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CARTERS 
CHOICE SINGLE 
TUBEROUS ROOTED. 
James Carter dr* Co, 
BEGONIA. 
A VERY POPULAR PLANT FOR POTS AND BEDDING OUT. 
Begonias are much .superior to Geraniums for betiding, being quite unaffected by heavy rains, a moist atmosphere suiting them. 
BEGONIA, CARTERS “CROWN JEWELS” MIXED SINGLE, Including Fringed vars. as above.- 
It is impossilile to praise too much this superb strain of this highly-favoured flower ; it is sirniily perfection, and needs hut 
finished culture to attain pleasing results, alike for size and quality of the flowers, combined with brilliance in colours 
No^'^ag?'' packet-j. d. 
BEGONIA HYBR9DA CRISTATA,— Grand flowers, cre.sted by the elongation and fniibriations of the petals’ 7o^per cent. ^ ° 
true from seed. ’ ' ^ 
-New colourings of great lieauty 
* ' us dist 
2S, 6d. & 5 
No. 2Q3 
„ 1481. BEGONIA, CARTERS NEW MARBLED HYBRIDS. 
,, 1482. BEGONIA, CARTERS FIERY SCARLET. — Enormous blo.sxoms producing a°gorgeous d'isplay 
BEDDING BEGONIAS— PERPETUAL FLOWERING, SMALL BLOOMS IN CLUSTERS. 
FIBROUS ROOTED. 
*< VERNON’* TOM THUMB.— A charming free flowering variety, blood scarlet flowers and bronze foliage. 
No. 294 & 
FAIRY QUEEN ’* TOM THUMB.— Colour delicate glistening rose, marked with white centre. 
No. 2Q5 ^ _ ... ... ^ 
LUMINOSA. --Flowers, fiery deep sc rlet with satiny brownish red foliage. 
No. 1544 IS & 
The seed should be sown m heat at end of winter to produce strong flowering plants in the summer, in pans of very fine 
soil. Prick oflT the seedlings into pans and pot off later. Care should be used when sowing, as the seed is very fine. We 
c.m also supply tubers ready to start into growth in early spring. Sec' page 256. 
I'hcse Begonias are invaluable for growing in beds and groups; also for pot culture. They come into bloom very 
early, and last all the season. 
For Double varieties, seepage 157. Por dry roots, see page 260. 
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Seedsmen by Appointment to His Majesty the King— High Holborn, London. 
