316 W. Chew St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
BENNETT RUBRA—Medium grower; narrow, 
dark green leaves; typical flower cluster, seed pod 
salmon pink, with lighter petals. 
BERTHA DE CHATEAU ROCHER — Glossy 
green, sharply pointed leaves carried close to 
stem; upright grower; scarlet flowers in terminal 
clusters. 
BETH A STEUART — Rubra type; resembles 
Lugano but leaves a darker bronze and flowers a 
lighter shade of pink. 
BOLIVIAN SPECIES — Light green leaves, 
underside faintly flushed with red; whole plant is 
lightly covered with a brown tomentose; fuchsia 
like scarlet blooms. 
BRAZILIENSIS—Round, light cedar green leaf, 
with a hair line edge of red, rather coarsely 
netted veined; flowers small white on a tall stalk; 
low growing species. 
BUNCHII—Ruffled and crested form of Feastii; 
leaves a much lighter green. 
CALLA LILY — Basal leaves are clear light 
green, those above heavily spotted with white, 
upper ones pure glistening white shaped like 
miniature Calla Lilies; flowers are rose red; with¬ 
out a doubt it is one of the most beautiful of the 
Begonias and one of the hardest to grow. 
CAROLINEAFOLIA—Light green upright stem 
as thick as one’s wrist with white spots on it; 
light green, perfectly palmate leaves, there are 8 
leaflets or fingers, each on a 2" stem, quite cir¬ 
cular in shape with wavy edges, the pedicels and 
underneath of leaves are covered with a brown 
tomentum; no branches on the trunk, new 
branches come from the root; flowers pale pink, 
on a 3 ft. peduncle. 
CATHAYANA—Chinese Species resembling an 
upright Rex; medium grower, well branched; 
stems covered with white hairs; leaves pointed, 
very velvety, center and border—dark ivy green, 
narrow zone of glaucous green, ruby red veins, 
under side of leaf a deep red velvety color; flow¬ 
ers a soft orange color. 
CATHCARTII—Original seed from India, re¬ 
sembles Rex, growing from a rhizome; leaves, 
thin, light green, broad dark green veining; flow¬ 
ers—deep yellow with scarlet shading outside. 
CHIALA ALBA — Leathery leaves, similar to 
Fruiticosa species, good branching habit, with 
larger leaf than Chiala Rosea; flowers white. 
CHIALA ROSEA—Much smaller grower than 
Mrs. W. A. Wallow, and less richly colored; leaves 
are narrower and more pointed than Fruiticosa 
species; flowers are pink tinted. 
CHRYSTALLINA — Vigorous grower; prolific 
bloomer of deep rose pink flowers with conspicu¬ 
ous white spot on Ovary; similar to Coralline 
Lucerne; leaves dark olive green, heavily spotted 
with silver, deep crimson underneath. 
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