TUBEROUS 
DOUBLE CAMELLIA TYPE |... The largest and most 
popular of the double types. Individual flowers, from 5 to 8 
inches in diameter, resemble camellias and roses in all forms 
and variations of color. 
Colors 
Solid, Uniform Colors, with slight variation only— 
White Crimson Rose CardinalRed Yellow 
Pink American Beauty Scarlet Orange 
Rose Salmon Red Dark Red Flame Orange 
Apricot 
Salmon Shades, varying more or less within themselves— 
Blush and Pink Salmons Apricot and Orange Salmons 
Yellow and Apricot Salmons — Salmon Rose 
DOUBLE CAMELLIA PICOTEE SHADES... This group 
was developed by crossing the large Camellia with the small 
Marmorata type. The flowers are slightly smaller but of beau- 
tiful Camellia form, with two-tone combinations of color 
strongly pronounced in a definite contrasting edge. 
Colors 
Red Picotee Rose Picotee Apricot Picotee Salmon Picotee 
BEGONIAS 
FIMBRIATA PLENA TYPE... Double frilled, or often 
called Carnation type. This group has been enormously im- 
proved in the last few years, the flowers reaching in some Cases 
the size of the Camellia type with more and more refined 
form. Its strong, bushy growth makes it exceptionally desir- 
able for bedding and pot plants. 
Colors 
Solid Uniform—White Yellow Orange 
Scarlet Dark Red Crimson Rose Salmon Red 
With V ariations—Blush Pink Rose 
Apricot Salmon 
DOUBLE ROSEBUD TYPE ..... Flowers of the most ex- 
quisite form, resembling perfect rosebuds, with beautiful, 
two-tone, pastel-shade coloring. Very tall, sturdy growth 
makes it especially desirable for growing large specimen 
plants in tubs for decorative purposes. 
Colors 
Pastel Shades—Blush Pink Rose 
Flame Salmon Light Salmon Dark Salmon 
PRICE OF DOUBLE TYPES 
TUBERS ... Delivery, January-March. 
Large size: 25c each; $2.50 per dozen; $18.00 per 100. 
Medium size: 20c each; $2.00 per dozen; $14.00 per 100. 
SEEDLING PLANTS .. . Delivery, May-June. $1.50 per 
dozen; $10.00 per 100. F.O.B. Capitola. 
SEED ... $1.00 per packet; 50c per half packet. 
CULTURE OF TUBEROUS BEGONIAS—Continued 
strong growth is desired, it will be necessary when the plants 
are established in the final pots and have at least four of the 
leaves developed, to water once a week with liquid manure. 
FEEDING ... A number of quick-acting, commercial fer- 
tilizers can also be used. One of the safest is cottonseed meal, 
which we are using now almost exclusively, as it gives very 
good results. Half a teaspoonful, once or twice during the sea- 
son, sprinkled around the edge of the pot (not too close to 
the stem) will be sufficient. Heavier doses will do more harm 
than good, often causing distortion in the flowers or burning 
up the roots, destroying the plant entirely. Lath houses with 
strong muslin roofs are a very suitable place for development 
of show specimens in warm regions where greenhouses would 
be too warm. If grown in a greenhouse, thorough ventilation 
day and night must be available. Openings in the walls, under 
the benches, will give good circulation of air. On hot days, 
heavy shading and sprinkling the walks with water will keep 
the temperature down. 65 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit is the 
most ideal temperature, for as the cooler and slower they 
develop, the finer and larger the flowers will be. Higher tem- 
peratures produce quick, weak growth, and the flowers do not 
develop as good size and as lasting quality. 
PRUNING ... Do not prune Begonias. Any open wound 
will be immediately attacked by fungus, especially when 
crowded, without good air circulation. If you cut the flowers, 
cut only half of the stem. The other half will mature and fall 
off itself without leaving a wound. 
PESTS .. . Occasionally Begonias are attacked by aphis and 
thrip in the greenhouse, if kept in dry, close temperatures. 
Fumigating with nicotine on two or three alternate evenings 
will control these pests easily. Very rarely they are also subject 
to mite attacks: These are very small and cannot be seen with- 
out a lens. The first signs of their presence-are- brown, rusty 
streaks on the young shoots and foliage, deforming and de- 
stroying the season’s growth entirely if not checked. Infected 
plants should be isolated immediately. Thorough spraying 
with Volck will check this pest. 
FAILURES ... The most common failure in Begonias is the 
falling off of buds before they develop, which is caused either 
by the plants being grown in too small pots without a sufh- 
cient amount of food, severe drying out or severe over-water- 
ing. In hot weather the flowers develop too rapidly and the 
plants, by drawing much more water from the soil, tend to 
throw off the buds. Abundant growth, with little or no flow- 
ers, is the result of too heavy shade. Curled and shiny foliage 
is a sign of too strong an exposure to the sun. The most dam- 
age is done by over-feeding; the first signs of it are a soft, 
glassy texture of the foliage, curling under gradually, wilting 
and dying off. 
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