9 Rosecroft Begonia Cardens, Point Loma, California • 
KING EDWARD. Pointed hairy leaf of brownish purple 
with zone of light spots tinted purple, variable zone 
often shows green. 
MIDNIGHT (?) . Broad leaf though pointed of purple 
black, zone in blotches and spots very light grey 
green tinted purple. 
HER MAJESTY. Narrow rather wavy leaf, brownish black 
center and border, zone light green flushed with pink 
purple. Both colors and texture soft. 
MARIE LOUISE. Center and edge brownish black running 
into spots and blotches of pink purple, zone bright 
green heavily spotted with light grey green. 
A. D. DAVIS (Rosecroft). Grey green with palmate center 
and narrow even border of greenish black. 
MRS. E. B. CLIFT. Wavy maple leaf dark green palmate 
fingers branching and running to edge in grass green, 
blotches of grey. Often flushed with purple. 
MIKADO. Very light silvery green, palmate center purple 
black, edge of center and border flushed pink purple. 
In old leaves and strong light all of leaf is often 
flushed. 
FIREFLUSH. Medium broad leaf of green with center and 
edge crimson, the whole covered with crimson hairs 
which makes the pushing leaves a brilliant plush. An 
old variety of German origin the right name of which 
is Furst Otto von Rothschild, or something like that. 
DREW (Rosecroft). Small center and edge light grass 
green, zone grey green so formed as to give a perfect 
illusion of one leaf placed over another. 
*STELLA ROSS (Rosecroft). Roundish leaf with sharp 
point, center and border purple black, zone dark 
cress green with groups of silver blotches which flush 
purple in strong light. The whole leaf studded with 
strong upright hairs like roots. $1.00. 
CHRETIEN. Soft and shiny leaf, center blackish brown, 
zone Indian lake, border blackish brown, color quite 
variable. 
INIMITABLE. Upright pointed leaf of sheeny tea green 
covered with coarse hairs of vinaceous purple, edge 
vinaceous purple with narrow indentations of helle¬ 
bore green. Alphonso is so similar as not to warrant 
a separate description. 
CRIMSON GLOW. Leaf finely stipuled with pea green 
on a brighter green, suffused center and border and 
on old leaves all over, with Dahlia purple; strong 
metallic sheen. $1.00. 
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