Tnuerovosia B. SHEPHERD CoMPANY’S CATALOGUE Wy, 
Begonias can be seen in our garden and greenhouses from six inches to twelve feet in height, 
growing in various locations at all seasons of the year, and always in bloom. When all other 
flowers are scarce, we always have quantities of begonias. We plant many small or sickly plants 
in beds in the garden, and ina few weeks they develop into fine plants that can be taken up 
and potted. They bear transplanting without injury and without cutting back if carefully 
moved, when any other plant treated in the same way would have to be severely pruned and 
started anew. While they are valuable for house plants and for summer bedding outside, they 
are simply ideal in California all the time We would suggest to eastern customers planting 
hbegonias outside in the summer in partially shaded places, which will give them a vigorous 
erowth for winter if taken up with care and potted in September. 
Mrs. Shepherd’s New Semi-Double Semperflorens Begonias. 
Cherry Blossom. Outer petals.carmine crimson, inner ones pink. A beautiful, dainty 
flower. 
Apple Blossom. Flowers white. tinged with dainty light pink, the inner petals lace-like 
and with quivering stamens have a charming effect. 
Arbutus. Exquisite blossoms, outer petals bright pink, inner, star-like petals pale pink and 
white, a charming combination. : 
Spring Beauty. Outer petals pink, edged deeper pink, inner petals a soft blush, stamens 
orange colored and very numerous. 
Snowdrop. A most dainty, soft fluffy, white flower, with large outside petals, inner ones 
very narrow. A very pretty variety. 
Anemone. Fine clear pink, representing a dainty, double anemone. 25c each. The 
set $1.35. , 
Mrs. Shepherd’s Giant Climbing Begonia, “Marjorie Daw.” 
This superb Begonia, a cross between Rubra and Glaucophylla Seandens, is a wonderfully 
strong and vigorous grower, and splendid bloomer. Large, well established plants send up 
strong shoots 5 to 10 feet high, that branch freely, and give quantities of handsome foliage and 
numbers of fine flowers borne in large drooping clusters on strong stems. The individual flowers 
two inches in length area soft, beautiful pink, very shining and waxen. The foliage is light 
green, thick and leathery, and resembles that of both parents. The large specimen in the illus- 
tration was 15 feet high and 15 feet across. It had 150 buds and blossoms at the time the picture 
was taken. Marjorie Daw is a valuable addition to California climbing plants, being a ‘‘Native 
Daughter;’’ it is well adapted to the climate, and grows to perfection in sheltered places. Like 
all begonias it requires a light, rich soil and plenty of water. It is valuable for cut flowers; a 
large specimen giving great quantities of exquisite sprays for cutting. Smallest size 15c; $1.50 
per doz. 2% inch pots, 25c; $2 50 per doz 4 inch pots 50c; $4 00 per doz. 
MRS. SHEPHERD’S GRAND TREE BEGONIAS. 
Brilliant Leaves and Magnificent Flowers. 
Words are inadequate to describe the beauty of these splendid Begonias as they appear in 
our lathhouses and greenhouses. Of the President Carnot type, but greatly superior in every 
way. All have large oblong leaves and immense panicles of very large flowers in shades of pink 
and red. They are tree-like, strong and robust; sending up a great number of canes to the 
height of 6 to 10 feet. The foliage is yellowish or bronze-green, exquisitely beautiful in texture. 
with a shining silken lusture. The difference between the various plants consists in size and . 
shape of the leaves, and the brilliant colors with which they are at various times tinged or illu- 
minated; they change in the different stages of growth. The shades of color are bronze, red, 
terra cotta, old rose, delicate pink, wine color, copper, yellow-feathered green, and other blend- 
ings indescribable. The underside of the leaves is a rich wine color, claret, terra cotta, and in 
some varieties they are charmingly flushed with these lovely colors. The leaves frequently 
measure 15 inches in length, by 744 inches across. The young foliage is sometime spotted with 
silver. 
Atala. Large leaves with three rather blunt points, dotted with large and small silver spots; 
mulberry red underneath. Young foliage a dark bronze red. Flowers bright pink. <A splendid 
erower. 
