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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELL VILLE, VIRGINIA. 
BED OF TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA c . 
TUBEROUS- ROOTED BEGONIAS. 
Ahandsome class of summer-blooming plants, be- 
ginning to flower early and continuing in full bloom j 
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 por- 
tion 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. 
Single White. 25 cents. 
Single Yellow. 25 cents. 
Single Rose. 25 cents. 
Single Rod. 25 cents. 
Single, Mixed Colors. $2 per doz., 20 cents each. 
REX BEGONIAS. 
Grown for the beauty of their foliage. The leaves 
are large, beautifully variegated and m irgined with a 
peculiar silvery metallic gloss ; they are much used as 
pot plants. 
We offer 18 of the prettiest varieties grown at 15 
cents each; also the “ Snell-Rex,” described below : 
Countess Louise Krdody. The leaf has a metallic 
luster, dark silver in the center, shading to coppery 
rose toward the margin. The striking peculiarity 
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. 20 cents. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. 
This new, hardy perennial will please all who plant 
it. It makes compact, permanent clumps, which, dur- 
ing the flowering season, send up numbers of strong, 
slender, branching stems, each branch terminated by 
a large bright, golden-colored flower. The flowers are 
borne twelve to fifteen inches above the foliage, and 
arc in their prime during midsummer. This is the 
loveliest and most useful-perennial sent out for many 
years. 15 cents. • 
CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS (UMBRELLA 
PLANT). 
An ornamental grass, sending up stems about two 
feet high, and surmounted at the top by a whorl of 
| leaves, diverging horizontally. Splendid for the center 
! of vases, or for use as a water-plant. 15 cents. 
CESTRUM (NIGHT=BLOOMING JASMINE). 
These beautiful shrubs are cultivated for the delicate 
fragrance of their elegant flowers, which are borne in 
clusters. Of easy cultivation. 
Cestrum laurifolium. A handsome plant, with 
large, glossy foliage and pure white flowers. 10 cts. 
C. Parqui. This well-known and highly prized plant, 
blooming nearly all the year, is a native of Chili. An 
excellent garden plant, growing rapidly , foliage long 
and of a deep green color ; produces richly fragrant 
flowers, sweet only at night, at every joint. It is also 
well adapted for house and window culture. 10 
cents. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM. 
This is a decided improvement on the old variety, 
being of a more robust habit and a strong grower. 
Produces flowers of immense size on short, stout stems; 
the foliage is also beautiful. Strong bulbs, 50 cents. 
CRASSULA CORDATA. 
Succulent plants, with fleshy stems and leaves. Fine 
for winter blooming. Pinkish white flowers. 15 cents. 
CISSUS DISCOLOR. 
A well-known climber ; leaves beautifullv shaded 
with dark green, purple 
and white, the upper 
surface of the leaf hav- 
ing a rich velvet-like ap- 
pearance. The distinc- 
tive and striking char- 
acter of this handsome 
plant renders it highly 
ornamental as a cover 
lor walls or buildings. 
15 cents. 
CENTAUREA GYM= 
NOCARPA. 
Silver-leaved plants, 
with graceful and deli- 
cately cut foliage. They 
make beautiful edgings 
to beds of large coleus. rex begonia countess 
8 cents. louise krdody. 
The Mexican Primroses are beauties. 
