cultivation Albamont Tuberous Rooted Be- 
gonias are as essential for the shady sections 
of the garden as Geraniums are indispensable 
for sunny beds. 
Albamont Tuberous Rooted Begonias may be 
planted directly into the beds where they are 
to be grown. In this case the dormant tubers 
should be spread out on wet moss or peat 
from two to three weeks before setting out. 
If kept in a warm place with the moss con¬ 
tinuously moist, they should show shoots about 
an inch long, and the started bulbs should be 
set in the bed prepared the same as for started 
plants, the tubers being set so as to just 
cover the shoots. 
They can likewise be grown as potted plants 
but great care must be taken not to let them 
get root-bound. They should be shifted from 
three inch into four and one-half inch pots and 
as soon as the roots touch the sides of the pots 
they must again be shifted into six inch with 
a further shift into eight inch if necessary. 
Weak liquid manure water or a light feed of 
Bone Meal or Vigoro will be beneficial to> 
potted Begonias. 
Probably the most important item in pro¬ 
longing the life of the Tuberous Rooted Be¬ 
gonias is proper winter storage. When the 
plants have been cut down by the frost in the 
autumn they should be dug up leaving on roots 
and soil. iSpread them in a dry airy shed or 
cool cellar where the temperature runs be¬ 
tween 40 degrees and 60 degrees and as the 
stems drop off and the tubers ripen, store them 
in boxes of dry soil until wanted again for 
starting in the spring. If the plants have 
grown in pots simply set them in a frost¬ 
proof cellar and let them remain perfectly dry 
without any water whatsoever during the win¬ 
ter months. In the spring take the tubers out 
of these pots and handle as previously out¬ 
lined. 
There is probably no other flower at the 
present time which offers so much reward in 
beauty and brilliance as Albamont Tuberous 
Rooted Begonias. They should be planted by 
the hundred in every garden because they are 
the only means of making the shady and 
usually barren places in the garden equally as 
beautiful as the sunny places. 
Our collection of Albamont Tuberous Rooted 
Begonias is unexcelled and we have no hesi¬ 
tancy in saying we can give you the finest 
range of colors and types at the very lowest 
prices. Place your order now and be assured of 
enjoying their wonderful beauty in your gar¬ 
den next summer. In September 1933 and Sep¬ 
tember 1934 we exhibited our Albamont Tuber¬ 
ous Rooted Begonias at the Eastern States Ex¬ 
position at Springfield, Massachusetts, where 
they received a great deal of admiration. In 
the Autumn Show held at the Horticultural 
Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, we received a 
Silver Medal for our display of these flowers, 
and again the flowers aroused the keenest in¬ 
terest. When we tell you that the Albamont 
strain is a superior one, we feel we are not 
over-rating its merit. 
The prices for the Dormant Bulbs are $2.50 
per dozen, post paid and $3.50 per dozen for 
the started plants, f. o. b., Campton, New 
Hampshire. The Dormant Bulbs can be pur¬ 
chased during the early spring months; the 
started plants about June 1. 
ALBAMONT GARDENS 
Campton, 
New Hampshire 
