• Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, California # 
ARTHUR MALLET. A somewhat shy doer but when happy 
makes a wonderful plant with very dark speckled 
leaves suffused with pinky purple. There is a slight 
variation popularly known as TINGLEY MALLET. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
BERTHA DE CHATEAU ROCHER, also called Ascofiensis 
and Corbeille de Feu. They may be separate varieties 
but they don't look like it. Upright grower with 
leaves like Floribunda, brilliant coral red blooms, 
makes fine specimen when well grown. 
FRANCONIS. A small bushy grower, succulent stems, 
foilage rounding light green and rough, blooms small 
white in singles borne very freely. 
SCOTCH LUXURIANS. A perfectly unauthorized title for 
lack of any other. A rapid growing branching sort 
with large soft grey green leaves and white flowers 
in panicles. This has been tentatively identified as 
SUB-VILIOSA. 
THICK STEMS AND PROCUMBENT TYPES 
(50c and up, unless otherwise mentioned) 
VERSCHAFELTI. Thick stem, very large green lobed leaves 
on long fleshy stems, blooms in huge upright pink 
clusters borne well above foliage, very early flower¬ 
ing. 
ACAROLINAEFOLIA. Similar habit, but with perfectly 
palmate leaves of light green, each finger on a sep¬ 
arate stem, blooms pink, a native species from 
Mexico. $1.00. 
ECUADORENSIS. A native of Ecuador, raised from seed 
sent from there; very thick upright stem, leaves 
large almost palmate, green with inconspicuous white 
markings toward points when young; blooms crepy 
white to pink in clusters on long erect stems. Oecid- 
ous. $2.00. 
-^SILVERADO. Seedling of Ecuadorensis. Large maple 
leaf of grey with ribs and edge irregularly and nar¬ 
rowly outlined in cress green; bloom in upright pani¬ 
cles of small white flowers. Heavy stem and decidu¬ 
ous. 
FLORIDA SPECIES. So called simply because it was ob¬ 
tained in Florida, it is however possibly a Guatema¬ 
lan native. Growth similar to Verschafelti. Leaves 
large round and light green, blooms in yellowish 
white panicles. $1.00. 
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