Green Tree Flower Gardens 
SCHMIDTIANA — A Brazilian species, good 
house plant, thrives and blooms constantly with 
little care; bushy low grower; olive green, vel¬ 
vety, ruffled leaves on top, dark red with green 
margins beneath, pinkish white flowers on red 
stems. 
SCOTCH LUXURIANS — Soft, grey green 
leaves; succulent stem, persistent bloomer of 
white flowers in panicles. Very good. 
SESSILIFOLIA—Same as Luxurians. 
SHASTA—Rubra type—very good; large light 
green leaves; pure white flowers in clusters. 
SHRIMP RUBRA — Rubra type; long narrow- 
light green leaves; flowers of a soft shrimp shade. 
SOCOTRANA — Semi-tuberous, winter-flowering 
species, that dies down in Spring, leaf is dark 
green with a depressed center or water cup; rose 
pink flowers in profusion at blooming time. Most 
of our Christmas Begonias are related to this 
species. 
SPECULATA — Procumbent type; leaves dull 
green with irregular grey spots or blisters; flow¬ 
ers—creamy white; hardy. 
SUNDERBRUCKII — Procumbent type; one of 
the so-called “Star”; palmate leaves, dark green 
almost black, striped through center with beauti¬ 
ful light green, 7 is the usual number of lobes; 
rose pink sprays of flowers on long stems. Very 
good and easy to grow. 
SUPERBA SPECIES—Cross of Faureana and 
Rubra, flowers similar to Coralline Lucerne, light 
pink shading to rose, others pure white; leaves 
have the deep cut edge of the Faureana, long- 
point of the Rubra, clear light green, red veined 
on underside, young plant sometimes has mottled 
leaves. 
SUPERBA KENZII—Serrate, pointed, long light 
green leaf, sometimes flaked with white, white 
flower clusters. 
SUTHERLANDI — Semi-tuberous with dainty 
green leaves on red stems; tiny orange colored 
flowers. 
SYLVIA — Smooth, long, pointed, wavy, green 
leaves; small pink flowers from leaf axils; seed¬ 
ling of Incarnata. 
TEMPLINI—Large, shiny leaves, blotched with 
white, yellow and red, wavy ruffled and fringed; 
light pink flowers in clusters during the winter; 
hardy, stout grower, makes fine large plant; 
closely related to Phyllomaniaca—as it grows 
tiny leaves and plantlets on its leaves and stems. 
TEUSCHERI—Similar to Pres. Carnot, but of 
more branching habit, red coloring on underside 
of leaves confined to along veins. 
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