Garden Work 
Begonias. — To this class belong some of the most 
showy of our greenhouse summer-flowering plants. There 
are many kinds, such as the strong - growing, climbing 
varieties, which grow up the walls of our greenhouses, &c., 
and produce large trusses of bright flowers; the many 
varieties of fibrous-rooted and free-flowering kinds; the 
beautiful-foliaged kinds; 
and the tuberous-rooted 
kind, which are familiar 
to all. 
From the great va- 
riety of form noticed in 
these plants it will 
easily be understood 
that there are many 
methods of raising 
young ones. For the 
fibrous - rooted and 
climbing kinds, cuttings 
are generally taken. 
The points of young 
Begonia shoots, free from flower 
buds, may be taken at 
nearly any time, the leaves cut off the base, and a cut 
made clean through just below a joint. This should be 
inserted in a sandy soil in well - drained pots or boxes, 
and afterwards placed in a gentle bottom heat until rooted. 
When rooted, and growth has well begun, they may be 
potted into 3-in. pots, which should be well drained, 
using a compost of 3 parts of good fibrous loam, 1 part 
of leaf mould, with enough sand to keep the whole open. 
