Green Tree Flower Gardens 
MARY — Rubra type resembling Picta Rosea; 
long narrow light green leaves, bronze under¬ 
neath with red veins; profusion of open dainty 
clusters of red blooms. 
MAYBELLE E—Corralline Lucerne type; Be¬ 
gonia red blooms with white center to seed pods; 
leaf dark green, heavily silver spotted. Very 
good. 
MEDORA—Restrained branching type of inter¬ 
mediate growth; leaves small heavily silver 
spotted, almost as small as Alba Picta but sharpiy 
serrate; flowers in pink clusters from leaf axils. 
MELIOR—Xmas Flowering Begonia, improve¬ 
ment on Glory of Cincinnati. 
METALLICA—Scharffiana group; beautiful dark 
veined, hairy, shiny leaves, metallic in appear¬ 
ance; excellent pot plant; free bloomer—white 
buds are thickly set with red hairs. 
MRS MARY PEACE—Procumbent type; pal¬ 
mate leaves smooth dai’k green on top, serrate 
edge, hairy, also some hair on underside and 
stem; related to Ricinifolia. 
MRS. SCHINKLE—Rubra type, larger grower 
than Picta Rosea, but same type of flower—orchid 
in color. Very desirable. 
MRS. SHEPHERD OF VENTURA—Has been 
uesd much in hybridizing. Marjory Daw is a 
seedling. 
MRS. TOWNSEND—Procumbent type; leaves, 
dark shiny metallic green above, lobed and 
toothed, edge slightly hairy, underneath is red, 
borne on short stems; small pink flowers, well 
above the foliage. A good pot plant. 
MRS. W. KIMBALL — Brownish green leaves, 
rather crinkly and serrate, often silver spotted; 
clusters of light pink flowers. 
MRS. W. S. KIMBALL—Leaves are light green, 
flat on red stems, red spot at leaf center, veins 
faintly red, finely serrated edge, wavy and out¬ 
lined with red, top somewhat hairy, underside red 
veined and flushed in red; begins blooming in 
February with large clusters of pale pink. 
MRS. W. D. HARNEY—Rubra type; long nar 
row light green leaves; pink and white blooms; 
vigorous grower. 
MULTIFLORA ROSEA—Leaves somewhat thick, 
glossy dark green, small carried close to stem; 
fuchsia-like blooms of delicate pink; semi-vigor- 
ous, needs some sun. 
NELLY BLY — Scharffiana Group; a Viaude 
seedling; leaves of a distinct grey green, short 
and broad, deeply veined, under side of leaves 
richly colored, short red stems; tinted pink flow¬ 
ers. Good pot plant. 
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