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Currie Brothers'* "Horticultural Guide. 



BEGONIAS. 



SELECT LIST. THE BEST IN CULTIVATION. 



The ever increasing demand for these charming plants is the best of evidence that the great popularity they have enjoyed 

 for so many years never wanes. Neither is it likely to soon, for very few plants are so ornamental, and none more useful for the 

 adornment of the conservatory or parlor. For house culture they are admirably adapted, and for supplying cut flowers are 

 invaluable. The kinds we offer are the best in cultivation, including old favorites and newer introductions possessing real merit. 



Flowering Varieties, 



New Begonia Thurstonii. 



Begonias have been tried in this country for several years with varying success for bedding purposes, but none have been 

 very satisfactory. At last, we believe, we have found one, which in partially shady places at least, will prove a great success. It 

 is a free bloomer and strong grower. The leaves are thick and velvety, green above and red underneath. Plowers a beautiful pink. 



Price, each, 25 cts. 



New Begonia Pictaviense. 



A superb variety, very attractive and useful either in the conservatory or parlor. Leaves bronze-green dotted with silvery 

 spots above, under side purplish red. Flowers white, borne loosely on pinkish stems. Price, each, 25 cts. 



New Begonia, President Carnot. 



Another great acquisition among Begonias ; unquestionably a good bedder even when fully exposed to the sun. It seems 

 quite as hardy as a Geranium, its leaves retaining their fresh color and suffering no harm in the hottest weather. The foliage is 

 very large, green above and purplish beneath. Flowers a soft rosy carmine, borne in large pendulous trusses. Price, each, 25 cts. 



Paul Bruant. 



New Begonia, 



A very handsome variety, of vigorous habit, upright and bushy in 

 growth, and a very free bloomer. The flowers are large, rose and white 

 in color, and borne on long, graceful stems. Flowers from November 

 to May. Price, each, 15 cts. 



Begonia Vernon. I 



A grand new Begonia, in habit and appearance resembling B. Sem- 

 perflorens. The flowers, which are produced in great profusion, are a 

 brilliant carmine color, and the foliage is at first a glossy green 

 bordered with red, which 

 as the season advances, is 

 gradually suffused through 

 out the "whole plant untU 

 the foliage and stems pre- 

 sent a beautiful glossy red 

 appearance. 



Price, each, 15 cts. 



Manicata Aurea. 



Those of our customers 

 who are familiar with that 

 old but excellent Begonia, 

 Manicata— and nearly all 

 must be, for it is univer- 

 sally popular— know how 

 very beautiful, and how 

 exceedingly useful it is for 

 greenhouse and parlor dec- 

 oration. Its large dark 

 green, glossy leaves, and 

 wealth of delicate pink 



flowers, so gracefully borne on long, erect and finely dividing flower stems, 



render this plant an exceedingly pretty and striking object. Add to all that 



beauty, foliage, which is handsomely variegated with large blotches of canary j^ellow 



instead of being plain green, and you have one of the most beautiful 



plants imaginable. Manicata Aurea is all that and more, if we could but describe it, The accompanying cut is a very 



good and faithful representation of it. Price, each, 25 cts. 



Begonia Albo-Picta. 



Few plants are more attractive and more decorative than this Begonia. The habit of the plant is bushy. Branches upright 

 and graceful; leaves slender and pointed, glossy green, and thickly spotted with silvery-white specks. Flowers pink, and 

 produced abundantly. Price, each, 15 cts. ; per doz., §1.50. 



BEGONIA VERNON. 



E. MANICATA AUREA. 



