den where you would like to have these 
plants to grow, and procure enough soil to 
fill the space to a depth of six inches. The 
soil should be a mixture of old leafmold 
and barnyard manure in equal proportions. 
Add some peat and coarse sand; mix these 
ingredients together and your soil is ready 
to receive the plants or bulbs. The bulbs 
should be covered with one and a half 
inches of soil. Use same mixture for pots or 
baskets. Plants in pots or baskets should 
be given some liquid cow-manure about 
once a week after pot is rootbound. Outdoor 
plants should have a mulching of peat and 
bonemeal mixed, during the middle of July. 
Moisture .. . Tuberous Begonias like mois- 
ture, both on their leaves as well as on their 
roots. Keep soil moderately wet. In July and 
August when it is hot and dry use garden 
hose with fine spray and apply for a few 
minutes over entire plant. The leaves of 
these Begonias help to support the entire 
plant, and when the humidity is down and 
the leaves are not moistened, you will find 
that the center flower will drop off, because 
the roots alone are unable to support it. 
Tubers ... If early flowering is desired, 
place tubers in flats with moistened peat 
and leaf mold (half and half) during Janu- 
ary and February. Keep uniformly moist but 
not too wet in a warm place well lighted 
until three or four inches of growth develop, 
then plant in pots or shady position in open 
if desired. In autumn when the foliage turns 
yellow, withdraw water gradually and 
when all growth dies down entirely, take 
out tuber, wash off soil, dry in sunlight un- 
til thoroughly dry, then store in cool, dry 
place until time to plant again. 

Glaucophylla Splendens (Fibrous Rooted Hanging Begonia) 
BEGONIA GLAUCOPHYLLA SPLENDENS, FIBROUS — BRAZIL. (As illustrated above. A 
magnificent winter blooming trailing Begonia and a vigorous grower with waxy. green 
foliage. Its flowers are brick red and variegated in bud, and are borne in clusters along 
the branches. Plants: 3-inch pots 35c; 4-inch pots 75c. Hanging Baskets: $3.00 to $6.00. 
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