Ventura-by-the-Sea, California. 



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of 8 feet, and form an imposing - sight, with its splendid leaves and grand 

 panicles of elegant 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. 



Her Royal Highness. This begonia is of more branching habit 

 than the other varieties. The large handsome foliage with its lustrous 

 green leaves lined with red, is very beautiful, but when the graceful pan- 

 icles of waxen pink flowers hang beneath, it is one of the sweetest and 

 prettiest of the galaxy. 



Begonia — "Fair Rosamond." 



Fair R_osa.mond. A splendid, stately begonia, that sends up 

 strong canes to the height of 6 or 8 feet. The leaves are a lustrous, 

 changeable bronze-green above and a rich wine color underneath. They 

 measure 15 inches in length by 1 X A. inches in width and are oblong in shape, 



