NEW AND CHOICE BEGONIAS— AUCTJB AS. 
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BEGONIA VEITCHII. 
This remarkable and beautifnl plant, which was discovered near Cuzco in Peru, introduces quite 
a new feature into the now well-known family of Begonias. It differs in all respects from any other 
Begonia yet known, in having immense blooms of a vivid vermilion or cinnabar red, and in being 
comparatively hardy. 7s. Gd. 
BEGONIA WELTONIENSIS. 
An excellent summer, autumn, and winter-blooming variety, of dwarf dense habit, with crim- 
son stems and leaf stalks, bright green leaves, and pretty waxy pink flowers. It is exceedingly 
free flowering and attractive, and is useful for planting in shady positions in the sub-tropic-1 
garden, lx. Gd. 
NEW AUCUBAS. 
•These new hardy evergreen shrubs are most desirable acquisitions j indeed, they may be looked 
upon as the most permanently useful introductions of modern times. Many have been the novelties 
recently added to our collections from Japan, but for durable importance none of them come up to 
these plants, and for this reason : The common Auouba is a shrub that grows and thrives better in 
towns and cities than any other evergreen j it thrives vigorously where eveiything else dies, as 
some of the gardens of London can testily. With us, however, it has till recently been a fruitless 
shrub, but when the male form of this plant, which we now possess, becomes sufficiently circulated, 
our Aucuba bushes will become covered with large bunches of berries about four times the size of 
those of the common Holly, and of the brightest glossy coral red. This can be seen at the present 
time in perfection at Mr. W. B.’s establishment, as well as the male and female plants hereafter named. 
Nothing in the way of hardy evergreen shrubs will at all compare with Auoubas when laden with 
their coral red berries. 
As there is some little misconception on this subject, perhaps it may be as well to state that the 
Aucuba is a dioecious plant, that is to say, some of its individuals produce only male or pollen- 
bearing flowers, while others produce only female or berry -bearing flowers. The ordinary Aucuba 
was introduced to this country from Japan nearly a century ago, but the plant or plants so introduced 
happened to be females only. The whole stock in Europe sprang by propagation from this original 
introduction, and Japan from that time being a sealed country, the male plant could not be obtained. 
To tho celebrated Chinese and Japanese traveller and collector, Mr. Robert Fortune, is duo the 
merit of introducing the first male plants with which we are acquainted. Lately, however, there 
have been several most important and distinct varieties introduced by Dr. Von Siebold, including 
both male and female kinds, with plain green unspotted leaves ; also others of both serfes, having 
blotched and variegated foliage. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA LUTESCENS. 
All entirely new and remarkably handsome seedling variety, having the leaves strongly toothed, 
and so freely spotted and blotched with yellow, that in the well-matured state they appear as if the 
ground colour was yellow, slightly marbled with green. It is a very effective and showy hardy 
shrub, and quite distinct from all other varieties hitherto cultivated. 7s» Od. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA (FCEMINA) AUREO-MACULATA. 
One of the most freely variegated of the numerous varieties of Aucuba which are now to be met 
with in our gardens. The leaves are of a bright green ground colour, and toothed, and they are not 
only marked with numerous dots and splashes of bright yellow, after the manner of the common 
form, but they have in addition the large central blotches of yellow characteristic of the vaiicty 
called . Tho two forms of marking combined render the leaves extremely ornamental. 
It was recently awarded a First Class Certificate by the Floral Committee. 7s. Qd, 
AUCUBA JAPONICA (MASCULA) MARMORATA. 
This attractive variety has been imported from Japan. 
Among the numerous kinds of spotted and blotohed-leaved Aucubas, this proves to bo remarkably 
distinct, and much more striking and effective in respect to its markings than either the ordinary 
spotted female form, so common in gardens, or the comparatively scarce 7naculata, which approach 
the nearest to it. Compared with those, its leaves are shorter and loss toothed, and the colour is 
much brighter than either, the ground colour being a very deep green, and this blotched all over 
with large irregular spots and patches of bright yellow. 7s. 6d. 
