SELECT LIST OF BEGONIAS. 
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BEGONIAS. 
HANDSOME-FLOWERED TUBEROUS-ROOTED SECTION. 
These being now dormant can be sent by post, 
BOLIVIENSIS, foliage liglit green, flowers bright rosy red, very freely produced, generally in pairs, 
but sometimes in clusters of three. 2s. 6d. 
BRILLIANT, rich bright orange ; a dazzling colour ; flowers large and fine ; very showy. 5s. 
CARDINAL, a magnificent variety, producing large flowers of a rich magenta rose colour. 6s, 
CAROLINE, deep rosy pink, a very fine showy flower, with broad petals. 3s. 6d. 
CLEOPATRA, rosy lake, shaded with magenta ; a splendid flower. 7s. 6d. 
CLIMAX, deep ricli rosy carmine ; the two outer petals extremely broad ; a beautiful variety. 3s. 6d. 
CORSAIR, rosy salmon ; a most profuse blooming variety. 3s. 6d. 
DRAOON, a beautiful flower, fine large long petals ; colour ricli briglit rose ; very effective. 6s. 
DR. MASTERS, a beautiful and effective vaiiety, with very rich carmine crimson drooping flowers, 
suspended on salmon tinted pedicels or flower stalks. 3s. 6d, 
EMBLEM, a very attractive variety, giving fine large showy flowers with extremely broad petals, of 
a deep rose colour shaded with magenta. 3s. 6d. 
ENSIGIN, bright pink ; a beautiful shade of colour ; large flowers ; a very elegant variety. 3s. 6d. 
FLAMMETTA, bright orange scarlet, very large and fine. 7s. 6c7. 
PR(EBELII, a very distinct and attractive species from Ecu.ador, producing, well above the foliage, 
erect bunches of large brilliant scarlet flowers. 2s. 6d. 
EERMINE, light orange cinnamon, a very distinct aird attractive shade of colour ; a pretty flower, 
large and well formed. 3s. Od. 
ICARUS, bright salmon ; a fine large flower. 7s. 6d, 
INTERMEDIA, a fine hybrid, of free-branching strong upright growth ; the flowers are of the size 
and form of P. Veitchii, which they also resemble in colour, but are of a rather darker shade. 6s. 
LOTHAIR, a splendid variety, producing fine large sliowy flowers, with short broad petals of a deep 
rose colour ; very fine. 6s. 
LUCINDA, an extremely attractive variety, producing very large and fine flowera, with remarkably 
long petals, of a deep rose colour. 6s. 
MAGNET, beautiful light pink, the reverse of tlio petals deep pink ; a charming variety, producing 
fine large flowers witli good petals. 3s. 6d. 
MARATHON, deep crimson ; a very fine largo flower. 7s. 6d. 
OCTOPETALA, a Peruvian species, producing splendid flowers of large size, composed of eight 
petals, white, with the reverse of the petals of a bright rosy carmine colour. 3s. 6(7. 
OLYMPUS, cerise, shaded with crimson ; a beautiful variety. 7s. 6d, 
ORESTES, deep rosy crimson ; a fine large flower. 7s. 6(7. 
PEARCEI GRANDIFLORA, a remarkably showy and attractive variety, with rich dai’k olive 
green leaves, which contrast admirably with the largo and fine golden yellow flowers. 3s. 6(7. 
RUBESCENS, a fine hybrid variety of neat robust branching dwarf habit, giving a profusion of 
elegant half-drooping racemes of large rich salmon-tinted red blossoms. 6s. 
RUBRA SUPERBA, a very beautiful and effective plant, of a free branching habit, and graceful 
open outline ; flowers large, of a brilliant carmine red, melting into a rich lake. 2s. 6(7. 
SBDENI, a fine variety of free growth, with large leaves, the veins of which are slightly tinted with 
rose colour. The flowers are of the richest magenta colour, and of large size. 3s. 6(7. 
SERAPH, a dwarf-growing variety of neat and compact habit, freely producing fine flowers of a soft 
pink colour, the exterior part of the two outer petals suffused with rose. 3s. 6(7. 
STARLIGHT, a beautiful variety of dwarf compact habit, and a profuse bloomer ; the flowers are 
large and effective, of a pretty shade of blush pink. 5s. 
SURPRISE, a beautiful and effective variety, producing extremely pretty bright pink flowers in 
groat profusion. 3s. 6(7. 
TROJAN, an extremely distinct and effective variety, freely producing fine flowers of a lovely li^ht 
rosy pink colour. 3s. 6(7. ° 
VEITCHII, this species was discovered near Cuzco in Peru. It differs from other Begonias in having 
roundish blooms of a vivid vermilion or cinnabar red, and in being comparatively hardy. 5s. ° 
Mr. W. B. will make good selections from the above at 42s. and 60s. per dozen. 
