20 MES. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHEED'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



" 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. 25 and 50 cts. 



DAPHNE. More dwarf in habit than the others, and grows in a bushy form. The 

 leaves are red underneath and a light 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 charming variety. 50 cts. 



" 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 changeable 

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

 underneath, changeable 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. 



FLAMMxiRION. 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 

 flowers. It is of robust growth and is selected at once as one of the handsomest 

 of these new varieties. 35 cts. each. 



IANTHE. Of very strong habit, with handsome, large foliage, the leaves with four 

 points, rich olive-green, surface of leaves like changeable silk, underside flushed 

 and veined dark red. Very rich, shining, waxen, deep red flowers. Always in 

 bloom and very striking. 35 to 50 cts. 



ERNANI. A tall stately plant, of magnificent habit, with splendid foliage. An old 

 well established plant will throw up canes to the height of eight feet, and form 

 an imposing sight, with its splendid leaves and grand panicles of elgant flowers 

 hanging from long stems. The foliage is beautiful at all times, the young- 

 growth being very bright, in striking contrast with the older growth. "35 to 

 50 cts. 



" HER ROYAL HIGHNESS." This begonia is of more branching habit than the 

 other varieties. The large handsome foliage with its lustrous geeen leaves lined 

 -with red, is very beautiful; but when the graceful panicles of waxen pink flowers 

 hang beneath, it is one of the sweetest and prettiest of the galaxy. 50 cts. each. 



"FAIR ROSAMOND." A splendid, stately begonia, that sends up strong canes 

 to the height of 6 or 8 feet. The leaves are a lustrous, changeable bronzy green 

 above, and a rich wine color underneath. They measure 15 inches in length by 714 iu 

 width and are oblong in shape, running to one long point, with three smaller 

 points on the upper side. The young- foliage is a bright red, sometimes spotted 

 with silver. The magnficent panicles of exquisite waxen flowers hang from long 

 stems and are of a deep rose-red color, shaded lighter rose. The pistillate flow- 

 ers measure 2% inches in length. Small plants 25, 35 and 50 cts. each. 



t@f° I have a number of others of the same type and just as beautiful, which I 

 do not offer in catalogue, at 25 cts. each, for good strong plants. In ordering, 

 please make a second or third choice, as I may be out of some varieties. 



Read what a friend writes of Begonia Ernani and Fair Rosamond. 



Santa Barbara. Cal., Oct. 24, 1897. 



"Dear Friend :— I must tell you what a delight our 'Ernani' Begonia has been to us. 

 Two years ago it was only a rooted cuttina: two or three inches high, and now there are two 

 tallshoots about six feet high, and several others arecoming. Many of the leaves, which are 

 of a lovely satiny texture and changeable green in color, are eleven inches long, and wide in 

 proportion. The clusters of flowers are immense, forty and fifty, large, very large florets in 

 each cluster, of a pale rose color. The effect is perfectly lovely when it is in full bloom. Just 

 now there are five of these clusters coming, so you can imagiae what a tre»-t we are anticipa- 

 ting. The plant is seldom entirely out of bloom. 



"The 'Fair Rosamond' has been quite as much of a pleasure as the ' Ernani,' and is 

 very beautiful as a companion to the latter, with its rich dark foliage and blossoms. Indeed 

 the'foliage is so lovely that it hardly needs the blossoms to make it a ' thing of beauty,' and 

 the blossoms by themselves would be enough." * * * 



Yours sincerely, 



Theodosia AVoops. 



NEW BEGONIA "MAIM OKIE DAW." 

 Rubra by Glaucophylla Scandens: 

 A most valuable new seedling, which I offer for the first time. It resembles both 

 parents, having rubra's strong growth with climbing' habit of glaucophylla scan- 



