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Marquis de Peralta. Edged by narrow 

 bands of silver of uniform width; this 

 borders a bright green zone mottled in 

 silver, which encloses the zone proper. 

 Broad silver band about a dark-rayed cen- 

 ter. 



Constance. Broad shining, silvery zone 

 encircling a dark olive center; ground 

 color deep green, bordered with a broad 

 bronze margin beautifully spotted with 

 silver. 



Rex. A splendid old variety with very 

 thick, large leaves. Ground color dark 

 rich bronze, shaded green, with a silver 

 center; a bright silver band. 



Queen Victoria. A beautiful light green 

 silvered leaf, crinkled like crepe. Small 

 bronze-green center, and delicately 

 marked with a bronze-green margin. 



Merville. Rather small leaves; center 

 bronze-green, splashe'd with minute ir- 

 regular silver spots; then an irregular 

 band of silver with soft metallic shadings 

 fills the center of the leaf, extending to 

 the front; and last, a band of light green. 

 and a bronze edge, both sprinkled with 

 silver. 15c. 25c. 50c each; $1.50, $2.50 to 

 $5 doz. 



Mrs. Shepherd's Rex Begonias. 



Tourmaline. A splendid sort, with very 

 large, broad leaves, rounded high on the 

 upper side, and blunt pointed; midribs 

 and veins, dark rich green, changing to 

 emerald-green; surface between veins 

 and midribs, bordered with shining silver 

 spots. The leaf has a beautiful satiny 

 bloom, and is lightly covered with long 

 pale-green hairs. Stems and young growth 

 bright red, and covered with long bright 

 red hairs. 



Silver Cloud. Medium sized leaves; 

 ground dark, rich green. The entire leaf 

 is blistered and clouded with silver and 

 dotted with silver spots on the bronze 

 edge. 25c to 50c. 



Rex Begonias do well bedded out in a 

 shaded location, in light soil, and plenty 

 of water at the roots. 



Begonias like a compost of loam, sand 

 and well rotted manure, in about equal 

 parts. They will stand any ordinary soil 

 outside, if not too stiff, but it is really 

 necessary that they should have plenty 

 of well rotted manure to lighten the soil 

 and give best results. 



We can supply begonias of all sizes, 

 up as high as $5, $10 and $20 for specimen 

 plants. These are especially useful for 

 courts, verandas and pergolas. 



Collections of begonias in 10, 25, 50 and 

 100 varieties. Special prices on applica- 

 tion. 



It is advisable for patrons at a dis- 

 tance to buy only the stronger and high- 

 er priced plants, thereby avoiding all 

 risk of losing their plants while in transit. 



Strong plants packed under our careful 

 supervision travel great distances with 

 perfect safety and invariably grow and 

 do well. The smaller sized plants can 

 be shipped shorter distances with safety. 



Large 

 Flowering Cannas 



For brilliant show in the garden, no 

 plants are more effective than cannas, 

 witb their tropical foliage and splendid 

 spikes of brilliant flowers in shades of 

 rich red. orange and yellow. They give a 

 mass of splendid color from April till 

 late autumn. The flowers are very large 

 and beautiful which makes them fine for 

 cutting and decoration. 



Betsy Ross. The most beautiful of 

 pink cannas. Of moderate height, com- 

 pact growth, it tnrows up fine trusses of 

 flowers a delicate shade of pink. 25c each. 



Evolution. Foliage dark rich shaded 

 bronze. Flowers large and very graceful; 

 color rich golden yellow, which shades 

 through dainty tints of canary, lemon 

 and sulphur yellow to a center of soft 

 blush pink. 25c each. 



Martha Washington. Rose pink with 

 splendid trusses, making a mass of color. 

 20c each. 



Luray. Shapely plant with fine foliage 

 and massive heads of bold bright rose 

 flowers. 25c. 



Lorraine. Charming combination of 

 colors, fine flowers of soft rose pink wide- 

 ly bordered with creamy white. 25c each. 



Dr. Nansen. A distinct and beautiful 

 variety of dwarf habit, that bears large 

 trusses of graceful pale yellow flowers. 

 20c each. 



Cherokee. Dark maroon. Petals are 

 two inches broad. 25c each. 



Queen of Holland. Pure deep orange 

 flower, large and fine form, which makes 

 a fine contrast with its handsomest shad- 

 ed bronze foliage. 20c. 



Golden Beauty. Rich bright golden- 

 yellow, with a few faint spots :n the cen- 

 ter of the flowers. Splendid spikes of 

 bloom. Grows two feet high. 20c each. 



Black Prince.. Dark velvety crimson- 

 maroon. Fine large trusses and flowers: 

 great bloomer. 15c each. 



Queen Charlotte. Large scarlet flow- 

 ers, deeplv margined with gold. 10c to 

 25c. 



Florentine. Very large flowers fre- 

 quently semi-double: an intense rich 

 crimson color. 10c to 25c. 



Madame Ailemagny. One of the best 

 yellows with short broad petals of fine 

 orange-yellow, spotted dark red. 15c to 

 25c each. 



