26 THeEopos1a B. SHEPHERD CoMPANY’S CaTALOGUE 
Paul Bruant. A very handsome and easily grown plant, always in bloom. The foliage is 
.oblong, pointed, with eight pointed lobes, and beautifully toothed, edges red. The flowers are 
upright or half pendant. The color is soft pink, shaded green. 10e, 25c to 50e each. 
Jessie. This begonia has beautiful foliage of rich green, and is beautifully ruffled at the 
edges. It bears numbers of small pink flowers, so numerous at times as to give the whole plant 
a cloud-like appearance. 10c, 25e to 50e each. 
Compta. A very distinct variety of tall growth, long light green leaves, and soit silvery 
gray lines with ribs and veins like silver. The flowers are very small and grow above the fol- 
lage, and are snow white giving an exquisitely dainty appearance. 10c to 25e each. 
Sceptra. Beautiful foliage, deeply lobed, light green, crinkled, andspotted silver. Evidently 
a seedling from Diadema. 25c¢ each. 
Washingtonia Rosea Dark green goliage, covered with felt-like substanee; pretty pan- 
icles of deep rose flowers; free winter bloomer. 10c each. 
Washingtonia Alba. Dainty panicles of pure white flowers, with fine glossy leaves; good 
winter bloomer. 10ce each. ? 
Eamondsoni. An old, but very handsome low growing plant with thick, round, shining 
olive green leaves; dark red underneath. It sends its flowers twelve inches or more above the 
foliage; which are soft light pink. It blooms in the fall and winter. Very easily grown. 15¢ 
to 25c each. | 
Dr, Natchtegal. A most beautiful plant with large shining, rather crinkled glossy leaves. 
Sends out great spreading, graceful panicles of medium sized shaded pink flowers. A most 
lovely begonia—not new but rare. 25c. 
Washingtoniana. A very distinct old variety seldom seen, of very vigorous habit, attain- 
ing the height of 5 or 6 feet. The leaves are large, dark green and perfectly crinkled; the flowers 
are very small and are borne well above the foliage, on light airy panicles of fairy like flowers, 
white delicately tinted mauve. 15c, 25c to 50c each. 
Evansiana or “‘Beefsteak’”’ Begonia. Beautiful sort with light green foliage, veined 
bright red underneath. It bears clusters of beautiful drooping pink flowers. It has a tuberous 
root and dies. down every fall, and multiplied by little bulbils that form at the axils of the leaves. 
Dry bulbs from November till April, 5c to 15¢e each; 50c to $1.00 doz. Plants from April to July 
10¢ to 35¢ each. 
Myrabunda. Not new but scarce, with handsome foliage, shaped like a grape leaf and 
beautifully spotted with silver. A shy bloomer, but valuable for its foliage. * 25c¢ to 50¢ each. 
Duchartrei. Of the Pictavense type with rather pointed deep green velvety foliage and 
bearing on long stems, large white starlike flowers with pale pink hairs on the underside. 15c 
to 25¢ each. 
A CHOICE COLLECTION OF REX BEGOMIAS: 
Nature has bestowed on Rex Begonias many of her choicest gifts, uniting the radiance and 
brilliancy of precious jewels; the shining lustre of metals, with the beautiful colors and _ tex- 
tures of the most costly fabrics. ‘The leaves alone possess all these charms, while the dainty 
flowers add lightness and grace. The collection, offered below, consist of many of the rarest and 
most beautiful varieties. 
Le Soudsii. One of the most beautiful of all Rex Begonias. The center of leaf is dark 
bronzy green; ground light yellowish-green; bordered rich bright green, dotted with silver; 
edge, bronze beautifully waved. The entire leaf blotched and spotted with shining silver, which 
gives it a rich metallic lusture. Leaves are pointed and prettily lobed. Flowers are quite large 
and a lovely shade of pink. 
Mme. J. Menoreau Intermediate between Rex and upright varieties. Very easily grown; 
numerous small leaves; the entire leaf light green, finely flecked with silver. 
Queen of Hanover, -A 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 the early stages of growth, changing to green with age 
Stella, A beautiful new, quadri-color Rex, with broad, shining silver zone that is veined and 
marked with bright, metallic bronze and violet shadings. The zone is banded with deep green, 
and the whole distincly 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 bronze red, which produces a beantiful effect. 
