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This charming class of Begonias are perhaps the handsomest 

 of all summer-Howering, tuberous-rooted plants, and deserve 

 mucli greater popularity. Improvements made in recent years 

 in size, texture ajid coloring are really phenomenal, with flow- 

 ers frequently measuring from 4j to 6 inches across, and colors 

 ranging from the purest wiiite and the most delicate tints of 

 pink, yellow and orange to the most intense scarlet and richest 

 crimson, while the double-flowering sorts are perfect rosettes, 

 full and double to the centre. Their culture is of the simplest, 

 and, with the least regard for their requirements, will repay 

 with an abundance and brilliancy of bloom not equalled by 

 any other class of plants ; they delight in a rich, mellow, well- 

 drained soil, where they can be liberally supplied with water, 

 preferably in a position where they will be shaded from the di- 

 rect rays of the sun during the hottest hours of the day, and 

 will succeed equally well grown a^ pot plants for the conserva- 

 tory or window garden. On the approach of cold weather 

 the tubers should be taken up, and, after drying, stored away 

 in dry sand or similar material in a cool place, free from frost 

 until spring. 



SINGLE SORTS. 

 Scarlet, Pink, Orange. 



White. Crimson. Yellow, 



10 cts. each ; |i,^\) per doz.; fC.OO per lOO. 

 Single, All Colors Mixed. 



8 cts. each ; 75 ct-;. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE SORTS. 

 Scarlet, Whste. 



P3nk. Yellow. 



20 cts. each ; $2 00 per do/,. 

 Double, All Colors Mixed. 



15 cts. each; |1.50 per doz. 



New Frilled 

 Tuberous Begonias. 



We first offered this novel type in 1898 ; 

 during the past six years the strain, by 

 careful selection, has been wonderfully 

 improved, until it is now unquestionably 

 the finest of the tuberous-rooted section. 

 The flowers are of large size, from 4 to 6 

 inches in diameter, with beautifully frilled 

 and wavy petals, not unlike the finest 

 single Petunias. (See cut ) 30 cts. each ■. 

 13.00 per doz. 



RooTEij Begonia. 



Llgonia Iilke Zliii-lin. 



Two New 



Tuberous-rooted 



BEGONIAS, 



Duke Zeppelin and Lafayette. 



These two gorgeous Begonias 

 were shown in colors on the cover 

 of our Garden Book for last year. 

 They were sold in large quantities 

 and gave general sati-faction. 



Both varieties are of strong but 

 dwarf habit, never exceeding 8 or 

 10 inches in height, and throw np 

 numberless stems of full, double 

 flowers from early in July until 

 cut down by severe frost. A con- 

 tinuous display of color, which 

 for richness and intensity is unap- 

 proached by any other flower. 

 Intense pure vermilion-scarlet. (See cut.) 25 cts. 

 doz.; $1,S.00 per 100. 

 iant cnmson-scailet. 30 cts. each ; $3 00 per doz.; 



One of each for 50 cts. 



HARDY BEGONIA. 



Evansiana. A handsome and distinct species fioni lava, growing a!)out 

 2 feet high, with large dark green foliage, and producing large, showy, 

 flesh-pink flowers in the greatest profusion. A most desirable bedding 

 jilanl which, if planted in a well-drained 

 position, will withstand the winter if cov- 

 ered with a few inches of leaves at the ap- 

 proach of severe weather. 10 cts. each ; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



BEGONIA REX. 



(Oniaineiital-leaved Varieties.) 



Many improvements have been made in re- 

 cent years in this useful house-plant. Our 

 collection, which contains some 12 varieties, 

 embraces all the good old varieties as well as 

 the best of recent introduction. (See cut.) 

 15 CIS. each ; $1.^0 per doz. ^,^ ckgonia. 



Niiw Fkilleu Bec 



Duke Zeppelin. 



each ; ^2.60 ]>er 



Lafayette. ISril 

 $20.00 per 100. 



finest Hybrid Tea Kose for the amateur. See colored plate aud description, page Jt>8. 



