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PLANT CULTURE 





Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 



ford Hall, a white flowering sort; Melior, large, delicate rose; Mrs. 

 J. A. Peterson, a superb deep pink sort with bronze foliage. B. 

 socolrana is a native of the hot, sandy island of Socotra and seems 

 to transmit to the hybrids the preference for a light soil and a high 

 temperature. 



Propagation. The varieties of this group may be propa- 

 gated by leaf cuttings or division. Soon after January first the 

 mature leaves are cut from the plants. The stems of the leaves are 

 shortened a little and placed in the propagating bench. The leaf 

 should not lie flat on the sand, otherwise the damping-off fungus will 



