Mammoth-leaved Rex Begonias are Ideal Box Plants for Shady Porches 
VcstaTs Choicest Flowering Begonias 
REX BEGONIA The Rex division of the Begonia family has been a great favorite. In no other class of plants do we find the rich 
metallic foliage, lustre and various colors so satisfactorily blended as here. We find colors of bright green, silver 
colored, reddish bronze, as well as varieties of bright rosy plum color. The soil should be light and porous. Price of good, strong, estab¬ 
lished plants, 35c each; 3 different varieties for $1.00. 
STAR BEGONIA The leaf is very large—will average a foot or 
more in diameter—and is separated into seven 
or nine large points, carried on thick, heavy stems, 18 inches or more 
in height; color a rich green, with reddish markings; surface 
velvety. In bloom it is magnificent; the panicle, composed of great 
numbers of individual pink blooms, is lifted high and spray-like, 
quite clear of foliage. One of the best for winter bloom, besides 
being ornamental in foliage. Price, 35c. 
ARGENTEA GUTTATA It has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in 
shape, with silvery markings. Pro¬ 
duces white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems. 20c each, 
3 for 50c. 
ALBA PICTA ROSEA Foliage rich green, spotted with white; 
flowers on long, pendant stems, similar 
to Rubra. Color, delicate rose; very free flowering. 20c, 3 for 50c. 
BEEFSTEAK BEGONIA Sometimes called the “Strawberry Leaf" 
Geranium : very ornamental; leaves sil¬ 
ver top, red underneath; very pretty flowers. Each, 20c, 3 for 50c. 
BRILLIANT New Everblooming Flowering Begonia. Freest 
blooming variety known ; of easy culture, low bushy 
habit, and literally covered the entire year with a wealth of beauti¬ 
ful Christmas-red flowers with yellow stamens. It well merits the 
name of Everblooming Begonia. Price, 20c each, 3 for 50c. 
CAROLINE LUCERNE A superb new variety of the Coral Be¬ 
gonia, producing gigantic trusses of 
bronzy-red flowers and flowering continuously from April to 
November. The foliage is dotted with silvery white. Blooms last 
from a month to six weeks, and are borne in immense clusters, 
almost hiding the plant. The color is bright coral-red, changing 
to a delicate pink. Nice plants, 30c each, 3 for 75c. 
MLESSEPPS It is beautifully spotted with silver. A very 
strong, free-growing variety that will succeed 
with ordinary care. White flowers. 20c each, 3 for 50c. 
RED RUBRA The flowers are a rich coral red, hanging in large 
pendant clusters; these, combined with the rich 
green foliage, make it one of the best plants for house culture. 20c 
each, 3 for 50c. 
PINK RUBRA (Angel Wing.) We doubt if there is a pink flow¬ 
ered variety that equals it. The foliage resem¬ 
bles Rubra in shape, but is a lighter green, while the flower pani¬ 
cles are much handsomer. It is a pure pink flowering Begonia. 
20c each, 3 for 50c. 
THURSTONII A distinct and pretty shrubbery variety, with thick, 
heavy foliage, which is of a rich metallic green 
above and bright led underneath; the flowers are a fine pink, rising 
well above foliage. 20c each, 3 for 50c. 
LARGE FLOWERING HIBISCUS 
Price, first size, 15c; second size, 30c; large size, 50c 
(Chinese.) Large growing tropical shrubs, with large glossy, dark 
green foliage, blooming freely in our hottest sun, producing their 
enormous bright colored flowers in great numbers during the entire 
summer averaging five or six inches in diameter, and are gorge¬ 
ously colored, 
BRILLIANTISSIMA The largest flowered of all the single vari¬ 
eties. Color a brilliant scarlet, flushed with 
orange, the base of petal stained deep crimson ; an extra fine variety. 
PEACHBLOW The flowers are double and from four to five 
inches in diameter; of a charming rich, clear 
pink color. 
SUB VIOLOCEA Flowers enormous, semi-double; clear carmine, 
tinted with violet. Probably the largest flower 
in the Hibiscus Chinensis family. An unusually free bloomer. 
LAMBERTII Flowers large, deep crimson color. The finest and 
most brilliant double crimson, with flowers 4 
inches in diameter. 
PHILODENDRON 
We cannot say too much in praise on the value of this vine for 
use in fern dishes, wall pockets, baskets or any place where any¬ 
thing else will not thrive. It is by far the best plant for use in 
the home as under-watering, over-watering or any adverse condi¬ 
tions will little affect it. For fern dishes, plant a sufficient quan¬ 
tity in dish and pin the vine to the soil with greening pins and it 
will root at every joint and form a compact mass of green heart- 
shaped leaves. Two varieties: dark green or variegated leaves. Price, 
20c each, 3 for 50c. 
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