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REX BEGONIA. 
_ far out-showing all others. It seems to feed on the rich met- 
ais of 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 a shady situation. 
Suitable for wardian cases. Do not allow the sun to strike the 
leaves while wet, and do not overwater. I have twenty-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 
oor: I will furnish them tor 16 cents each, or four for 60 
cents. 
FLOWERING BEGONIAS, 
PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH. 
Argetitea Gnuttata.—Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shane, 
Silvery markups, and in every way a most beautiful Bego- 
nia. hite flowers in large bunches. Splendid for house 
culture. " 
Rubra.—lIf you can have only one Begonia, letit be a Rubra. It 
is so fast-growing thatit willin a year or two reach the top 
of your window, sending up heavy, stiff canes an inchin 
diameter, and rising beside hei will grow strong, slender, 
branches, gracefully drooping under heavy waxen leaves 
and pendant panicles of coral-colored flowers as large as a 
hand. Mc<dium-sized plants are frequently seen with more 
than trventy such panicles at atime. Among the individual 
pete you will find three distinct forms growing side by 
side. 
Alba Perfecta Grandi-<-' 
flora.—A Begonia that 
has never been appreci- 
ated asit should be, as it 
‘is really elegant, and I 
doubt if there is a white- 
flowered variety that 
equals it. The foliage 
resembles Rubra in 
shape, but is a lighter 
green, while the flower 
panicles are much hand- 
somer. A pure white- 
flowering Begonia. 
Thurstonii.—Bright red 
foliaye and veinings un- 
derneath the leaves, and 
bright metallic-green, 
shading to red, in the 
ounger growth on top. 
The flowers are a beau- 
tiful, deep pink in bud, 
but when expanded bi - 
come a_ beautiful she!l- 
pink, Charming varicty. 
Alba Picta.—Long, pointed, 
slender leaves thickly 
spotted with silvery- 
white, foliage small and 
elegant, lovely pink 
flowers. 
Bertha de Chateauroch- 
er.—This is the freest- 
flowering Begonia Ihave. 
It blooms the year round, 
makes a handsome win- 
dow plant, with its beau- 
tiful foliage and bright 
currant-red flowers. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA. 
leaves are smooth, long-pointed and prettily blotched. The 
body of the leafis a dark-green, studded with bright silvery 
spots. Covered with handsome rosy-white flowers. A splen- 
did house Begonia, being of quick growth, and having both 
handsome flowers and foliage makes it very desirable. 
Folicsa.—This is one of the most graceful of all the Begonias. 
The foliage is small and fleshy Has the smallest leaves ot 
allthe Begonias. Bright pink flowers 
Nitida Rosea.—This love'y Begonia has shiny-green leaves 
that appear as though they had been varnished. Rosy-biush 
flowers that are lovely. 
Fuchsoides Coccitiea.—Elegant free-bl oming variety. It re- 
sembies Hybrid Multifiora in growth. Flowers a bright 
scarlet. 
FLOWERING BEGONIA. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS, 
These are among the very handsomest of our Summer bloom- 
ing plants, flowering throughout the seison, and as fine and va- 
tied in their colors as the Geranium family. They are splendid 
bedders, delighting 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 canvas, some six or eight feet above them, merely 
to throw off the sun’s rays, will allow them to come to absolute 
perfection, but they must have plenty of light and air. Donot 
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. 20 cents each: 
three for 60 cents. , 
Donble.—In the same colors. 40 cents each; three for $1.00. 
PITTOSPORUM 
TOBIRA. 
An elegant hard-wooded 
shrub. Makes handsome 
specimens, growing into a 
small tree in a few years. It 
bears small, white flowers in 
large bracts, or heads, which 
are so delicious in fragrance 
as to remind one of Orange 
blossoms. Hardy in the 
South, where it is very popue 
lar Fine plants, 20 cents. 
each. al 
PHILADELPHUS. 
MOCK ORANGE, 
A most 
desirable hardy 
shrub. Beautiful and tra- 
grant. Growing to a height 
of eight to ten feet. Ihave 
both the double and single- 
flowered. 15 cents each; 
large plants, 36 cents each. 
PURPLE FRINGE, 
A beautiful, distinct and 
large, hardy shrub. Much 
admired fur its fone feath- 
ery flower staiks, which give 
the tree the appearance of 
being covered with a clond 
ofsmoke. 20 cents each. 
