# Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, California • 
MARGUERITE. Upright bush form with hairy foliage and 
tinted pink flowers, an old reliable. 
IMPROVED MARGUERITE. This has larger leaves and 
blooms than the original form and is entitled to the 
qualifying "improved/ 7 
DIGSWELLIANA. Bushy with crinkly foliage and tinted 
pink bloom. IMPROVED DIGSWELLI ANA. A recent 
introduction is a variation with darker foliage and 
almost red bloom. 
ROBUSTA. Small ruddy leaves and red stems; blooms pink 
to red, grows with fountain effect, continually send¬ 
ing up new shoots; very hardy and desirable. Does 
well in full sun. 
IMPROVED ROBUSTA. Growth more upright than last, 
foliage darker and blooms on longer stems and big¬ 
ger bunches, a distinct variation. 
WASHINGTON ST. An unnamed seedling found in a San 
Diego garden, with long green leaves and small white 
blooms in bunches produced in winter; quite indi¬ 
vidual. Also known as Peach-leaved. 
ODORATA ALBA. Round, glossy foliage with large 
bunches of delicately scented white flowers continu¬ 
ously produced. One of the very best and makes a 
large spreading bush. 
ODORATA ROSEA. A pink form of Alba not nearly so 
vigorous. (This is called Nitida in some lists) . 
UNDINE. A Rosecroft seedling of Odorata Alba with tinted 
blooms; both blooms and foliage waved. Medium 
grower and bushes nicely. 
ROSEA GIGANTEA. Large, round glossy foliage with a 
red spot where the stem joins; blooms a deep rose to 
red, produced in winter in large bunches held up¬ 
right; one of the most handsome of the Begonias. 
50c up. 
LOBATA VARIEGATA. A somewhat difficult doer with 
serrated spotted foliage and white blooms. 
MEDORA. A restrained branching type, leaves small 
heavily silver spotted, pink blooms. 
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