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£. Sheppard & Sons' Catalogue of Plants. 
BEGONIA. 
(Tuberous Rooted.) 
We have a fine collection, consisting of some of the best named varieties. In 
June and July we shall have a large lot of seedlings saved from the best named 
sorts. Price, named varieties, 50 cts. to $1.00; seedlings, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per 
doz. 
BEGONIA DIAMANT. 
A beautiful variety of the Rex type, with medium-sized foliage, of a rich silvery 
hue, tinted with rosy pink ; dwarf habit. Price, 25 cts. each. 
BEGONIA METALLIUA. 
Perhaps of all the ornamental-foliaged Begonias, none are so beautiful as this ; 
and for a window or drawing-room plant, it is without a rival. Price, 25 cts. each. 
BEGONIA RUBRA. 
One of the finest winter-flower variety. The flowers are scarlet-rose, glossy, 
and wax-like, very large and freely produced. Price, 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABILIS. 
A handsome, free-flowering greenhouse climber, of very rapid growth ; flowers 
rich mauve color. Price, 50 cts. each. 
BOUGMANSIA SUAVEOLENS. 
A very showy and beautiful plant, growing from three to six feet high, with large, 
drooping, trumpet-shaped flowers ten inches long, white and very fragrant ; bloom- 
ing profusely all summer. Price, 50 cts. each. 
CALADIUMS. 
A fine collection of these beautiful, ornamental-foliaged plants for the decoration 
of the conservatory or greenhouse in summer, with large-sized leaves assuming 
almost every imaginable color in their variegation. They are of easy culture. 
Many of the varieties are well adapted for baskets, vases, etc. Price, 50 cts. to 
$1.00 each. 
Adolphe Adam. Densely speckled with white and red. 
Argyrites. Spotted profusely with white. 
Bicolor. Dark crimson mid-rib. 
Chantini. Profusely spotted carmine, crimson mid-rib. 
Devosianum. Dotted and flecked with pure white. 
Duchartre. White, suffused with rose. 
Houlettii. Light green, white spots, pink mid-rib. 
Mme. Houlettii. Pink and white spots. 
Mars. Large ; crimson centre. 
