4> Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's Annual Catalogue 



Lesoudsii. One of the most beautiful of all the Rex Begonias. The 

 center of the leaf is a dark bronzy-green, outlining the midribs: ground, 

 light yellow-green: border, rich bright green, dotted with silver: edge, 

 bronze beautifully craved. The entire leaf is blotched and spotted with 

 shining silver, which gives it a rich metallic luster. Leaves are pointed 

 and prettily lobed. Flowers quite large and a lovely shade of pink. 



Mine. J. Menoreau. This is intermediate between the Rex and up- 

 right flowers. Is very easily grown: numerous small leaves: center, emerald 

 green along the mid-ribs: the entire leaf light green, finely flecked with 

 silver. 



Q\ieen. of Hanover. A rarely beautiful variety: leaves like velvet 

 or plush: center, dark green with a broad silver band and a margin of dark 

 green: the entire leaf is covered with fine hairs, bright red in in early 

 stages of growth, changing to green with age. 



Stella.. A beautiful, new. quadri-colored Rex. with very broad: shin- 

 ing, silver zone that is veined and marked with bright, metallic bronze and 

 violet shadings. The zone is banded with deep green, and the whole dis- 

 tinctly bordered with reddish bronze. One of the most attractive and 

 beautiful of the Rex family. 



Clementina.. Beautifully lobed leaves: upper surface beautiful 

 bronze ornamented with large silvery spots: underside bronzy-red. which 

 produces a beautiful effect. 



Perie H\imefeldt. This is a fine discolor Rex. The leaf is sharply 

 pointed, and shows an exquisite combination of silver, and of bright silver 

 and of bright silvery-green and deep maroon, for arrangement of colors. 



Marquis de Peralta. One of the freest flowering of the Rex Be- 

 gonias. Throws out great clusters of leaves, which are exquisitely beau- 

 tiful. Edged by narrow band of silver of uniform width: this borders a 

 bright green zone mottled in silver, which encloses the zone proper, and 

 which is a broad silver band about a dark-ra3~ed center. 



Mme. Le Bovcq. A very distinct variety, having the entire leaf of 

 soft rosy-mauve color, with very high, silky lustre, and occasionally 

 touches of silver. One of the most attractive begonias of this class. 



Constance. Broad, shining, silvery zone encircling a dark olive 

 center: ground color deep green, bordered with a broad bronze margin that 

 is beautifully spotted with silver. 



Rex, A splendid old variety with very thick, large leaves. Ground 

 color dark rich bronze, shaded green, with a silver center: a bright silver 

 band. 



2 ; ; each, five for $1.00; larger sizes. 35c and ; \ - 3 ; -- doz. 



Qvieen Victoria.. A beautiful light green, silvered leaf, crinkled 

 like crepe. Small bronze-green center, and delicately marked with a 

 bronze-green margin. 



