• Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, California • 
SARA-BELLE. A seedling of Maybelle E. Leaves medium 
cress green thickly silver spotted under jade green 
with purple flush, veins ruddy; bloom deep hellebore 
red with white center to seedpods, petals thulite 
pink. Medium grower sending up several canes, the 
whole plant giving a pendent effect. $1.00. 
HELEN W. KING. A Coralline seedling of medium growth 
with dark metallic leaves generally silver spotted. 
Blooms pink carried in bunches close to the main 
stem, as in fruit blossom. 50c. 
ROSIE MURPHISKI. Another Coralline seedling of even 
shorter growth, leaves very metallic heavily silver 
spotted with crinkled edges, stems almost black in 
short joints like a bamboo. Blooms pink. 50c. 
BELLARGIO. Very smooth, medium dark ivy green leaf, 
under burnt lake; bloom bright carmine; excellent 
habit, very distinctive. $1.00. 
LUCENDRO. Very pointed leaf of yew green, heavily silver 
spotted with silver tips; bloom spinel red with white 
center to seedpod; excellent bushy habit. 50c. 
CODELARGO. Leaf dark cress green heavily silver spotted 
under ox blood red; bloom light spinel pink; good 
branching habit. 50c. 
^MAGGIORE. Leaf deep dull yellow green, under burnt 
lake; bloom dark spinel red. 50c. 
NEUCHATEL. Large leaf of dark, dull green with subdued 
silver spots under veins bordeaux; bloom Brazil red 
with lighter petals; extra vigorous. 50c 
LECCO. Leaf ivy green, heavily silver spotted under burnt 
lake; bloom begonia rose; good branching habit. 50c. 
NOVELTIES 
ALZASCO. Lucerne seedling. Medium grower, leaf very 
dark ivy green, almost black at times, under dark 
maroon purple, young foliage silver spotted, spots 
often showing purple flush; bloom garnet brown 
carried quite upright. $2.00. 
^■CONSTANCE. Lucerne seedling and very vigorous. 
Large typical leaf of dark cress green, on young 
shoots very heavily spotted with pinkish purple, color 
and spots disappearing with age, new foliage on 
older stems distinctly bronzy, under Corinthian pur¬ 
ple; bloom rose red shading to pink inside petals. $1. 
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