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Beautiful Begonias. 
Our Greatest Specialty. 
Begonias are the most facinating plants, and our favorites above all 
others. The wonderful diversity of flowers and foliage, their beauty, 
grace and loveliness, their great adaptibility and the ease with which 
they can be grown makes them invaluable for the conservatory, the house 
and the flower garden. Anyone can grow them who knows anything - : 
about the care of plants. We offer the finest collection in the country and 
are prepared to furnish plants in large quantities, and all sizes from the 
smallest size to large specimen plants. 
Marjorie Daw. 
The original ‘‘Marjorie Daw” of Aldrich’s charming story was only a 
beautiful dream girl, but our Majorie Daw is a living reality, a dream 
come true; not a happy accident made welcome, but a creation; demanded, 
planned for and developed. Her mother is a well known beauty; a bril- 
liant brunette, almost everywhere loved and prized. Her father is an 
aristocrat; exclusive, yet immensely admired by those who haye the honor 
of his acquaintance; a handsome blonde, cultured and refined, but lacking 
energy. ‘Che match was a happy one, and when Marjorie Daw came there 
was great rejoicing. She grew at first with little promise of the glorious 
beauty developed as she reached mature years. Surrounded by charming 
associations, no pains were spared in her culture. Companions were 
chosen with special reference to her care and development; it was seen 
that some day she would becomea celebrity. Ambitious, generous, ex- 
quisitely graceful, She was born fora career. "To see her was to admire 
and love her. She is tall and stately like her mother, but far more beauti- 
ful; a pure blonde with exquisite coloring and flower-like eyes. Dressed 
always in shades of green, with combinations of pink, white and light red 
she is a beauty. She has already visited many parts of California and 
the east, has journed to England, New Zealand, Australia and the Sand- 
wich Islands, and is destined to travel through all the world. Who is this 
lovely creature and where is her home? Why have not the reporters 
sought her out; and the newspapers raved of her beauty? Because Mar- 
jory Daw is only a flower, but nevertheless she is a queen; the “Queen of 
all Begonias” at ‘‘Ventura-by-the-Sea.’’ 
MRS. T. B. SHEPHERD, 
‘‘Land of Sunshine.’’ February, 1901. 
