustration, 20 ; imperi- 

 alis, 4 ; imperialis, var. smaragdiua, 4 ; inearnata, 12 ; 

 Ingrami, 56 ; insignis, 12 ; John Heal, 74 ; Julia, 74 ; 

 Knowlsleyana, 57 ; Kunthiana, 58 ; laoiniata, 101 ; Lady 

 Balfour of Burleigh, 99aa; Lady Grinthorpe, 99aa ; La 

 France, 20 ; leopardinus, 107; Leopoldi, 107; Lesoudii, 

 105; Lin^e, 105; Lothair, 99aa; Louise Closson, 108; 

 Louise Chretien, 108 ; Lubbersi, 59; Lucaniae, 60; Lucy 

 Closson, 108; lucida, 16; Lyncheana, 61; maculata, 

 28 ; maculata, var. corallina, 29 ; Mad. d'Lamagny, 105; 

 Madame deLesseps, 62 ; Mad. Trey ve, 104; Mad.Funck, 



104 ; Mad. P. Alegatifere, 104 ; Mad. Georges Bruant, 



105 ; Mad. Chas. Weber, 104 ; Mad. G. Van Meerbeeke, 

 104 ; Mad. Jos. Moens, 104 ; Mad. Luizet, 104 ; Mad. 

 Isabella Bellon, 105 ; Mad. D. Wettstein, 105 ; Mad. 

 Wagnet, 107 ; manioata, 17; manicata, var. aureo-macu- 

 lata, 17 ; Margarita, 6 ; Marquis de Peralta, 108 ; Mar- 

 tiana, 12; Mastodon, 20; Margarita, 99aa; Matilda, 108; 

 M. Crousse, 105 ; metallica, 10 ; minor, 23 ; Miranda, 

 107 ; Miss Edith Wynne, 99aa ; Miss Falconer, 99aa ; 

 Miss A. de Rothschild, 99aa ; Moonlight, 99aa ; Mrs. 

 Brassey, 99aa ; Mrs. J. Thorpe, 99aa ; Mrs. Regnart, 

 99a A ; Natalensis, 93 ; nelumbiifolia, 63 ; nigricans, 68; 

 nitida, 23 ; nitida, var. odorata alba, 23 ; Obelisque, 20; 



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ohliqua, 23 ; Octavie, 99aa ; octopetala, 94 ; Olbia, 36 

 Otto Porster, 107; Packe, 99aa; palmata, 50 ; Papillon 

 105; parvifolia,2,i\ Paul Bruant, 64 ; Pearcei, 88 ; pel 

 tata, 5 ; phyllomaniaca, 22 ; Picotee, 99aa ; picta, 100 

 Pictavensis, sub 3; platanifolia, 9; polypetala, 95; Pres 

 Belle, 104 ; Pres. Carnot, 65 ; Pres. de Boureuilles, 68 

 Pres. de la Devansaye, 104 ; Prince Troubetzkoi, 107 ; 

 Princess May, 99aa ; Queen of Whites, 99aa ; Reading 

 Snowflake, 20; Rex, 103; Rexxdiadema hybrids, 103 

 Rexxdisoolor hybrids, 103 ; rioinifolia, 11 ; SoezUi,61 

 rosaeflora, 79; Rosy Morn, 99aa ; rubella, 34; rtibra, 29 

 rubricaulis, 96 ; Sandersoui, 66 ; sanguinea, 31 ; Sauli 

 53a ; scandens, 16 ; Scarlet Gem, 99aa ; sceptra, 49 

 Scharffi,3; Scharffiana, 1 ; Schuiidti, 7 ; Schmidtiana, 

 7 ; Sedeni, 97 ; Sellowii, 20 ; seraperflcxrens, 20 ; sem- 

 perflorens gigantea rosea, 21 ; Sieberiana, 21 ; Sir Jo- 

 seph Hooker, 104 ; Socotrana, 72 ; Souv. de Mad. 

 la Baronne de Bleiohroder, 104 ; Sovereign, 99aa ; spe- 

 ciosa, 23 ; speoulata, 35 ; Stanstead Surprise, 99aa ; 

 stigmosa, 67 ; sirigillosa, 32 ; subpeltata nigricans, 68 ; 

 Sunderbruchi,69; Sutherlandi,98; tenera,99; Teuscheri, 

 37 ; Theodore Schmidt, 105; Thurstoni, 70; Thwaitesii, 

 99 ; Torrey Laing, 99aa ; Triomphe, 99aa ; Triomphe 

 de Lemoine, 73 ; Triomphe de Nancy, 73 ; Veitchi, 82 ; 

 Vernon, 20; l'erschaffeUi,2~; Verschaffeltiana, 27; Ve- 

 suvius, 99aa ; Washingtoniana, 9 ; Weltoniensis, 25 ; 

 Wettsteinii, 71 ; Wilhelm Pfitzer, 105 ; Winter Gem, 74; 

 xanthina, 102 ; zebrina, 41. 



I. Fibrous-rooted or Winter-flowering. 



A. lAfS. hairy, velvety, or downy on the upper surface. 



B. Shape of Ivs. obliquely ovafe-acutninate, orbicular- 



acuminate, or peltate, 



u. Size of Ivs. large, more than S in. wide. 



D. I^ls. ivith red hairs on under surface of petals, large. 



1. ScharfHS,na, Regel. Pig. 206. A robust herbaceous 

 perennial, 1% ft. high : Ivs. large, thick, fleshy, hairy, 

 olive-green above, crimson below : stipules very large 

 and prominent : fls. waxy white. Braz.— This Begonia 

 requires warmth and care to succeed well. When well- 

 grown, it is an excellent bracket plant. 



2. Duch4rtrei,Hort., hybriiiB.echinosepalaxScharf- 

 fidna) : st. 2-3 ft. high, branched profusely, hairy, pur- 

 ple: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate acuminate, green above, hairy, 

 red below: fls. large, waxy white, a few red hairs on the 

 under surface of petals. — Int. by Bruant in 1892. 



3. Haageana, Watson f5. Sc/irfrffi, Hook.). Fig. 207. 

 Tall-shrubby, whole plant hairy : Ivs. ovate-cordate, 

 acuminate, wavy, red-nerved above: fls. rose-pink, with 

 a cyme 8-12 in. in diam., males with 2 round and 2 nar- 

 row petals, females with 5 equal petals, Brazil. G.C. 



