20 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



and the brilliant colors with which they are, at various times, tinged or illuminated; 

 they change in the different stages of growth. The shades of color are bronzy red, 

 terra cotta, old rose, delicate pink, wine color, copper, yellow feathered green, and 

 other Mendings indescribable. The underside of the leaves is a rich wine color, claret, 

 terra cotta, and in some varieties they are charmingly flushed zvith these lovely colors. 

 Though giants in size there is not the least suggestion of coarseness about them. The 

 leaves measure frequently 15 inches in length, by ~]/ 2 across. The young foliage is 

 often spotted with silver. Owing to the great demand for these Begonias my stock 

 is still very limited and I cannot deliver plants until the first of April, but will book 

 orders and send plants when ready. 



BEGONIA. Enchantress. This charming variety has very large, shining, dark 

 green leaves with dark red edge, very delicately waved, underneath they are rich 

 shining wine color; the young foliage is a coppery green shaded with terra cotta, 

 the foliage when old is also brilliant; it has immense clusters of very large flowers 

 of a beautiful, rich rose color, shaded red. $1.00 each. 



Beauty. This variety has very large, dark leaves, having four points; the text- 

 ure is exquisite, like changable silk, and waved at edges; the young foliage is old 

 pink, veined green, changing to darker colors. A grand variety. $1.00 each. 



Atala. Large leaves with three rather blunt points, dotted with large and small 

 silver spots; mulberry red underneath; young foliage a dark, bronzy red. Flow- 

 ers bright pink. A splendid grower. $1.00 each. 



Brilliant. Very long leaves with three sharp points; intense bright red under- 

 neath; young foliage is illuminated with a bronzy copper, veined and feathered 

 green, changing to brighter color. Splendid panicles of flowers of deep coral 

 red. $1.00 each. 



"Autumn Leaf". The foliage of this variety, which is smaller than the others, 

 is flushed underneath and veined with red; the young foliage is old pink, shaded 

 darker and veined with green; the flowers are very large and of a beautiful deep 

 pink. A very satisfactory variety. 35 and 50 cts. 



Daphne. This lovely Begonia is more dwarf in habit than the others, and grows 

 in a bushy form. The leaves are red underneath, and alight satiny green above, 

 oblong, with one long point and lightly pointed above the lobe. The young 

 foliage is a golden copper color veined with green. It is a splendid bloomer 

 being completely covered with panicles of shaded lovely pink flowers. A charm- 

 ing variety. $1.50 each. 



Jupiter. It is impossible to accurately describe the beaut}- of this grand plant. 

 Some of the leaves are dark terracotta, red underneath, some lighter, others old 

 pink. The oblong leaves are delicately waved on the edges, varying in shades 

 and colors, being sometimes soft pink with silver spots or dark bronzy red, out- 

 lined with bronzy green; while others have a blending of yellowish pink and 

 crimson, veined and feathered dark green and yellowish green. The immense 

 panicles of deep pink f lowers have a peculiarly crepe-like look, very ef- 

 fective. $1.00 each. 



"Heart's Delight". This lovely Begonia will delight the heart of any lover 

 of these flowers. It does not grow as tall as the others, but has satiny change- 

 able green leaves, with three points, edges delicately fluted and edged with dark 

 red, underneath changable reddish-green veined red. The flowers are a pure 

 coral-red, the pistillate flowers two inches long, and two inches from tip to tip 

 across the petals. 25 cts each. 



Flammarion. A very rich looking plant, with the darkest foliage of any. The 

 leaves are a deep green, mulberry-red underneath, the leaf stem also very dark. 

 The deep crimson flowers are in large panicles, and the plant is never without 



