E. Sheppard &■ Sons’ Catalogue of Plants. 
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BEGONIA. 
We have a large collection of this popular plant. The class of which B. Rex 
is a type, is extensively used for baskets, vases, ferneries, etc. Of the winter- 
flowering varieties, B. Fuchsioides, B. Weltoniensis, are representatives, producing 
a profusion of pink, white, and carmine flowers during the entire winter months. 
Price, 25 cts. each ; $2.50 to $4.50 per doz. 
BEGONIA. 
(Tuberou8 Rooted.) 
We have a fine collection, consisting of some of the best 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 METALLICA. 
Perhaps of all the ornamcntal-foliagcd 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 haiuisome, free-flowering green-house climber, of very rapid growth; flowers 
rich mauve color. Price, 5a cts. each. 
CALADIUMS. 
fine collection of these beautiful, ornamcntal-foliaged plants for the decoration 
of the conservatory or green-house 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, ete. 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. I.ight green, white spots, pink mid-rib. 
