VETTERLE AND REINELT 
FOREWORD 
The increasing popularity of Tuberous Begonias is partially due to the high stan¬ 
dard of development reached in the last few years. In the range of color, beautiful 
variety of forms and simple cultural requirements, they are without one rival in the 
World of Flowers. 
In conjunction with the firm of Vetterle Brothers, who are by far the largest 
growers of Tuberous Begonias in the United States, we are able to breed and select 
on a very large scale. Only in this way the rapid progress in development was 
possible. 
Some two millions of plants are grown annually now and the very finest new 
seedlings each year are used as seed bearers for next year's crop. 
Not only the fact that flowers grown from either our seed or tubers have always 
been the winners in every show whenever exhibited, but also the enthusiastic 
comments on our work by American and European authorities in a number of 
nationally known magazines speak for themselves. 
VARIATION OF THE DOUBLE CAMELIA TYPE 
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