A. B. DAVIS <&•* SON, PURCELL VILLE, VIRGINIA. 
Begonia Rex. 
B. manicata aurea. Large, glossy leaves beau- 
tifully blotched with creamy white, with carmine- 
etchings 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. 20 cents. 
thrives everywhere, and is destined to become one 
of the most popular of bedding plants. 10 cts. 
REX lHiLOMAS. 
Grown for the beauty of their foliage. The leaves 
are large, beautifully variegated and margined with 
a peculiar silvery metallic gloss ; they are much used 
as pot-plants. We offer 18 of the prettiest varieties 
grown at 15 cts. each, 81 per doz. ; also the “ Shell- 
Rex” (Countess L. Erdody), described below. 
Countess Louise Erdody. The leaf has a 
metallic luster, dark silver in the center, shading to 
coppery rose toward the margin. The striking pecu- 
liarity which distinguishes it from all other Begonias 
lies 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 nearly two inches high 
on top of the leaf. 15 cts. 
Speculata. (New.) This is quite a novelty in the 
Rex class; the leaves areshaped like grape leaves, and 
are bright green, veined with a lighter silvery shade, 
and spotted with silver; the under side is bright 
chocolate ; the immense panicles of bright pink bloom 
are lifted high and spray-like quite clear of the 
foliage. 15 cents. 
B. Margarita:. A variety with leaves like IS. 
metallica, to which it is related, and large trusses of' 
delicate cream and rose-colored flowers. It grows in 
round, bushy form; leaves bronze-green, with pur- 
plish cast ; very free-flowering. 10 cts. 
B. nit idu 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. 10 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 gives 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 IS. rubra, hav- 
ing foliage similar, but more drooping, and with 
clusters of white flowers ; not so free-flowering nor 
so vigorous in growth as B. rubra. 10 cts. 
B. rubra. One of 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 give 
the impression that they are artificial rather than 
natural. 15 cts. 
B. semperflorens gigantea rosea. This fine 
new variety attains a large size, and is a compact mass 
of glossy, olivo-green leaves. It is so free of bloom 
as to present the appearance of a fine bouquet. The 
flower is white in the center, shading to a delicate 
shell-pink, distinctly margined with bright rose, and 
enlivened with dense clusters of yellow anthers, pro- 
ducing a charming effect. The plant blooms continu- 
ally, but is freest in winter, this quality adding to its 
attractiveness as a house plant. 15 cts. 
B. Sandersonii. Deep scarlet; everblooming. 
Known as the Coral Begonia. 10 cts. 
B. subpeltata nigricans. Upright-growing. 
Leaves dark red, overspread with a distinct silvery 
shade; pink flowers. Very fine for pots, vases, or 
baskets, as it is free and bushy in growth. 15 cts. 
B. sanguinea. Leaves dark gloss olive green, 
under side deep red ; flowers white. 10 cts. 
B. VERNON. (New.) This excellent variety is of 
unusual merit as a bedding sort, flowering fully as 
freely when planted outas when grown as a pot-plant. 
It begins flowering when first planted, and continues 
throughout the whole season until stopped by frost. 
Foliage rich glossy-green, often shaded deep bronze. 
Flowers at first opening are a deep red, changing to 
a beautiful, clear rose in the fully open flower. It 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 
A handsome class of summer-blooming plants, be- 
ginning to flower early and continuing in full bloom 
until frost, rivaling the geranium in depth and inten- 
sity of color They grow best if planted in partial 
shade in a soil composed of leaf-mold, sand and a 
small portion of well-rotted cow-manure. They also 
make splendid specimen plants when grown in pots. 
When through flowering they should be dried off, 
shaken free from earth, packed in charcoal-dust or 
dry leaf-mold, and kept in a warm room until 
February or March, when they may be started again. 
Our bed of Tuberous-rooted Begonias attracted 
more attention than any other class of plants last 
summer and fall. Almost all who saw them declared 
their intention of, planting some tubers next spring. 
Single White. 20 cts. 
Single Yellow. 20 cts. 
Single Rose. 20 cts. 
Single Red. 20 cts. 
Single, Mixed Colors- 
15 cts. each. 81.25 per doz. 
Separate Colors. $1.75. 
per doz. 
Special Begonia Collection. Fo 2 Vkwe7ing se B n e‘ 
gonias, our selection of kinds. This will give you a fine 
collection of Begonias for only $1. 
Tuberous- Rooted Begonia. 
Something: beautiful: Champion-of-the-World Rose. 
