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BEGONIA REX. 
Boanfcifnl foliage, justly colobrated qb tho finest of ornamental 
pot plants, snporb largo loaves, of exquisite and rich coloring. 
Pkt., 60 soods. 10 ots. 
BEGONIA.— Tuborous rooted, single mixed. Seed saved from 
finest colors. Pkt., 100 soods, 8 ots. 
BEGONIA.— Tuborous rooted, double mixed, from the finest 
aud best colors. P*t., 60 soods, 10 ots. 
BEGONIA VERNON. 
Ono of tho most satisfactory pot plants for tho house; and a 
popular bedding plant for tho gardon or lawn. It blooms with 
tho groatost profusion throughout tho summer. Flowers a bril¬ 
liant orango carminowith bright yellow contors, and tho foliage 
waxy and glossy. It Is oasily raised from sood, and comes abso¬ 
lutely true. Vnluablo for bedding and gonoral culturo. Pkt., 
100 soods, 4 ots. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. 
(Physalis Franchetti). 
The plant produces numerous, large, inflated husks, much the 
shape of Chinese lanterns, at first a beautiful green color, chang¬ 
ing to a yellowish hue aud then to brightest scarlet, and as they 
hang susponded among the green foliage they present a most novel 
and strikingly beautiful appearance. Branches cut and dried re¬ 
tain their rich and brilliant color, and make most beautiful winter 
bouquets when used with dried grasses or leaves. Tho plant 
grows from ono and ono-half to two feet in height. Treated like 
a Tomato it grows and fruits freely from seed the first season, yet 
tho plants are perennial and may bo wintered in tho collar or 
grown in pots as a window plant. Pkt., 30 seeds, 6 cts- 
