Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 



FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 

 PRICE}, 10 Cents Each. 



The Ever-Blooming Begonia, Dewdrop.— A grand variety 

 with white flowers. 



Alba Picta.— Long, pointed, slender leaves thickly spotted 

 with silvery white, foliage small and elegant, lovely pink 

 flowers. 



Bertha de Chateaurocher. — This is the freest flowering 

 Begonia I have. It blooms the year round, makes a handsome 

 window plant, with its beautiful foliage and bright currant red 

 flowers. 



Decorus.— This is the white flowering Rubra. Very similar 

 to it, but with white flowers. 



Foliosa. — This is one of the most graceful of all the Begonias 

 The foliage is small and fleshy. Has the smallest leaves of all 

 the Begonias. Bright pink flowers. 



Fuchsoides Coccitiea. — Elegant free blooming variety. It 

 resembles Hybrida Multiflora in growth. Flowersabnght scar- 

 let. 



Hybrida Multiflora.— This beautiful plant makes handsome 

 specimens with its graceful branches and pendulous flowers of 

 bright rosy pink. Very floriferous. 



Marguerita, — Leaves bronze green with purplish cast. It 

 grows in round, bushy form. Very free flowering, large trusses 

 of delicate cream and rose colored flowers. 



McBethii. — Shrubby in growth with very deeply indented 

 leaves, which are fine and small. Very free flowering, being 

 constant the year round. A fine Summer bedding plant if given 

 light soil and perfect shade. Put it among your Ferns. White 

 flowers, waxy in texture. Carried in panicles. 



President Carnot.— The leaves are smooth, long pointed 

 and prettily blotched. The body of the leaf is a dark green, 

 studded with bright, silvery spots. Covered with handsome 

 rosy white flowers. A splendid house Begonia, being of quick 

 growth, and having both handsome flowers and foliage makes it 

 very desirable. 



Rubra.— If you can have only one Begonia, let it be a Rubra. It 

 is so fast growing that it will in a year or two reach the top of 

 your window, sending up heavy, stiff canes an inch in diameter, 

 and rising beside them will "grow strong, slender branches, 

 gracefully drooping under heavy waxen leaves and pendent 

 panicles of coral colored flowers as large as a hand. Medium 

 sized plants are frequently seen with more than twenty such 

 panicles at a time. Among the individual flowers you will find 

 three distinct forms growing side by side. 



Robusta.— Bright rose and pure white. Coral red buds. This 

 is a very desirable variety. 



Sandersouii. — ( The Coral Begom'a.) One of the best flowering 

 Begonias. The flowers are of a scarlet shade of crimson, borne 

 in profusion for months at a time. Resembles coral. 



Washingtonii. — This is a vigorous growing variety with 

 tropical foliage. Klegant panicles of pure white flowers thrown 

 well above the foliage. 



Zebrina. — ( The Zebra Begonia.} Leaves bronzy green with 

 darker stripes and blotches. Underside deep crimson. 



BEGONIA REX, or KING OF BEGONIAS. 



Far outshowing all others. It seems to feed on the rich met- 

 als o e the soil, and spreads their lustrous tints over its leaves. 



Give them a soil composed of rich loam woods earth and sharp 

 sand. They require a warm atmosphere and shady situation 

 Suitable for wardian cases. Do not allow the sun to strike the 

 leaves while wet. and do not overwater. I have twentv -five 

 leading and distinct kinds They are the handsomest of all Be- 

 gonias, and most admired by all Try a set and see how pretty 

 they are. I will furnish them for 15 cents each, or two for 

 25 cents. 



TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



These are 

 among the very 

 handsomest lof 

 my Summer 

 blooming 

 plants, flower- 

 ing throughout 

 the season, and 

 as fine and va- 

 ried in their 

 colors as t h e 

 Geranium fam- 

 ily. They are 

 splendid "bed- 

 ders, delight- 

 ing in a light 

 soil of woods 

 earth, very old cow manure 

 and sharp'sand. See that the 

 bed is in partial shade, and 

 you will be delighted with 

 the results. In the South, or 

 where they cannot be planted 

 in the shade of a house, a 

 covering of burlap or can- 

 vas, some six or eight feet 

 above them, merely to throw 

 off the sun's rays, will allow 

 them to come to absolute per- 

 fection, but they must have 

 plenty of light and air Do 

 not allow them to become dry. 

 During hot weather they will 

 take two waterings a day. 

 When through flowering they 

 can be dried off. shaken free 



of earth, wrapped in cotton until February or March, when 

 they may be started again 



Single. — White, yellow, crimson, rose, scarlet. 15 cents 

 each; two for 25 cents. 



Double.— In the same colors. 30 cents each; two for 50 

 cents. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



This is the Famous "Japonica" of the South. 



Leaves glossy green, 

 flowers of exquisite 

 beauty and waxy tex- 

 ture From pure 

 white to crimson, in 

 almost endless va- 

 riegation the pure 

 white ones generally 

 prized above the col- 

 ored varieties Cul- 

 ture nearly related 

 to that of the Azalea, 

 but their success is 

 more certain. Re- 

 quires shade and 

 moisture throughout 

 thehotseason Time 

 of blooming is in 

 Winter and in early 

 Spring Requires a 

 moderate and uni- 

 form temperature 

 with aslittleartificial 

 heat as possible. 

 When set with flower 

 buds great care must 

 be taken in watering 

 — when left too dry 

 the buds are sure to 

 drop I have a 

 Price for large, 

 half feet high, 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



fine assortment of those named below. 



strong plants, two to two-and- 



Imsliy, 75 cents each. The set of eight distinct kinds 



for $5.00; any four for $2.50. 



Alba Plena.- Double white, very fine, the best white. 

 Lady Hume's Blush.— Flesh color. Extra fine. 

 Sarah Frost.— Bright crimson. Fine 

 Queen of Denmark. — Salmon rose, fine form. 

 Americana.— Blush mottled with rose. 

 Caleb Cope.— Clear blush rose One of the best. 

 Fimbriata.— Clear white, with the petals finely fimbriated. 

 Jennie Lind.— White, with pink stripes. 



