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Dingee Marvelous Flowering 

 Begonias 



Beautiful, free-flowering plants with attractive foliage 

 and exceedingly graceful flowers. They are ideal for 

 window boxes,' blooming freely in shaded situations. 

 Some varieties are fine for bedding. 



Price, except where noted, strong plants, 15 cts. ea., 

 any 4 for 50 cts., any 9 for $1, postpaid. 

 Alba Picta. Long, pointed leaves, spotted with silvery 



while. White flowers. 

 Argentea guttata. Beautiful, fringed, oblong leaves with 



silver marking; white flowers in clusters on ends of 



growth stems. 

 Foliosa. The smallest leaved of any Begonia. Bright 



pink flowers. 

 Gloire de Lorraine. The greatest of all Begonias. Grows 



from 10 to 12 inches high, producing soft, rosy pink 



flowers. Strong plants 35 cts. ea., any 3 for $1. 

 Hybrida multiflora. Lovely variety , producing a profusion 



of rosy pink flowers. 

 Metallic. Free bloomer; flowers white; foliage a lustrous 



metallic bronze. 

 Marjorie Daw. Bears clusters of large pink flowers. 

 President Carnot. Foliage large, upper side deep green, 



under purplish red. Flowers beautiful coral-red, borne 



in large panicles. 

 Rubra. Heavy waxy green leaves, with panicles of coral- 

 red flowers. 

 Sandersonii. Flowers are scarlet, shading to crimson. 



Known also as Coral Begonia. 

 Vernon. Foliage rich glossy green, shading to deep 



bronze. Flowers deep red, changing to clear rose when 

 fully opened. 



Rex Begonia, Louis Closson 



SPECIAL OFFER. The setof ll Flowering Begonias 

 ■■^— ~^— ~— ^-"^~ for $1.40, postpaud. 



Painted Leaf, or Rex Begonias 



We have the largest and most beautiful collection of these plants in the country. They are easily the most orna- 

 mental foliage plants in existence and among the newer and rarer kinds, some of which cannot be bought elsewhere, 

 will be found most gorgeous color effects. 



Strong, heindsome pleints, 15 cts. each, any 5 for 50 cts., larger size, 20 cts. each, einy 3 for 50 cts., postpaid. 



Comte Alfred de Liminghi. Bright silver zone. 

 Countess Louis Elrdody.. Dark silver, with rose margin. 

 Duchess de Brabant. Green, with silver zone. 

 Elnfant de Nancy. Silver, with reddish brown. 

 Fred Heineman. White, with dark green. 

 Fuersten Bleusen. Green center, with silvery zone. 

 Grandi. Green edge, mottled white, tinged maroon. 

 Halen Upden. Light greenish white. 

 Illustris. Dark gieen, with white dots. 

 Indianapolis. Silver, with tinge of green. 

 Kaiser Wilhelm. Deep green, outer edge dark. 

 Leopardini. Bronze-green, lighter green edge. 

 Louis Closson. Deep bronze, silvery rose band. 

 Mme. Gacha. A rosy bronze variety, highly colored. 

 Mad. Halpon. Silvery zone, with dark green zone. 

 Mad. Le Boucq. Soft, rosy mauve, of silky lustre. 

 Magnifica. _ Soft, velvety bronze-green foliage. 

 Mangei. Silver zone and dark green center. 

 Modesto. Dark green leaves mottled white. 

 President Carnot. Light Brown and silver-gray. 

 Quadricolorc Deep green, with band of silver. 

 Queen Victoria. Solid silver leaves. Superb. 



Rex. Velvety green, with broad zone of silver. 

 Rob Jenkins. Silver, tinged pale green. 

 Spiralis. Light green, with narrow silver zone. 

 Van der Muellen. Dark green, with silver zone 



Notched-Leaved Varieties 



Foliage is similar in shape to grape or oak leaves. 

 Beauty of Richmond. Green, dotted with silver. 

 E. Cliff e. .\Ietallic green, shaded red. 

 Elsie Coles. Reddish green. 

 Gloire de Vesinet. Steel-colored. 

 Mile. Kaurell. Reddish green. 

 Mrs. A. G. Shepherd. Greenish maroon. 

 Quimitable. Green center with silver zone. 

 Silver Queen. Apple-green with olive veins. 



SPEC IAL OFFER. For 50 cts. we will send 5 splen- 

 — ^^^— ^— ^^— ^— did sorts, all different; for $1 we 

 will select 1 1 different varieties ; for $ 1 .60 we will select 

 18 different Vfu'ieties. All properly label<^d. 



Various Other Handsome Flowering Plants 



ALTERNANTHERAS. Compact bedder. Two colors 

 red and yellow variegated. 10 cts. ea., any 6 for 50 cts., 

 any 15 for SI. 



NEW JUSTICL^ VELUTINA. Large, pink, leathery 

 flower-heads. Foliage heavy and velvety. 15 cts. ea., 

 any 4 for .^0 cts. 



NEW BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA. Camellia- 

 like foliage; flowers rosv crimson, with yellow anthers. 

 15 cts. ea., any 4 for 50 cts. 



SHOWER OF GOLD (Genista CanariensisA When in 

 flower it presents a dense mass of golden yellow. 15 cts. 

 ca., any 4 for 50 cts. 



HOYA CARNOSA (Wax Plant). The flowers are bluish 

 white. The foliage is thick and fleshy; extremely hand- 

 some. 20 cts. ea., anv 3for 50 cts. 



PINK. Flowers deep, 



4 lor 50 cts. 



SWAINSONIA SPLENDENS. 



shining pink. 15 cts. ea., any 



SWAINSONIA ALBA, WHITE. Pure white flowers, 

 which strongly resemble Sweet Peas. 15 cts. ea., any 4 

 for 50 cts. 



MYROSMA CANNAEFOUA. Resembles the Canna. 

 Pure white flowers, with fragrance as swee' as that ot 

 orange blossoms. 15 cts. ea., any i for 50 cts. 



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