GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 
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Begonia diadema. 
FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 
We know of no class of plants better adapted to 
amateur cultivation than 
these. Most of the varie- 
ties are free-growing, and 
in a very short time make 
fine specimen plants. The 
beauty of their ‘foliage, 
combined with their grace- 
ful flowers and free-bloom- 
ing qualities tends to make 
them one of the most desir- 
able classes of plants 
grown. They requireabout 
the same temperature as 
bouvardias, an average of 
70 degrees, to bring them 
to perfection. As pot 
plants for summer or win- 
ter decoration they have 
but 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. araentea guttata. 
A cross between B. Ulbia 
and B.alba yieta. Purple- 
bronze leaves, oblong in 
shape, with silvery mark- 
ings, and white flowers on 
the tips of the stems. Pine 
for house culture. 15 cts. 
B. alba picta. A per- 
fectly distinct variety. The 
leaves are glossy green, 
thickly spotted with sil- 
very white. The branches 
are upright and gracefully 
curving. Flowers white. 
10 cts. 
B. Bert lie Chat e a u - 
rocher. Flowers a bright 
currant red ; very florifer- 
ous; resembles B.hybrida 
multiflora. 10 cts. 
B. compla. From Bra- 
zil. Satiny green, with 
silver tinge along the mid- 
rib. An improvement on 
the old B. zebrina. 15c. 
B. decora. A shrubby variety, with dark green 
obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely marked 
with spots of silver gray, after the style of B. 
argyrostigma. 10 cts. 
B. diadema. An elegant new Begonia, par- 
ticularly adapted for house culture. It has large, 
deeply cut foliage, with silvery dots and veins, 
and a fine habit of growth. 15 cts. 
B. Fuchsioides coccinea. An elegant, fine 
blooming variety, similar to B. hybrida multiflura in 
growth. The flowers are a bright scarlet. 10 cts. 
B. glaucopliylla scandens. A drooping 
species, with large panicles of orange-salmon flow- 
ers. A beautiful plant for hanging baskets. 10c. 
B. Gilsoni. Large-leaved, smooth, upright 
growing. The leaf is sharp pointed, regularly 
toothed ; and of long, triangular form ; very ele- 
gant. The racemes of double, rosy white flowers 
are borne on long stems. 10 cts. 
B. M. de Lesseps. Adecided improvemcntonB. 
argentea 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 suc- 
ceed with any ordinary' care. 20 cts. 
B. Lucerne. A large-leaved, upright grower, 
forming fine specimen plants, which bear many 
fine trusses of orange-scarlet flowers. 20 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 
attractiveness of this excellent sort. 10 cts. 
Begonia Lucerne. 
