ELLIS BE0TBER8' CATALOGUE. 
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Denisonii. A fine variety, leaves palm shaped. Color of leaf very light green, 
vrith large irregular shading of deep bronze green, the whole being covered with a 
gloss, in appearance like changeable silk, it also flowers freely, color a beautiful pink. 
The combined beauty of foliage and flowers greatly admired. Price 35 (fts. 
Pres. Carnot (Rex). Very beautiful; strong, vigorous grower; light brown 
foliage beautifully marked, giving it the appearance of frosted silver over the larger 
part of the leaf. One of the most beautiful of the newer introductions. Price 25 iSs. 
Speculata. Quite a novelty in Rex type. Leaves are in the form of a grape leaf. 
Color, a bright green, with background of chocolate; veins of light pea-green, the 
whole leaf spotted with silver. In bloom it is magnificent, the panicies composed of 
great numbers of individual pink blooms, are lifted high and spray-like, quite ciear 
of the foliage. Price 1,5 < 5 fs. 
Countess Louise Erdody. The leaf, which has a metailic lustre, appears dark 
silvery in the center, shading into coppery rose toward the margin, which is broadly 
and evenly edged with the same hue, but darker 
and more brilliant. The veins are yellowish 
green on both sides. The striking peculiarity, 
however, which distinguishes it from all other 
Begonias, consists in the fact that the two lobes 
at the base of the leaf do not grow side by side, 
but one of them winds in a spiral-like way until 
in a full grown leaf there are four of these 
twists lying on the top of the leaf nearly two 
inches high. (See cut.) Price 15 6ls. 
Metallica. A variety with a peculiar me- 
tallic-like lustre, and charming rose-colored 
flowers ; very worthy variety, combining both 
beauty of leaf and flower in same plant. Win- 
ter flowering ; extra. Price, 10 to 25 <fts. 
Revolution. A very striking new variety, 
with a very pronounced double whorl on the 
leaf, one above the other ; the texture is fine 
and velvety and the shading is beautiful, show- 
ing a nice silver zone. A free, thrifty grower. 
Similar to “Countess Louise Erdody” in shape of leaf, but entirely distinct in its 
coloring and a more sturdy grower. Price 25 dts. 
Mme. Leboncy (Rex). A very rare sort, and none in our list can equal it in rich, 
lustrous coloring, which it is impossible to do justice in a description. The young 
leaves are reddish metallic, studded with irregular silvery spots. The older leaves are 
dark silver, shaded steel and spotted dark green ; the entire leaf shaded red and bur- 
nished as in tinsel. Price 35 < 5 ls. 
Weltoniensis. Beautiful old-fashioned pink flowering variety; also known as 
Coral Begonia. Price 10 < 5 ls. 
Thurstonii. Bright red foliage and veinings underneath the leaves, and bright 
metallic green, shading to red in the younger growth on top, with the deep veinings; 
the flowers are a beautiful deep pink in bud, but when expanded become a beautiful 
shell-pink. A grand improvement on “Metallica.” Price 15 < 5 ls. 
Riciniflora. A magnificent decorative plant; leave of immense size and similar 
in form to “Ricinus.” Flowers in very large panicles on flower stalks two to three 
and one-half feet high ; light pink. Price 15 < 5 ls. 
