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leaves, reddish underneath, and large clusters of flowers of a pinkish 

 coloring; on long stems it will live for years in a window. Otto 

 Hacker is another fine house plant with great clusters of coral-red 

 flowers and fine, shiny green foliage. CoralUna de Lucerne has spotted 

 leaves and light red flowers; Saundersoni, deep green leaves and 

 drooping clusters of reddish flowers. Haageana is a fine old sort with 

 rosy pink flowers; President Carnot has brownish leaves and bright 

 carmine flowers; rubra has red flowers and is a strong grower; 

 nitata has Ught pink flowers and is very good; ricinsefoHa has 

 beautifully cut fohage and pink flowers; and argentea guttata, 

 bronze fohage and silver spotted and creamy white flowers. We 

 could keep right on mentioning others of the many good sorts. 

 They will root easily with a little bottom heat, are not particular 

 as to soil, and, especially with the out-of-town florist, should prove 

 a paying crop to grow. These Begonias don't need to be sold in 

 a week or month; they stay good aU through the year. At one time 

 they were among the most desirable of flowering pot plants and they 

 will come back, not so much perhaps in the large cities where the 

 average customer doesn't care much how long a plant lasts, or where 

 people don't take the time to care for them, but in the country. 

 Here things are different, and there are plenty who take the greatest 

 pleasure in seeing a plant keep on doing well after they get it to their 

 homes. It is here that these Begonias belong. 



Fig. 109.— Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. Although smaller flowering, less 

 showy and more delicate than Cincinnati, this is, nevertheless, an excellent variety. 

 INote the graceful habit of this particular plant which was grown without staking 



