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F. WEINBERG, WOODSIDE, L. I. 
Odd and Rare Plants. 
Begonia. 
Heraceleifolia. Growing in style of rex begonia, with cut foliage, of a 
rich dark silver and bronze shading, and covered all over with glistening hairs. 
.25 and .50 
Hybreda Gloire de Sceaux 25 to i.oo 
Incana. One of the rarest of rather slow growth. Stem as well as leaves 
are perfectly white and appear as if covered all over with white powder. 50 
Luxuriant. A great profusion of luxuriant foliage and magnificent 
flowers. Leaves the size of beg. rex, dark velvet green, shading into red and 
tinged with black; underneath brilliant cherry red. Flowers white, slightly 
tinged red, in large drooping clusters 35 and .50 
Manicata aurea. The heavy round-shaped waxy leaves are grandly 
blotched and spotted with creamy white and red hairs. A most beauti- 
ful plant ' 20 to .50 
Otto Foerster 25 to i.oo 
Palmata. Growing in tree form. Stems are red in color, and the leaves 
which are in shape of a palm, bearing a soft, light, velvet green, very beautiful. 
25 and .50 
Scharffiana 25 to .75 Silver King 25 to 1.25. 
Vernon, double dwarf. A new dwJarf form of the vernon type, of 
French origin. Plants dwarf and compact, loaded at all times with fine dou- 
ble crimson blossoms; leaves of a rich bronze color. A perfect little gem. 
15 and .25 
Cissus discolor (Chameleon Vine). Leaves are long, heart-shaped and 
even more beautiful than the finest rex begonias ; midrib and fluted edges are 
zinnabar red, the rest of the upper surface is silver and bronze green; under 
side, a rich wine red 25 to i.oo 
