316 W. Chew St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
THURSTONI — Smooth, glossy, dark green 
leaves, red underneath, darker than Duchartrei; 
similar in growing habits, pink flowers; makes a 
beautiful pot plant. 
TROUT—Same as Argentea Guttata. 
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS—The major¬ 
ity of catalogues list the varieties grown most 
successfully; any which have been described in 
this list are more or less unusual. 
ULMAFOLIA—Rough, thick leaves, exact in size 
and proportion to an elm leaf, similarly veined; 
has a fleshy stem 4 square, green; flowers small 
white in clusters; fairly tall grower. 
UNDINE—A seedling of Odorata Alba, leaves 
similarly waved, flowers tinted and waved, bushes 
nicely in growing. 
UNDULATA — Small, compact, well branched 
grower; leaves long, sharply pointed, shiny green, 
somewhat hairy; young leaves are bronzy with 
red edges; small white clusters of flowers from 
leaf axils. 
UROPHYLLA—Same as Houghtoni. 
VEDDERI—A seedling of Compta, but lacks grey 
centre on foliage; leaves broader at base and 
shorter, but with wavy edge; small white blooms 
in large close clusters; very good. 
VENOSA — Larger rounder leaf than Peltata, 
dark green so thickly covered with white hairs 
that is seems frosted; plant has large stipules of 
pale red strongly veined in brown; clusters of 
white flowers on long red stems. 
VENUS—Leaves lobed and toothed, darker than 
Mrs. Townsend, but very similar; flowers almost 
the same. 
VERSCHAFELDTII—Large smooth green lobed 
leaves on long fleshy stems, thick root stalk; up¬ 
right pink clusters of flowers in early Spring. 
Thick heavy root stalk. 
VESUVIUS — Same as Bertha de Chateau 
Rocher. 
VIAUDE—Long pointed leaf; taller grower than 
Scharffiana; purse-like buds in clusters on long 
stems which divide like a pair of horns, some hair 
on top of leaf, but decidedly more on underneath 
side, all stems, quite hairy, ranging from green to 
a dark red. 
VITAFOLIA — The Mexican specie is a tall 
grower with substantial stems; irregular heart 
shaped leaves, shiny green above, rusty under¬ 
neath; small flowers tinted pink in large clusters. 
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