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BEGONIAS. 
BEGONIAS. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED SECTION. 
The following novel and beautiful varieties will be found admirably adapted for the 
summer and autumn decoration of the Greenhouse and Conservatory ; for they pro- 
duce in the utmost profusion magnificent flowers of very large size, and great variety 
in colour. They do not require stove cultivation, but will succeed well in a Green- 
house. The tubers rest during the winter months, similar to Gloxinias, and can be 
easily re-started into growth in the spring. Their profuse flowering quality, and the 
charming variety of colour of their blossoms, render them extremely showy and 
effective. 3s. Gd. and 5s. each. New varieties, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6cZ. each. Choice 
selections made by Mr. W. B. at 30s., 42s. and 60s. per dozen. 
ANACREON, bright deep crimson, a beautiful flower, with very long petals ; exceedingly attractive. 
AURELIA, a very large fine flower, of a cinnamon-rose colour ; very distinct. 
AURORA, a splendid variety, freely producing flue large flowers of an extremely attractive shade of 
orange scarlet colour ; very showy and effective, 
BOLIVIENSIS, foliage light green, flowers bright glossy red, very freely produced, generally in 
pairs, but sometimes in whorls of three. The male blossoms are as large again as the females, and 
of a compressed bell-shaped form. 
BRILLIANT, very rich bright orange ; a dazzling colour ; flowers large and line ; very showy and 
attractive. 
CARDINAL, a magnificent variety, producing fine large flowers of a rich deep magenta-rose colour. 
CARMINATA, the leaves are stained with a coppery brown tint between the veins, while the flowers 
are large, of a pretty delicate salmony hue tinged with rose. 
CARNEA ELEGANS, a charming variety, with vivid brown stems, and oblong acuminate doubly- 
serrated glossy leaves. The flowers are of a rich rosy salmon colour, suspended on long gracefully- 
drooping pedicels or flower stems. 
CAROLINE, deep rosy pink, a very fine showy flower, with broad petals. 
CLIMAX, deep rich rosy carmine ; the two outer petals extremely broad ; a beautiful variety. 
CORSAIR, rosy salmon ; a most profuse blooming variety. 
DAZZLE, bright reddish crimson ; a fine flower, with short broad petals. 
DRAGON, a beautiful flower, with very fine large long petals ; colour rich bright rose ; very effective. 
DR MASTERS, a beautiful and effective variety, with very rich carmine-crimson drooping flowers, 
suspended on salmon-tinted pedicels or flower stalks. 
ECLIPSE, a magnificent variety, producing fine large flowers of a very bright and rich carmine- 
scarlet colour ; extremely showy. 
EMBLEM, a very attractive variety, giving fine large showy flowers with extremely broad petals, of 
a deep rose colour shaded with magenta. 
ENSIGN, bright pink ; a beautiful shade of colour ; flowers large and fine ; a very elegant variety. 
EXCELSIOR, a fine free-blooming variety, with fine large flowers of a bright cinnabar red colour. 
FRCEBELII, a splendid new species from Ecuador, very distinct and attractive, producing, well 
above the foliage, erect bunches of large brilliant scarlet flowers ; the foliage is of a bright green 
colour, furnished on the under side with a thick covering of white hairs. 
GEM, light cream colour, the reverse of the petals light pink ; extremely distinct and attractive. 
GLITTER, vivid orange scarlet ; an extremely bright and showy colour ; fine large flow'd'. 
HERMINE, light orange cinnamon, a very distinct and attractive shade of colour ; a pretty flower ; 
large and well formed. 
INTERMEDIA, a fine hybrid, of free-branching strong upright growth. The flowers are of the 
size and form of 13. Vcitcliii, which they also resemble in colour, but are of rather a darker shade. 
LOTHAIR, a splendid variety, producing fine large showy flowers, with short broad petals, of a deep 
rose colour ; very fine. 
LUCINDA, an extremely attractive variety, producing very large and fine flowers, with remarkably 
long petals, of a deep rose colour. 
MAGNET, beautiful light pink, the reverse of the petals deep pink ; a charming variety, producing 
fine large flowers with good petals. 
MASTERPIECE, a magnificent variety, producing immense flowers, of an intensely bright vermilion 
scarlet colour ; extremely attractive. 
MAZEPPA, very light cream colour, the reverse of the petals tinted with orange pink ; extremely 
distinct and pretty. 
