Clivia—Salmon pink, fine pot plant ...50 and 1.00 
Aspidistra lurida .25 and .50 
Kalanchoe Marmorata—Spotted brown leaf .25 
Kalanchoe Chaffieldi—(new) salmon flower ...25 
Kalanchoe Tubeflora—Odd plant .25 
Oliveranthus elegans .25 
Rochea falcata—Brilliant red flower .25 
PLANTING BHGONIA SEED 
Have your soil w’ell mixed and 
sterilized as instructed. Do not use 
manure unless it is well rotted and 
well mixed in with the soil. Silt 
the t o p layer of leaf mould and 
some sand. Take a small pinch ol 
the seed and mix it with a table¬ 
spoon of clean sand and scatter 
thinly on the surface, pressing it 
down with a small block ol wood. 
Cover the seed pan with glass and 
unless it is very hot and dry will 
not need any further attention for 
a week or so, but watch that the top 
does not dry out. Set the dish in 
a pan of warm rain water until the 
top of the soil is damp, then remove 
and let drain. This is better than 
pouring water on from the top and 
washing out the newly sprouted 
seedlings. Most begonia seed wfill 
sprout in 15 days if the weather is 
warm. Though some varieties take 
longer up to two months for germ¬ 
ination to take place. 
If the atmosphere is very dry, set 
the seed pan in a box of wet sand, 
or sphagnum moss. Watch your 
pans. As seedlings grow, w r ait until 
they have at least four leaves be¬ 
fore transplanting them to a flat. 
Have the soil in flat same mixture 
and sterilized as for the seed pans. 
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CARE OF BEGONIA PLANTS 
When plants arrive put them in 
pan of water for a few hours with¬ 
out removing the moss covering. 
Have your potting soil ready — the 
best way is to fill a bucket with pot¬ 
ting soil and then pour boiling hot 
water on and cover tightly and let 
cool before filling the pots for the 
plants. T his will destroy worm eggs, 
bugs and weed seeds that would in¬ 
terfere with the growth and keeps 
the mossy fungus from starting. If 
the leaves fall otf plant it does not 
hurt. T h e y will send out new 
shoots directly. If weather is cold, 
turn a glass over the plant until it 
starts. Keep your plants labeled, 
it is more satisfactory to know what 
you are growing than to know' them 
as just begonias. Keep in shade in 
a protected place. Do not over water. 
Begonias will stand quite a dry 
soil without hurting the plant, but 
too wet soil will cause the roots to 
decay. 
