GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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BEGONIAS. 



Tuberous-Rooted Varieties. 



This charming class of Begonias are perhaps the handsomest of all 

 Summer-flowering tuberous-rooted plants, and deserves much greater 

 popularity. With the exception of the Dwarf Cannas, no other plants 

 have, during the last decade, received such close attention from the 

 hybridizer, and the improvement made during that period in size, texture 

 and coloring is really phenomenal, with flowers frequently measuring from 

 4.} to 6 inches across, and colors ranging from the purest white 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 such an 

 abundance and brilliancy of bloom, not equaled 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 direct rays of the sun during the hottest hours 

 of the day, and will succeed equally well grown as pot plants for the 

 conservatory 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, when they 

 may be started in pots before plant- 

 ing in the garden. 

 Single. Scarlet, Orange, 



Crimson, Pink, White, Yel= 



low, 10 cts. each ; set of 6 colors 



50 cts.; §6.00 per 100. 

 Single. AH colors mixed, 



8 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz. ; 



$5.00 per 100. 

 Double. Scarlet, Pink,White, 



Yellow, 30 cts. each ; set of 4 



colors, §1.00 ; §2.50 per doz. 

 Double. All colors mixed. 



20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 



BEGONIA REX. 



Ornamental= Leaved Varieties 



Many improvements have been 

 made in recent years in this useful 

 house-plant. Our collection, which 

 contains some 20 varieties, embraces 

 all the good old varieties, as well as 

 the best of recent introduction. 

 (See cut. ) 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per 

 doz. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



Begonia Rex. 



BEGONIAS. 



Flowering Varieties. 



We know of no plants better adap- 

 ted to amateur cultivation than these; 

 as pot plants for Summer or Winter 

 cultivation they have few equals. 



Haageana. We consider this one 

 of the finest ornamental flowering 

 Begonias yet introduced. It is of 

 strong, erect habit, producing nat- 

 urally very symmetrical plants. 

 The flowers, which are of the 

 largest size, are of a creamy white, 

 with just sufficient pink to give 

 them a bright cheerful glow ; the 

 foliage is of large size, but not 

 coarse, is of a bronzy-green above 

 and red below ; it makes an ad- 

 mirable pot plant. 



Alba Picta. A pretty species 

 from Brazil ; distinct in character. 

 It is shrubby in habit and of compact growth ; the leaves are glossy- 

 green, freely spotted with bright, silvery white. 



Argentea Guttata. A cross between Begonia Olbia and Alba Picta, 

 with foliage of large size, of rich green, spotted with silver ; a beautiful 

 variety. 



Metallica. A fine erect-growing variety, with dark, rough leaves ; the 

 surface is a lustrous bronze-green ; veins depressed and dark red. 



Rubra. Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and wax-like. 



Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers, dwarf habit ; .in bloom continually. 



Semperflorens Qigantea. The flowers of this sort are brilliant 

 carmine red, borne in large panicles. The flowers are unusually large 

 and brilliant, and stand well above the folige. ( See cut. ) 



Thurstonii. A distinct and pretty shrubby variety, with thick, heavy 

 foliage, which is of a rich metallic-green above and bright red underneath ; 

 the flowers are of a fine pink, rising well above the foliage. As a bedding 

 plant for a partially shaded position this variety is unequaled. 

 Price : 15 cts. each ; set of 8 varieties, §1.00. 



Begonia Semperflorens 



GlGANTEA. 



