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Verschafeldti. A most beautiful plant with numerous large, shining 
green leaves crowned by airy panicles of long stemmed soft pink flowers, so 
numerous as to give a lovely cloud-like effect. A winter bloomer. 25c to 
50c each. 
New Double Flowered Begonias. 
A most beautiful new type of Begonia of the semper-florens class, of 
strong, robust habit, and bearing from every branch clusters of charming 
double flowers, like minature roses. They are equally free for bedding as 
the single varieties ; standing the sun well. 
Triumph de Lorraine. A _ profuse bloomer, flowers quite double 
with prettily lacinated petals; color of buds bright scarlet, changing to rosy 
carmine when opened. Stamens bright yellow, making a fine contrast with 
the red flowers. Rich dark foliage like Vernon. 15c to 50c. 
Boule de Niege. Light green waxen foliage, and clusters of charming 
flowers like little white roses. <A perfect beauty. 15c to 50c. 
Double “Bijou.”” A dainty double coral, red variety, that grow 
about 6 or 8 inches high. 10c¢ to 25ce. 
Double “Pink Vernon” and Double “White Vernon.” Charm- 
ing new sorts with very pretty airy double flowers, pink and white; not of as 
robust growth as ‘‘Triumph de Lorraine’’ and ‘‘Boule de Neige,’’ 15c¢ each, 
the two 25c. 
Small Leaved Varieties of Spreading Habit. 
Perpetual Bloomers. 
Hydrida Multiflora. An old but always beautiful plant, with small 
oval shaped leaves, and showers of dainty drooping clusters of pink flowers. 
It grows very tall outside in California. and is invaluable in a collection. 
“Fuchoides Coccinea.” Of the same general habit, but with larger 
leaves and bright scarlet drooping fuchsia like flowers. 
“Foliosa.”’ Like the two above, but with smaller leaves that are daint- 
ily crinkled at the edges. It is always covered with pretty little white flow- 
ers Shaded pink. 
*“Robusta.” A very bushy, spreading graceful plant, with glossy foli- 
age, and producing quantities of graceful deep pink flowers. 
Degswelliana. Resembles the above, but with larger leaves, that are 
covered with minute hairs, and prettily crinkled at the edges. Flowers are 
white inside, with bright pink ovaries; outside of petals shaded pink. 
Chas. Roocker. A very fine graceful plant with rather small shining 
leaves, and bearing numerous graceful, drooping clusters of bright scarlet 
flowers, always in bloom; very showy. 
Abundance. The counterpart of the above; except that the flowers 
are a lovely soft rose color. 
Sandersoni. Of one same class as the above, but growing only 18 
inches high; always in bloom. Called the ‘‘Coral Begonia”’ from its brilliant 
deep red flowers. The above varieties 10c to 25c each ; $1.00 to $2.50 per doz. 
