Begonia Duke Zeppelin. 



BEGONIAS. 



Flowering Varieties. 



We know of no plnnts 

 better adapted to amateur 

 cultivation than these ; as 

 pot plants for summer or 

 winter cultivation they have 

 few equals. 



Haag'eaiia. We con- 

 sider this one of the finest 



ornamental flowering Be- 



gonias yet introduced. 



It is of strong, erect habit, 



producing naturally 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 admirable 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, wiih foliage of large size, of rich green, spotted with silver. 

 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. 

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

 SemiJerttorens Gigantea. 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 foliage. 

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



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

 neath ; the flowers are of a fine pink, rising well above the foliage. 

 VerilOU flora plena. A pretty double flowering form of this use- 

 ful bedding variety. 



Price : 15 cts. each ; set of 9 varieties, 5-1.00. 

 BEGONIA REX (Omamental-Leavecl 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. ench; $1.50 per doz. 



BEGONIAS. 



Tuberous= Rooted Varieties. 



This charming class of Begonias are perhaps the hand- 

 somest 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 tl>e 

 improvements made during that period in size, texture and 

 coloring is really phenomenal, with flowers frequently measur- 

 ing from 4j 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, prefer- 

 ably 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 planting in 

 the garden. 

 Sinnle. Scarlet, Orange, Crimson, Pink, 



White, Yellow, 10 cts. each ; set of 6 colors 50 cts.; ?6 00 

 per 100. 

 Single. All colors mixed, 8 cts. 

 each ; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



Double. Scarlet, Pink, White, 



Yellow, 20 cts. each ; set of 4 colors, 

 75 cts.; $2.00 per doz. 

 Double. All colors mixed, 15 cts. 



each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Neiiv Tuberous-rooted 

 Begonia, 

 Duke Zeppelin. 



A most useful and attractive \ariety that 

 should soon become a favorite for bedding, 

 possessing the great advantage over other 

 tuberous-rooted Begonias of delighting in 

 full sunshine. It is of dwarf habit, growing 

 from 6 to 8 inches high, throwing up well 

 above the foliage numberless stems bearing 

 full, double dazzling-scarlet flowers, giving 

 the whole plant a brightness, grace and 

 elegance diffiiuilt to describe. A bed con- 

 taining about 500 plants of this variety, for 

 gorgeous effect, eclipsed anything we ever 

 saw. (See cut.) Strong bulbs, 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Tuberous- 

 rooted 

 Begonias 



Begonia Ri-.x 



