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| TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 
“The Magic Begonia.” 
A rare treat awaits those who are to see tuberous begonias in all their 
beauty for the first time, for one who has never seen them cannot imagine even 
from a description half of their Joveliness. We have always admired them 
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immensely, but this last season we had a large collection of the various types 
in flower, and were completely captivated by them. So soon do they come 
into bloom after the rough brown tubers are planted, that it seems almost 
like magic. When planting time comes, which is in March or April, the 
dainty pink shoots peep through the tubers which means ‘‘we are coming.’’ 
