GLORIA 
The New Christmas Begonia 
Q LOR IA is a distinctly new and different Begonia 
which has been originated and is being disseminated 
by Jas. B. Masson, of Bethel, Kansas. It is a bril¬ 
liant, compact sport of Begonia Melior, with a 
glowing, vivid rose-pink color, deeper and richer than any 
hue yet seen in this admirable winter-flowering type. Its 
compact-growing habit is superior to other Begonias, and 
for that reason alone it is bound to supersede other varie¬ 
ties of the type. 
The fact that the stock of Gloria is extremely limited 
and that we are offering it at no increase in price over 
ordinary varieties, makes early ordering highly important. 
Orders will be filled in rotation— deliveries to start in May. 
All plants are carefully packed and shipped in paper pots. 
August 1st and later 3" at $35 per 100 September 
Q L O RIA is an extremely 
floriferous Begonia which 
covers itself with a mass of 
shining flowers and is un¬ 
surpassed in abundance and perma¬ 
nence by any Begonia on the market. 
Its deep, glowing color is richer and 
more sparkling than that of any 
Christmas Begonia yet introduced. 
Practically all its flowers are male, 
and therefore sterile, so that it holds 
its blooms better and longer, and 
continues to throw up a succession of 
bloom almost unceasingly throughout 
the winter. The mass of flowers has 
a beautiful iridescent sheen impos¬ 
sible to describe, which deepens and 
intensifies as the flowers get older. 
The leaves of the plant are smaller 
than other Begonias of the type. Its 
growth is compact and dense, so that 
it requires less tying and support, 
thus saving a great deal of the culti¬ 
vator’s time and preventing damage 
in shipping. Its vigor and immunity 
to the various fungous diseases gives 
it an extremely high value, for it 
makes loss from those causes almost 
negligible. 
In the four years of its existence, 
Gloria has shown no tendency what-’ 
ever to revert or vary from the stand¬ 
ard of its type. It always comes true 
and even, and produces a highly uni¬ 
form product, salable and desirable 
in every respect. 
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Strong plants from 2V4-inch pots 
$22.50 per 100; $200 per 1000 
1 st an d later A" at $45 per 100 
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