BEGONIA HIEMALIS 
( Winter Flowering Socotrana Hybrids ) 
An entirely new group of tuberous 
Begonias developed in England by 
crossing B. Socotrana with large- 
flowered tuberous Begonias. Their 
cultural requirements are slightly 
different, yet simple. Their chief asset 
is the flowering season, which can be 
extended from October to the end 
of January. The fact that they will 
grow very well in the house will in- 
sure them extreme popularity. The 
accompanying picture was taken 
after the plant was displayed three 
weeks on a mantle shelf in a living 
room in December. All varieties in 
this group have to be propagated 
by cuttings, as the plants do not 
form seed. The cuttings form tu- 
bers in their second year. We are 
in a position to offer a limited 
number of tubers during March 
and April, when they have their 
resting season. 
NAMED VARIETIES 
Conquest ... A very strong grower 
with dark green foliage, bearing large trusses of single orange 
flowers shaded slightly with rose. 
Clibrans Red .. . Perhaps the best of the single red varieties, 
the color being ox-blood red. 
Emily Clibran . . . Large trusses of medium-sized, double 
flowers, edged deeper apricot, on a creamy apricot ground. 
Very rapid grower and good increaser. 
Lady Roberts . .. Creamy white, double flowers, showing 
green tinge in the center and turning blush-salmon with age. 
One of the strongest growers and most rapid increaser. 
PRICE ... Above four varieties, 50c each; $5.00 per dozen. 
Fascination ... The most outstanding of all single varieties, 
simply covered with clear, apricot-salmon flowers. Dwarf, 
bushy growth; makes excellent pot plants. 
Rose Queen ... The form of the flowers resembles that of the 
Sweet Pea and the whole plant looks like a single bouquet 
when in bloom. The color is clear, deep rose. 
PRICE .. . $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. 
UNNAMED SEEDLINGS 
We have been experimenting with crossing the Begonia 
Socotrana with the best of our tuberous Begonias and after 

several years of trying have been successful in securing a 
small quantity of seed. The plants from this seed are in full 
bloom this autumn and we were rather nicely surprised that 
the average quality was far above most of the named va- 
rieties that we imported previously from abroad. Only a few 
of the very most outstanding will be propagated, named, and 
eventually introduced when available in quantity. In the 
meantime we are offering large tubers of the mixed seed- 
lings which will perhaps give much finer results than any- 
thing we offered previously. All of them are double, with 
medium large flowers and very strong growth. 
Orange-Scarlet Shades (Camellia Flame Orange x Soco- 
trana) ... All of these are of uniform color and type of 
growth, varying only slightly in form and size of flowers. 
Mixed Shades (Various Tuberous Begonias x Socotrana) 
... The color variation in this group is limited to Rose, 
Crimson-Rose, Salmon-Rose and Dark Red. The form varies 
according to the parent used and as these crosses were made 
in small quantity only, they were combined and are sold only 
in a mixture. Delivery, March-April. 
STRONG TUBERS... 50c each; $5.00 per dozen; $35.00 
per hundred. 
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