# Rosecroft Begonia Cardens, Point Loma, California # 
MARTHA. Medium grower, leaves with sawtooth lobe, 
small blooms of deep red. $1 .00 up. 
JINN IE MAY. A dwarf not more than two feet, laurel 
like leaves, small dainty red blooms. $1.00 up. 
MARY. Medium grower and quite bushy, red blooms 
profusely produced and well distributed, carried in 
open dainty clusters. $1.00. 
BENNETT RUBRA. Medium grower, leaves narrow dark 
green, typical clusters of bloom, seedpod salmon 
with lighter petals. $1.00. 
SHRIMP RUBRA. A very distinct soft shrimp shade. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
OTHER TALL FORMS 
(25c, 50c and up, unless otherwise mentioned) 
MULTIFLORA ROSEA. Also called FLORIBUNDA ROSEA, 
small foliage carried close to stem, pendent fuchsia¬ 
like blooms of delicate pink, always in flower and 
hardy. 
FUCHSIOIDES COCCINEA. A similar form but blooms 
transparent scarlet. Mexico calls it “CORAZON DE 
JESU.” 
COMPTA. Tall slender grower with long pointed leaves, 
greyish green with conspicuous grey center, small 
white blooms in large close clusters. 50c and up. 
VEDDERI. A seedling of Compta but much smaller grower 
with leaves broader at base and shorter, also lacking 
the grey center but with wavy edge. 50c. 
ZEBRINA. Also ANGULARIS from its square stem, simi¬ 
lar to Compta but grey markings much less pro¬ 
nounced, a much more vigorous grower. 
WALLOW. One of the very best new things. A vigorous 
grower branching well. Foliage very dark, long, 
narrow and wavy, carried almost perpendicularly, 
giving great elegance. Blooms white in erect clus¬ 
ters. $2.00. 
FIBROUS BEGONIAS — Intermediate Growth 
(25c, 50c and up, unless otherwise mentioned) 
PREUSEN. Very bushy upright habit, small long leaves 
and blooms of pink tint scattered through foliage, 
good at any stage. 
BAYERN. Similar to Preusen but foliage spotted. 
SACHSEN. Similar to Preusen but smaller grower with 
darker bronzy foliage and coppery red blooms. 
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