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 lo y2 inches high, producing soft, rosy pink 



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

 Hybrida multif lora. Lovely variety, producing a profusion 



of rosy pmk flowers. 

 Metallic. Free bloomer; flowers white; foliage a lustrous 



metallic bron;ce. 

 Marjorie Daw. Bears clusters of large pink flowers. 

 President Carnot. Foliage large, upper side deep green. 



under purplish red. Flowers beautiful coral-red, boriR 



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. 







'^^^^■fc ^^H| 



^m^ 



¥ 



„^4 



gte. ""'''m^^il^f^/ 



jHHt. 



^'- J 



^ 





■S^' 



^P^'7^ 



4. 



E'^PP^^H 



p^w^ 



W'^^^M 



lii 





fcr^Kfe 



wS^ 



(^ 





Rf^%. 







iSt^Xr / ^^^^K 



^^m 



w 





M% ', 'fiPMBB 





Rex Begonia, Louis Closson 



SPECIAL OFFER. The setof ll Flowering Begonias 

 "~^~"~^^~~'^~~~~~~"~~~ for $1.40, postpaid. 



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, handsome plants, 15 cts. each, any 5 for 50 cts., larger size, 20 cts. each, any 3 for 50 cts., postpaid. 

 Comte Alfred de Liminghi. Bright silver zone. , Rex. \'elvety green, with broad zone of silver. 



Countess Louis Erdody.. Dark silver, with rose margin. Rob Jenkins. Silver, tinged pale green. 

 Duchess de Brabant. Green, with silver zone. Spiralis. Light green, with narrow silver zone. 



Enfant 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. 

 Quadricolor. Deep green, with band of silver. 

 Queen Victoria. Solid silver leaves. Superb. 



Van der Mueilen. 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. Cliffe. Metallic 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. 



SPECIAL 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 varieties. All properly label'^id. 



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 SL 

 NEW JUSTICIA VELUTINA. Large, pink, leathery 



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



any -1 for 50 cts. 



NEW BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA. Camellia- 

 like foliage; flowers rosv crimson, with yellow anthers. 

 15 cts. ea., any 4 for .'C cts. 



SHOWER OF GOLD (Genista Canariensis;. When iti 

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

 ea., 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., any 3 for -'^O cts. 



SWAINSONIA SPLENDENS, PINK. Flowers deep, 

 shining pink. 15 cts. ea., any 4 (or 50 cts. 



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 ns sweet as that of 

 orange blossoms. 15 cts. ca., any 4 for 50 cts. 



95 



