# Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, California # 
^SMARAGDINA MACULATA (Otto Foster). Similar to 
Smaragdina in habit but with heavy blotches of 
darker green on leaves. $1.00. 
ILLUSTRATA. Small compact grower leaf round with 
one point, rough and crepy tea green sunken mark¬ 
ings along veinings that make a regular network 
pattern. Excellent for small specimen or border 
effect. 50 cents. 
REX—He!ix or Spiralled Type 
With the lobe of leaf curled round like a snail's shell. 
($1.00, $2.00 and up) 
COUNT ADRIEN ERDODY. Beautifully spiralled, small 
palmate center greenish olive; body of leaf greenish 
glaucous fretted pattern on edge of emerald green 
shading to greenish olive. 
COUNTESS LOUISE ERDODY. Lobes very twisted and 
whole leaf in deep folds; body tea green, narrow 
marking of veining in forest green, edge flushed 
purple, the best known of all the Helix. 
IMPROVED ERDODY. Leaf ruffled and spiralled two or 
three deep folds, palmate center and border oliva¬ 
ceous black, zone pea green. 
BRONZE KING. Leaf extremely ruffled and folded with 
spiralled lobes, center and narrow edge olive brown, 
main field oil green with indistinct lighter spots. 
CAPT. NEMO (a name given by Rosecroft lacking any 
other) . Leaf ruffled and spiralled with one or more 
deep folds, small center dull greenish black, main 
field pea green, well defined border of varleys green 
edged with dark olive. 
BROOKE (another Rosecroft unauthorized title) . Large 
leaf with deep folds, edge ruffled and lobes spiralled, 
small center and irregular indented border of oliva¬ 
ceous black, main field gnaphalium green. Very 
smooth texture. 
PRINCESS OF HANOVER. Both lobes spiralled, whole 
leaf very papillary, center olivaceous black, zone pea 
green, border dark ivy green. 
^ Means no sales stock. 
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