Innisfallen G eenJiouses, Springfield, Ohio. 
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BEGONIAS—Continued. 
Fuchsoides Coccinea.—Elegant, free blooming variety. It resembles Hybrida Mut- 
tiflora in growth, the flowers are a bright scarlet. Price,.10 cents. 
Goury,—A good companion ot Bruanti, being like it, of dwarf, shrubby habit, foli¬ 
age bright, glossy green, pure white flowers borne in great profusion so as to al¬ 
most hide the plant. Price, .15 cents. 
Hybrida Multiflora .—This beautiful plant makes handsome specimens with its 
graceful branches and pendulous flowers of bright, rosy pink, very floriferous. 
Price,.10 cents. 
Incarnata.—Vigorous grower, long leaves, flowers a beautiful pink, edged salmon, a 
charming variety. Price,.10 cents. 
Metallica.—This elegant variety, although not new this season, I doubt not will be 
to many of my customers. It is a strong, vigorous, erect, shrubby growing 
sort, with large ornamental leaves, covered with coral colored hairs, glossy 
green, shaded with maroon and olive, with a beautiful metallic lustre over all. 
No description can do it justice. Flowers freely, large, dark pink in color, an 
elegant basket or pot plant, for which it has no equal. Should be included in 
every order, as it is extra desirable. Price,.. .10 cents, or large plants, 25 cents. 
McBethii.—Foliage fern-like, panicles of pure white flowers, produced in the great¬ 
est profusion. It is the most persistent bloomer of the Begonias, and super¬ 
sedes Richardsonii, which variety it resembles in foliage. Price, .... 10 cents. 
Moonlight.—New. A dwarf, bushy variety, rarely attaining over ten inches in 
height, foliage light green, flowers are pure w’hite, of the largest size and borne 
in the.greatest profusion. A charming variety. Price,.25 cents. 
Begonia Rubra. 
BEGONIAS—Continued. 
Schmldtii.—Dark metallic green foliage, a profuse bloomer, being covered with 
white flowers tinged with pink. Price,.15 cents. 
Semperllorens Elegans.—This fine, new variety attains a height of twelve or four¬ 
teen inches, and is a compact mass of medium sized, glossy, olive-green leaves. 
It is so free in bloom as to present the appearance of a fine bouquet. The flower 
is white in the center shading to a delicate shell pink, distinctly margined with 
bright rose, and enlivened with dense clusters of yellow anthers, producing a 
charming effect. It blooms continually, but is freest in the Winter. This mag¬ 
nificent sort elicits remarks of admiration wherever seen. Price,.60 cents. 
Washingtoniana.—A vigorous grower, large tropical leaves, elegant panicles of 
pure white flowers thrown well above the foliage. Price,.20 cents. 
Weltoniensis.—Flowers a lovely shade of pink and very abundant. Price, 10 cents. 
Zebrina.—An erect growing variety, with a beautiful profusion of pendant leaves. 
The leaves are long and pointed, descending from a lobed shoulder. Besides its 
graceful form, the leaf is distinguished by its glistening silvery shading follow¬ 
ing the veining of the leaf, the body being a very dark, velvety green, underside 
plum color, veined green. Flower pure white. A very beautiful variety. 
Price,.10 cents. 
BOUSSINGAULTIA BASSELLOIDES-Maderia Vine. 
This is the well-known Maderia Vine, also known as “ Mignonette or Mexican 
Vine,” an elegant climber, with roundish fleshy leaves and long clusters of feathery 
white flowers, with a fragrance resembling Mignonette, will grow in any good gar¬ 
den soil. Is suitable lor covering arbors, trellises, etc. 
Price, 10 cents each; three for 26 cents. 
BOUVARDIA. 
These are among the most important plants cultivated tor Winter flowers, owing 
to the yearly increasing variety of color and excellent adaptation lor that purpose. 
They are shrubby, bearing corymbs white, rose, crimson, and scarlet, flowers bloom- 
Kiibra.—If you can only have one Begonia, let it be a Rubra, lor it will prove a 
constant delight. It is so fast growing that it will in a year or two reach the 
top of your window, sending up heavy, stiff canes, an inch in diameter, and 
rising beside them will grow strong, slender branches, gracefully drooping un¬ 
der heavy, waxen leaves and pendant panicles of coral-colored flowers as large 
as a hand. Medium sized plants are frequently seen with more than twenty 
such panicles at a time. Among the individual flowers you will find three dis¬ 
tinct forms growing side by side. One of the most wonderful plants within our 
knowledge. See cut. Price,.10 cents, larger plants 20 cents. 
Bobusta.—This is one of the most peculiar Begonias that is grown. The stock, 
stem, and under side of the leaf is Indian red, the upper side of leal glossy 
olive green, the flower is composed of two wide and two narrow petals, the wide 
ones being broadest at the base and terminating in a rounded point, and are of a 
beautiful bright rose. The two narrow petals are about one-fourth the width 
of the broad ones, being narrowest at the base, and are almost pure white, a 
distinct pink stripe in the center of each enlivened with golden anthers. They 
are borne in clusters, and with the coral red buds form a most elegant and chaste 
apnearance. Price,. 20 cents. 
Sandersonii.—(Coral Beironia.) One of the best flowering Begonias. The flowers 
are of a scarlet shade of crimson, borne in profusion lor months at a time, 
leaves slightly edged with scarlet. Price,.10 cents. 
^angninea.—Leaves darkest glossy green or olive, under side dark crimson, flowers 
white, makes a charming combination. Price, .15 cents. 
Snhpeltats Nigricans.—Long pointed leaf, rich crimson bronze, flowers bright 
rose, very beautiful. Price,.20 cents. 
Semperflorens Glgantea Bosea.—Sec Novelties, page 14. 
Bouvardia, Alfred Nenner. 
ing during the Autumn and Winter. Their dazzling richness of color and formation 
of flower make them indispensable. They are also effective as bedding plants for 
the garden, blooming from July until frost. When shipped by mail these plants al¬ 
ways lose their leaves, and the plants look dead. If carefully potted, and not 
watered too heavily, in a few days they will put forth new leaves. 
Bouvardia, Alfred Neuner.—Large double flowers, composed of three perfect rows 
of petals of the purest waxy white color, each flower resembling a miniature 
Tuberose. The trusses are large and perfect and borne in great profusion. 
Price,.15 cents. 
Davidsoul.—Finest of the white Bonvardias, Valuable for bouquets. The best of 
all. Price,.15 cents. 
President Garfield.—-The flowers of this new variety are the same in size and for¬ 
mation as the double white sort, “ Alfred Neuner,” while the color is a bright 
shell pink. Price,.15 cents. 
Humboldtli.—Long, graceful tubes, expanding into a floret of the purest white. 
By far the largest Siugle Bouvardia, and carrying a distinct though faint odor 
of^Jasmine. Very waxy and beautiful. Price,. 20 cent*'. 
