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A BEG ON/A AFTERMATH. 



G/cmi. (Laing.) Bright scarlet ; very large, extra. 

 Gahrielle Legros. (Crousse.) Clear sulphur white. 

 Ionia. (Laing.) Salmon scarlet, dark foliage; Da- 

 visi type. 



Jubilee. (Laing.) Crimson, large and full. 



Little Beauty. (Laing.) Delicate pink. 



Lafayette. (Lemoine.) Glowing scarlet: deepest 

 color yet produced. 



Ljicv Closson. (Crousse.) White, fine form. 



Lavoisier. (Lemoine.) Rosy salmon, large globular 

 flowers. 



I^ord Randolph. (Laing.) Crimson scarlet. 



I^ord Loughboyough. (Laing.) Bright scarlet. 



Mrs. Fliinkett. (Cannell.) Soft salmon blush ; extra. 



Marquis of Stafford. (Laing.) Deep crimson. 



Mrs. .4iiiv .Adiock. (Laing.) Salmon red, white cen- 

 ter ; splendid. 



Prinee of Batlenburgli . (Van Houtte.) Flowers of 

 largest size, rose-tinted and yellow ; a grand variety. 



Terre de Im'h. (Lemoine.) Dark pink ; the largest 

 flowered variety in our collection. 



Trioinphe de Nancy. (Crousse.) Clear straw yellow. 



The above varieties are quoted in English catalogues 

 for this year, i8gi, at from $1.25 to $2.50 each. 



Among the older varieties of special merit are the 

 following : 



Andre Chenier. Brick color, shaded salmon. 



Antoine Giierin. Pure white. 



.Ignes Sorrel. Light salmon pink. 



BoHton d'Or. Deep golden yellow. 



Clovis. Orange scarlet, drooping habit ; fine. 



Clenience Denisart. Clear satin rose ; strong grower. 



Dinah Feli.x. Dark rose, feathered white. 



L'rances Bnchner. Light cherry red. 



Goliath. Cerise crimson. 



Gliick. Carmine ; good form. 



Jules d' Hoop. Rose, center shaded yellow. 



Jolui Foe. Bright rose. 



Louis d'Or. Yellow, dwarf. 



Louis BoHchet. Orange scarlet, drooping flowers ; up- 

 right grower. 



Mad. de Dumast. Clear rose, flesh center. 



Mad. Arnault. Rosy salmon. 



Frincess de Beam. Red, shaded salmon. 



Rosette. Blush-edged pink. 



Rainonde Tamrinz. Sulphur yellow. 



Rosanionde. Rosy pink ; large. 



Renan. Carmine orange ; dwarf. 



Suzanna Houchettc. Rosy pink. 



Sultane. White ; a flower of good form and size. 



This list ranges from 50 cents to $1 each. Some of the 

 following species are very pretty. 



Natalensis. Makes pretty bushy plants, covered with 

 pretty fawn-colored flowers. 



Geraniodes . Velvet surfaced leaves, white flowers. 



Martiana. Tall grower, producing an immense quan- 

 tity of beautiful rose-colored flowers. 



Evansiana. This old species always makes a showy 

 plant. 



The two latter species produce bulbels at the axils of 

 the leaves, from which they can be increased very rap- 

 idly. 



I wish to once more refer to the importance of keep- 

 ing these plants free from any forcing — do not try to 

 grow them fast. As sure as you do you will have bare, 

 leggy and weak growth and your plant is spoiled for the 

 ear. — F. J. Meech, Michigan. 



Begonia Semperflorens var. Sieberiana. — This be- 

 gonia was obtained by Mr. Sieber from seeds of B. sem- 

 perflorens var. gigantea rosea, raised by us. The plant 

 deserves the name of semperflorens, for it is in flower 

 all the time. We use it for grouping during the summer 

 and autumn, and in the winter for decorating our tem- 

 perate greenhouses. This varietywill be as useful and as 

 widely grown as B .semperflorens var. elegans. which now 

 forms beautiful beds in many public gardens. 



Young cuttings produce flowers while still in very 

 small pots, and a strong, branched plant is exceedingly 

 beautiful, for in the axil of every leaf there is a strong, 

 dichotomous peduncle, which is a characteristic feat- 

 ure ofthis begonia. The staminate flowers appear first ; 

 they have two very large petals, and sometimes two 

 small lateral ones like B. semperjlorens. The Distillate 

 flowers, which come later, have five 'petals, of a soft 

 rose color ; the buds are somewhat darker. 



This begonia is especially remarkable for its habit, 

 and for the abundance of its flowers, which are pro- 

 duced continuously throughout the year. 



The taste for flowering plants appears to be reviving ; 

 foliage plants, palms, etc., are yielding to cyclamens, 

 azaleas and begonias. Var. Sieberiana is strongly recom- 

 mended for green-houses and conservatories, as it flow- 

 ers so well during the winter. — Lemoine & Son, in Le 

 Jar din. 



An Amateur's Experience. — I have been growing a 

 few tuberous begonias for the last few years, and from 

 seed of my own saving of B. Sutherlandii (an old species 

 but possessing many excellent points) I have grown 

 numberless plants. This proves that plants may be 

 grown from seed in the hands of an amateur. I think 

 it would prove the cheapest way of securing a goodly 

 number of tubers. And then who but an ardent and 

 enthusiastic lover of plants can tell how much pleasure 

 there is in growing any choice thing from the seed, up 

 to the fully developed, blooming plant ! It is a pleas- 

 ure I would not forego. So my order shall be for seeds 

 instead of dormant tubers. It is not often that the 

 culture of plants follows me to dreamland, but I confess 

 I was growing tuberous begonias in every conceivable 

 way last night after having read the January nnmber — 

 in the open ground, in immense beds, in pots on the 

 piazza, also in seed pans in the house ! 



The-bedding out system I fear would be a failure 

 here in Iowa. There are too many hot winds ; and a 

 drouthy time in August would use them up. But what 

 could be finer than pots of them on the veranda where 

 the fuchsias and beautiful ferns revel all summer long ! 



