General Catalogue of Plants. 
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FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 
We know of no class of plants better adapted to amateur cultivation than these. Most of the varieties are 
free-growing, and in a very short time make fine specimen plants. The beauty of their foliage, combined with 
their graceful flowers and free blooming qualities, tend to make them one of the most desirable classes of plants 
grown. They require about the same temperature as bouvardias, an average of 70 degrees, to bring them to 
perfection. As pot plants for summer or winter decoration, they have few equals. To induce all to grow our 
beautiful Begonias, we offer them very cheap. They are all well-grown plants, ready to bloom. 
B. argentea guttata. A cross between B. Olbia 
and B. alba picta. Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in 
shape, with silvery markings, and white flowers on 
the tips of the stems. Fine for house culture. 10 cts. 
B. alba picta. A perfectly distinct variety. The 
leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted with silvery 
white. The branches are upright and gracefully curv- 
ing. Flowers white, to cts. 
B., Berthe Ciiateaurocher. Flowers a bright cur- 
rant red ; very floriferous ; resembles B. hybnda 
mullijiora. 8 cts. 
B. compta. From Brazil. Satiny green, with 
silver tinge along the mid-rib. An improvement on 
the old B. zebrtna. 10 cts. 
B. Bruanti. Glossy bright green foliage ; white 
flowers, shaded to a delicate pink ; a profuse- flowering 
and in every way desirable variety. 8 cts. 
15. decora. A shrubby variety, with dark green 
obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely marked with 
spots of silver gray ; after the style of B. argyro- 
stigma. 8 cts. 
15. diadema. An elegant new Begonia, particularly 
adapted for house culture. It has large, deeply cut 
foliage, with silvery dots and veins, and a fine habit 
of growth. 10 cts. 
B. Tuchsioides coccinea. An elegant, fine bloom- 
ing variety, similar to B. hybrida multijlora in growth. 
The flowers are a bright scarlet. 8 cts. 
B. g-laucophylla scandens. A drooping species, 
with large panicles of orange-salmon flowers. A 
beautiful plant for hanging baskets. 10 cts. 
Begonia Gilsoni. Large-leaved, smooth, upright- 
growing. The leaf is sharp-pointed, regularly toothed, 
and of long triangular form ; very elegant. The 
racemes of double, rosy white flowers are borne on 
long stems. 10 cts. 
B. Haageana. (New.) A seedling from the beau- 
tiful B. Scharfiana. Leaves of large size, bronzy green 
above and red below ; flowers of the largest size, and 
more beautiful than those of the old favorite B. nitida; 
a grand variety either for ornament or bloom. 20 cts. 
B., M. de Ijesseps. A decided improvement on B. 
artrenlea guttata, the leaf being four times the size 
seen in that variety, while the silky texture is the 
same ; it is beautifully spotted with silver. A very 
strong, free-growing variety, that will succeed with 
ordinary care. 15 cts. 
B., Lucerne. A large leaved, upright grower, form- 
ing fine specimen plants, which bear many fine trusses 
of orange-scarlet flowers. 15 cts. 
B. metallica. This elegant variety has large 
glossy leaves, shaded with green, crimson and olive, 
with a peculiar metallic luster over all. Flowers 
large, dark pink in color, and increase the attractive- 
ness of this excellent’sort. 10 cts. 
Begonia rubra. 
Begonia metallica. 
B. manicata aurea. Large, glossy leaves, beauti- 
fully blotched with creamy white, with carmine etch- 
ings in the mature leaves. Flowers delicate blush 
white, on long stems. It is easily grown, and is one of 
the finest ornamental foliage plants for the house. 
Fine plants, 20 cts. 
B. Ha rgarilae. A variety with leaves like B. me- 
tallica, to which it is related, and large trusses of 
round, bushy form ; leaves bronze-green, with purplish 
cast; very free- flowering. 10 cts. 
B. metallica cuprea. (New.) A seedling from 
B. metallica, with beautiful velvety leaves of dark 
green. A strong, rapid grower, which is bound to 
become popular. 20 cts. 
B. nitida alba. A fine, bushy grower, with hand- 
some green foliage, and lovely racemes of waxen 
white flowers, borne the whole year round : one of the 
best sorts. 9 cts. 
B. olbia. A grand variety. The leaves are from 7 
to 10 inches in diameter, and are separated into deep, 
sharp points. The color runs through varying shades 
of brown and red, the young leaves being very bright. 
The arrangement of the veins give the leaf an uneven 
surface. This variety soon attains a heavy main trunk, 
which carries the branches in an erect form. It has 
large flowers of lemon-white, and is one of the richest 
colored foliage varieties. 20 cts. 
B. rubra alba. This is a sport from B. rubra, 
having foliage similar, but more drooping, and with 
clusters of white flowers ; not so free-flowering nor so 
vigorous in growth as B . rubra. 8 cts. 
B. rubra. One of the finest of our winter-flowering 
plants. The leaves are dark green ; flowers dark rose, 
glossy and wax-like. This peculiarity is so marked 
that when plants are placed singly in a room, the 
glossy appearance of the leaves and flowers gives the 
impression that they are artificial rather than natural. 
15 cts. 
B. Sandersonii. Deep scarlet ; everblooming. 
Known as the Coral Begonia. 8 cts. 
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