# Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, California • 
BRAEMAR. Large smooth round leaves with abrupt sharp 
point, dark cress green, under dahlia carmine; bloom 
white on long pendent stems, panicles exceeding two 
feet. Its spreading habit makes it marvelous in a 
large hanging basket. $2.00. 
DOROTHY GRANT. A giant in its class, rather loose in 
habit. Leaves very large and round dark and so shiny 
as to appear varnished. Blooms white in upright 
clusters. A good thing. 50 cents. 
VIAUDE. Somewhat stalky in growth with narrow long 
dark dull green foliage; bloom on long stems white; 
the best in its class. 
METALLICA. An upright grower with handsome dark 
veined shiny foliage, quite large blooms, light pink 
in clusters. There are many seedlings of this with 
slight variations. 
NELLY BLY. Bushy in habit, foliage short and broad 
fluted and of a distinct grey green, blooms tinted 
pink. 
CYPRAEA. Somewhat similar but with rounder foliage 
with one distinct point, also creped and lighter green; 
quite generally called Cuphea. 
PRUNIFOLIA. A Rosecroft seedling of Viaude with large 
hairy leaves of a deep plum under; blooms white in 
huge pendent clusters. $1.00. 
There is also a pink blooming Prunifolia. 
NEELEY GADDIS. Very similar to Prunifolio but having 
a peculiar rudimentary leaf right up with the bloom 
panicle, blooms crepy white very charming 50c. 
FRUTICOSA. Under this generic title is a large and 
various group with leathery foliage ranging from 
just green to almost black upper and brilliant red 
under, blooms white and tinted white. Rosecroft 
expects to name some of these. 
FRUTESCANS. Low growing spreading habit, leaves 
leathery rather cupped and wavy showing color of 
under, forest green, under neutral red; terminal flow¬ 
er clusters held very stiffly, individual blooms white 
with under ana' edges and all of stems neutral red. 
$1 . 00 . 
CHI ALA. Like the Fruticosa group but leaves narrower 
and more pointed. Good branching habit. 50 cents. 
There are both white and tinted blooming varieties. 
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