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bright green, dotted with silver; edge 
bronze beautifully waved. The entire leaf 
blotched and spotted with shining silver, 
which gives it a rich metallic lustre. Leaves 
are pointed and prettily lobed. 15c and 25c. 
Marquis de Peralta. Edged by narrow 
bands of silver of uniform size; this bord- 
ers a bright green zone mottled in silver, 
which encloses the zone proper. Broad sil- 
ver band about a dark-rayed center. 
Merville. Rather small leaves; center 
bronze-green, splashed with minute irregu- 
lar silver spots; then an irregular band of 
silver with soft metallic shadings fill the 
center of the leaf, extending to the front; 
and last, a band of light green, and a bronze 
edge, both sprinkled with silver. 25c. 
Mme. De Boucq. Entire leaf of soft rosy- 
mauve color, with high, silky lustre, and oc- 
casional touches of silver. 
Queen of Hanover. Beautiful. Leaves 
like velvet or plush; center dark green with 
broad silver band and a margin of dark 
green; the entire leaf is covered with fine 
hairs, bright red in the early stages of 
growth, changing to green with age. 
Queen Victoria. A beautiful light green 
silvered leaf, crinkled like crepe. Small 
bronze-green center and delicately marked 
with a bronze-green margin. 
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. 
Roy Ford Major.. Vivid green, edge and 
center deeply banded with silver. 
Stella. A beautiful new, quadri- colored 
Rex, with broad, shining silver zone that is 
veined and marked with bright, metallic 
bronze and violet shadings. The zone is 
banded with deep green, and the whole dis- 
tinctly bordered with reddish bronze. One 
of the most attractive and beautiful of the 
Rex family. 
Walter Reid. Beautifully banded with sil- 
ver and dark green, stems and leaves thick- 
ly covered with bright red hairs. 25c. 
Rex Begonias 15 and 25c each except 
where noted; $1.50 and $2 per 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 mid-ribs, 
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. 25c. 
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. 
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 to give best re- 
sults. 
We can supply begonias of all sizes, up as 
high as $5, $10 and $20 for specimen plants. 
These are especially useful for courts ver- 
andas and pergolas. 
Collections of begonias in 10, 25, 50 and 
100 varieties. Special price on application. 
It is advisable for patrons at a distance 
to buy only the stronger and higher priced 
plants, thereby avoiding all risk of losing 
their plants while in transit. 
Strong plants packed under our careful 
supervision travel great distances with per- 
fect safety and invariably grow and do well. 
The smaller sized plants can be shipped 
shorter distances with safety. 
General Collection of Plants 
All of our plants except Ferns are raised 
from stock grown in the open the year 
round. 
AGATHEA Coelestis. Blue Daisy. A 
lovely perennial, bearing numerous’ sky 
blue flowers always in bloom, fine for 
bedding and also for pot plants. 10c, 75ce 
doz. 
AGATHEA COELESTIS VARIEGATA. A 
beautiful, golden and green  foliaged 
daisy with sky blue flowers; 25c. 
ABELIA RUPESTRIS. A most useful ever- 
green shrub for hedge or grounds. Blooms 
in early winter and is covered with 
showers of tubular lavender flowers set 
in bronze bracts which last for a long time 
after the flowers have bloomed. 20c each. 
ABUTILONS, Enfanta Eulalie. A beautiful 
pink variety with large, flaring flowers. 
10e. 
Savitzii. The most beautiful foliage plant 
among Abutilons. Leaves are all white, var- 
iegated with green. Grown into bushy plants 
that are striking and effective. 10c. 
Eclipse. A charming, trailing. variety with 
beautiful foliage, variegated green and yel- 
low, and having pretty drooping flowers. 10c. 
ALOYSIA Citriodora or Lemon Verbena. A 
popular old shrub with fragrant leaves 
which retain their odor when dried, for 
many years. It is a pot plant in the east, 
but in California grows to be a large 
Shrub lOmor: 2nett. hich: Whe: 
ASPIDISTRA, Lurida. © One of the most 
satisfactory plants for house decoration: 
the leaves start from the ground on long 
slender stems, from 4 to 6 inches’ in 
length, and 8 to 20 inches long, and 4 to 
6 inches in width, round at the base and 
pointed at the ends; are thick and leath- 
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