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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, Center bronze-green, splashed 

 with minute irregular silver spots; then an 

 irregular band of silver with soft metallic 

 shadings fill the center of the leaf, extend- 

 ing to the front; and last, a band of light 

 green, and a bronze edge, both sprinkled 

 with silver. 50c. 



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 15c and 25c each, except 

 where noted; $1.50 and $2.00 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 artd 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. 



General Collection of Plants 



All of our plants except Ferns are raised 

 from stock grown in the open the year 

 round. 



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. 

 20c. 



Savitzii. The most beautiful foliage plant 

 among Abutilons. Leaves are all white, var- 

 iegated with green. Grows into bushy plants 

 that are striking and effective. 20c. 



Eclipse. A charming, trailing variety with 

 beautiful foliage, variegated green and yel- 

 low, and having pretty drooping yellow flow- 

 ers. 20c. The three for 50c. 



AGATHEA Coelestis. Blue Daisy. A 

 lovely perennial, bearing numerous sky 

 blue flowers always in bloom fine for 

 bedding and also for pot plants. 10c, 75c 

 doz. 



AGATHEA COELESTIS VARIEGATA. Same 

 but foliage variegated, golden and green. 

 25c. 



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 10 or 12 feet high. 15c. 



ALPINIA Nutans, Shell Lily. Sends up 

 arching stems clothed with delightfully 

 aromatic, rich green leaves, and terminat- 

 ed by racemes often 3 feet long, of bril- 

 liant, orchid-like flowers, each shaped like 

 an exquisite crinkled shell, and in color 

 yellow, orange and white, delicately com- 

 bined and strikingly contrasted. 25c each. 



ASPIDISTRA, Lurida. One of the most 

 satisfactory plants for house decoration; 

 the leaves start from the ground on long 

 slender stems, from 8 to 20 inches long, 

 and 4 to G inches in width, round at the 

 base and pointed at the ends; are thick 

 and leathery and a beautiful green. This 

 plant will grow anywhere in the house, 

 and needs very little care except to sponge 



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