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Begonia Duke Zeppelin. 



New Frilled 

 Tuberous 



Begonias. 



We first offered this novel 

 type in 1898; during the past 

 five years the strain by careful 

 selection has been wonderfully 

 improved, until it is now un- 

 questionably the finest of the 

 tuberous-rooted section. The 

 flowers are of large size, from 4 

 to 6 inches in diameter, with 

 beautifully frilled and waxy 

 petals, not unlike the finest 

 single Petunias. (See cut.) 30 

 cts. each; S3. 00 per doz. 



TUBEROUS= ROOTED 



BEGONIAS. 



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 improvements 

 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 wilh such 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 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 SORTS. 

 Scarlet. 

 Orange. 

 Crimson. 

 Pink. 

 White. 

 Yellow. 

 10 cts. each; SI 00 per doz.; 

 $6.00 per 100. 



SINGLE, ALL COLORS 

 MIXED. 



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

 85.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE SORTS. 



Scarlet. 

 Pink. 

 White. 

 Yellow. 



20 cts. each ; S2.00 per doz. 



DOUBLE, ALL COLORS 

 MIXED. 



15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Frilled 



NE'W HYBIRD Tuberous Begonia 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



"Duke Zeppelin" and "Lafayette." 



During the past summer a bed 8 feet wide by 100 feet long, in a 

 semi-shady position in our nursery, planted with these two varieties, 

 was the brightest and most attractive border on our ground, where 

 a blaze of color is the rule during the summer months, and was a 

 revelation to all visitors. Both kinds are of strong dwarf habit, 

 never exceeding 8 or 10 inches in height, and throw up numberless 

 stems of full, double flowers from early in July until cut down by 

 severe frost; a continuous display of color that is dazzling in its 

 intensity, and which is not equalled by any other flower. 

 Duke Zeppelin. Pure rich scarlet. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per 

 doz.; S18-00 per 100. 



Lafayette. Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per 

 doz. 



