DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BALSAM, Camellia-Flowered. 



BARTONIA. 



A very showy, half-hardy annual. Sow where it is to bloom, as it will not 

 bear transplanting. 



Bartonia aurea, flowers brilliant yellow, with bluish -green foliage ; i3^ feet 

 high. 



BEGONIA. 



Ornamental foliage green-house and stove plants, with many-colored, suc- 

 culent leaves, oblique at their base. Very useful for ferneries, green-houses and 

 parlor decoration. Some of the varieties, in addition to their beautiful foliage, 

 produce magnificent blossoms. They have been so much improved, and so 

 many new flowering sorts introduced, that we almost fail to recognize the species. 

 Some are propagated from seed only, others from cuttings ; all require a rich soil. 

 Begonia Pearcei, beautiful, variegated foliage, and bright orange yellow blos- 

 soms. 2 feet high. Propagated from seed only. 

 " Sedeni. Flower buds on the point of opening, measure an inch and a 

 half in length, and the developed flowers are over three inches in diam- 

 eter, in clusters of five to ten, of a beautiful, rich carmine ; one of the 

 finest. 

 " new Tarieties mixed. A very choice collection of the many new sorts, 

 embracing those which are remarkable, both for foliage and flowers ; 



very choice. 

 Begonia seeds are so very small as to be scarcely perceptible to the naked eye, 

 besides being exceedingly costly ; therefore, a very large quantity of seed cannot 

 be afforded to a single packet, but by actual count, more are sent than in many 

 large seeded varieties. 



