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whilst the surface is more uneven and of a light green colour ; 

 the flowers are large, borne upon upright scape?, and of a 

 rich rosy red. 



B. Rose d' Amour. — Habit dwarf and compact; flowers 

 bright rose colour ; distinct and fine. 



B. sahnonea plena. — Very distinct fiowerp, clear salmon 

 rose. 



B. Sedenii. — In this plant we have one of the most profuse 

 and continuous bloomers we ever grew ; it is ,of compact 

 habit, with bright dark green leaves, the flowers are large, 

 and bright magenta in colour. It is a tuberous-rooted plant 

 that looses its leaves, and lies dormant during a portion cf 

 the year. A garden hybrid. 



B. Stella. — One of the best of the dark-coloured varieties ; 

 flowers rich carmine purple. 



B. Sutherlandii. — A very pretty tuberous-rooted kind, 

 growing from one to two feet high, with the slender stems 

 and branches of a deep red, and the leaves, about six 

 inches long, obliquely ovate-lanceolate in shape, lobed and 

 serrate at the margins, bright green on the upper surface, 

 and paler, veined with red below ; the flowers are of mode- 

 rate size, of a coppery red in colour, freely produced in 

 spring and early summer. Native of Natal, at a considerable 

 elevation. 



B. Trocadcro. — Very large flowers of good form and sub- 

 stance, bright vermilion. 



B. Veitchii. — This is one of the finest species of Begonia in 

 cultivation. The roots are tuberous, and the plant might 

 almost be called stemless, so little is that part developed ; the 

 leaves stand upon short footstalks, and are nearly round, or 

 ovate-cordate, about five inches in diameter, thick in texture, 

 and of a rich dark green colour, the margins being red ; the 

 flower scapes are eight inches or more in height, and bear 



