# Rosecroft Begonia Cardens, Point Loma, California # 
WETTSTEJNj/A'fc^anching small tree type with wavy green 
foliage and^ brilliant bunches of bloom, the most 
brilliant of all the reds. 50c. 
INCARNATA. Upright grower with light green foliage 
and deep pink flowers in numerous clusters. Winter 
bloomer. 
SYLVIA. A seedling of Incarnata with wavy foliage and 
dainty pink flowers; likes shade. 
MARGUERITE. Upright bush form with hairy foliage and 
tinted pink flowers, an old reliable. 
DIGSWELLIANA. Bushy with crinkly foliage and tinted 
pink bloom. A recent introduction is a variation with 
darker foliage and almost red blooms. 
ROBUSTA. Small ruddy leaves and red stems; blooms pink 
to red, grows with fountain effect, continually send¬ 
ing up new shoots; very hardy and desirable. Stands 
sunlight. 
ROBUSTA DECKERS. Growth more upright than last, 
foliage darker and blooms on longer stems and bigger 
bunches, a distinct variation. 50c. 
WASHINGTON ST. An unnamed seedling found in a San 
Diego garden, with long green leaves and small white 
blooms in bunches produced in winter; quite indi¬ 
vidual. 
ODORATA ALBA. Round, glossy foliage with large 
bunches of delicately scented white flowers continu¬ 
ously produced. One of the very best and makes a 
large spreading bush. 
ODORATA ROSEA. A pink form of Alba not nearly so 
vigorous. (This is called Nitida in some lists) . 
UNDINE. A Rosecroft seedling of Odorata Alba with tinted 
blooms; both blooms and foliage waved. Medium 
grower and bushes nicely. 50c up. 
ROSEA GIGANTEA. Large, round glossy foliage with a 
red spot where the stem joins; blooms a deep rose to 
red, produced in winter in large bunches held up¬ 
right; one of the most handsome of the Begonias. 
50c up. 
LOBATA VARIEGATA. A somewhat difficult doer with 
serrated spotted foliage and white blooms. 
MEDORA. A restrained branching type, leaves small 
heavily silver spotted, pink blooms. 50c. 
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