THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



great size is not of itself a recommendation, but the male bloom ought to be moderately 

 large, of good substance, nearly or quite in the form of a circle, with petals and sepals 

 almost uniform in length, breadth, and outline. 



The blooms vary in size from three to nine inches. An example is shown one- 



Fig. 144. Double Begonia Picotee. 



third natural size on page 28. In colour they are most diversified. There are pure 

 white, rose, pink, scarlet, yellow, orange, vermilion, and crimson varieties, but as in the 

 case of the Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, and Eose, no blue or purple begonias. 



The ideal double flower resembles a double camellia of the old alba plena type, 

 and those more like hollyhocks may be regarded as coarse and less attractive in appear- 



