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If. — Edward Andre . 
Plant haying the vegetation, the vigor, the size and form of the leaves of the 
B. discolor; flowering early. Yery beautiful foliage; in its young age, of a dark 
purple, turning successively into a bronze-antique uniform color, with very brilliant 
reflections ; the back of the leaves and the petioles of a dark red. A distinct and very 
beautiful variety. Price: one plant, 10 francs. 
5. — Lucienne Bruant. 
A rustic plant; half shrubby, very compact foliage; of remarkable vigor, 
leaves, cordiform, with a bright green inferior (under) face, rose washed aro 
edgings, which are shaded into purple ; the superior (upper) face of a dark green, 
all spotted and strewed with points of a silvery-white ; a magnificent variety. Price : 
one plant, 10 francs ; three plants, 20 francs. 
6. — A Carriere. .' v 
Plant with a branching and gracious form ; of a nice foliage, entirely covered with 
a silver-colored .and metallic white ; spotted with Carmine when grown; the back of 
a light rose, with purple < 
large ; the inferior (under 
a lively green around the 
A variety remarkable for i 
plants, 20 francs. 
3 ; free bloomer. Price : one plant, 10 francs. 
7 . — W. E. Gumbleton . 
y thick, robust stems ; bloom abundant ; leaves very 
e of a tender green, rose washed ; superior (upper) face 
es, with a shading of grey, lead color, very metallic, 
nt vegetation. Price : one plant, 10 francs ; three 
Gabrielle de Clermont-Tonnerre. 
Plant of medium size, compact and abundant foliage of a particular form, undu- 
lating and figured. At first its leaves are of a lively rose with sparkling reflections, 
turning successively into divers shades, up to a rosy-grey with green edges; its infe- 
rior face and petioles are of a dark purple-red ; a very beautiful grouping of colors. 
Price : 12 francs. 
' 10. — Marguerite Bruant. 
Leaves of medium size, fine form, ending in a sharp point, with a silvery-white 
drawing upon a meadow-green ground, its back of a tender rose. A vigorous plant, 
of very robust and rapid growth, forming pyramidal thickets with a very leafy base. 
A variety with a great prospect for summer massing or bedding. Price : one plant, 
10 francs; three plants, 20 francs. 
[Nature has been very lavish in her gifts to the vegetable kingdom, and man by 
his efforts has added many strange combinations to these forms. In this case the art 
of man has succeeded in uniting two seemingly opposite forms (although of the same 
family) into a vigorous and healthy hybrid, preserving the characters of both, for 
which Mr. Bruant has also united the specific names of both parents as a general 
name for his hybrids. In reading his descriptions, however, we are almost inclined 
to think that Discolor-Splendens would have represented the original species more 
correctly than Discolor- Bex, as it seems evident to us that the Splendens, or silver-leaf 
variety, is the hot-house variety used for fertilizing the flowers of B. discolor . . 
Begonia Splendens has a silvery-white leaf, veined and bordered with green, and is 
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