2 THE BEGONIAS 
There are few more desirable, or more popular, pot plants 
for window or greenhouse, yet the range of beautiful species 
and hybrids is so wide that there are still many rare kinds 
known only to the collector or the fancier. 
2 BEGONIA EVERBLOOMING BLEND—w. It may be kept 
in bloom as a pot plant pretty much the year through. Blos- 
soms will be white, pale pink, rose, scarlet or crimson, the 
foliage sometimes bronzed or red-tinted. A wonderful pot 
plant. Desirable, too, for porch box or bedding. Illustrated 
below. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
EVERBLOOMING BEGONIA PLANTS—Usually available 
year around. They make fine, free-blooming house plants. 
These three have single flowers. IN- 
DIAN MAID—Over rich and lustrous 
mahogany foliage come bright flowers | 
of salmon-toned scarlet. Each 50c; 3 i<j 
for $1.30. BALL -WHITE—Dwarf, 
compact plants that bear a vast pro- 
fusion of single blossoms in purest 
white. Each 560c; 3 for $1.30. ADE- 
LINE—Never out of bloom. Multitudes 
of pure pink flowers over compact, 
green foliage. Each 50c; 3 for $1.30. 
OFFER 54AN—One plant each of the & 
three for $1.25. : 
THE DELIGHTFUL DOUBLE BE- 
GONIAS—tThey keep in pretty much 
continuous bloom. Note that the Double * 
Begonias are supplied in smaller plants than with the other 
kinds, plants 8 inches and up of height, that will have already 
begun to flower, and will now grow rapidly. WESTPORT 
BEAUTY—tThe flowers are intensely double balls in the 
purest of deep pinks. Each 5c; 3 for $2.00. GENEVA 
WHITE—Like last in habit and form, but here the flowers 
show as little white snowballs. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. GEN- 
EVA SCARLET—This splendid everblooming sort carries 
densely double blossoms in most vivid red with sheen of 
scarlet. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. OFFER 54BN—One plant 
each of the three for $2.00. 
THE REX BEGONIAS—A beautiful and interesting group, 
grown for the delightfully decorative foliage, graceful in 
form, ornamental in its wide range of rich and varied color 
applications. Flowers usually pale pink, and pretty enough, 
but the plants are really grown for the superb foliage. 
et each $1.00; or we will send three, each different, for 
BEGONIA REX SUPERB BLEND—Seeds saved from fine 
named sorts and hybrid seedlings. Truly a superb blend, 
made up only from the best. Pkt. $1.00; 3 pkts. for $2.80 
BEGONIA REX GROUP MIXED—Seeds saved in India, 
mostly from species Begonias in the general Rex complex. 
Should give interesting results. Pkt. 40c; 3 pkts. for $1.10. 
BEGONIA EVANSIANA—This is 
the winter-hardy Begonia, surviv- 
ing most northern winters if given 
protection of straw or leaves. Pure 
pink flowers carried above the 
leaves. Green foliage, red-netted be- 
low. Evansiana makes a good pot 
plant, too, a beauty for a north 
or east window. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Seeds, pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c; 10 for $1.50. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.25. 
3 BEGONIA TUBEROUS DOU- 
BLE MIXED—Flowers of great 
size in gorgeous color range, and 
that includes orange, pink, rose, salmon, scarlet, white and 
yellow. Blossoms mostly fully double, camellia-like. This 
group makes splendid pot piants for spring and summer 
bloom, particularly effective on a porch or in an east window. 
Also may be used to advantage for outside bedding in a 
shady place if kept well watered. Seeds, pkt. 85c; 3 pkts. for 
$2.40. Tubers, superb colorings in mixture, available Febru- 
ary into May, each 35c; 3 for 95c; 10 for $2.90; 25 for $6.25. 
After May 15th started tubers in pots are also usually avail- 
able at each 45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. 
BEGONIA SUTHERLANDI—A graceful species for shelves 
or hanging baskets, the slender stems tending to droop or 
trail. Pretty little blossoms of an unusual orange coloring. 
An autumn and winter bloomer. Pkt. 60c; 3 pkts. for $1.50. 
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THE CALLA BEGONIA—Delightful beauty with white 
splashed foliage. The upper leaves are shaped like little Calla 
Lilies, and become pure, gleaming white. Bushy plants with 
shining foliage. The true flowers come in rose to red. Comes 
fairly, but not altogether, true from seed. Note that it is 
natural for the seedlings to be green, the white comes later. 
Pkt. 75c; 3 pkts. for $2.00. 
BEGONIA MANDA WOOLLY BEAR —Large, thick, green 
leaves, covered with a tan-colored down. White flowers year- 
around. Comes true. Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. for $1.40. 
THE SILVER BEGONIA—This handsome Begonia, the va- 
riety ABEL CARRIERE, carries extra large leaves of shining 
silveriness, the veins outlined in bright green, the reverse of 
the leaf netted in deep red. As the leaves age, they show rosy 
purple flushings. Pretty blossoms of bright, deep pink. /llus- 
trated this page. Easy to grow. Plants, each $1.10; 3 for $3.00. 
THE BLACK BEAUTY BE- & 
GONIA—Here is one of the 
newer hybrids, the variety JOE 
HEYDEN, that comes about as 
close to having black foliage 
as a Begonia well could. Of 
course that is only when the 
plants are kept away from the 
sun. With more light the big, 
jagged leaves run to a dark 
olive with a hint of burnt um 
ber to the shading. The new 
leaves are a coppery-toned ma- 
roon, and always the foliage is 
deep maroon red in reverse. 
The blossoms come in clear 
ae Plants, each $1.25; 3 for 
BEGONIA RICINIFOLIA— 
Called the Star Begonia from ™ 
the deeply cut, rather star- 
shaped leaves. The foliage 
shows varied tones from em- 
erald to bronzed green with 
near-red markings. The rose pink flowers are freely produced 
through winter and spring. Each 85c; 3 for $2.35. 
OTHER FINE BEGONIAS—Plants of these usually available. 
BASKET OF FIRE—Clustered scarlet flowers year-around. 
Small green leaves. Always satisfactory. Each 85c. FEASTI— 
Crispy, glossy leaves of bronzed olive with red reflections, masses 
of pale pink flowers carried well above. Will make a handsome 
specimen. Each 90c. ARGENTEA-GUTTATA—Trout Be- 
gonia. Decorative. Bronzed leaves, red below, dotted with 
silver above. Creamy flowers. Each 60c. THURSTONI—Showy 
foliage species that will make a fine specimen plant. Big, 
glossy leaves, bronzed when young, with reflections like polished 
metal. Erect clusters of pink flowers. Plants, each 70c. 
ALLERYI—Fine French hybrid with large, notched leaves 
of deep, coppery green, with bronze tones and set thickly with 
short, glistening white hairs. Leaves are red-veined below. 
Deep pink buds open into large white flowers, set thickly with 
silky pink down, giving a blush effect. Each 80c. CORALLINA 
DE LUCERNE—Angel Wing. Pairs of large leaves, red below, 
deep green above, but all spotted and tipped with silver. 
Pendant clusters of handsome, coral red blossoms. Each 70c. 
UNDULATA—Crisped and undulate leaves, bronzed when 
young ; then shining green. White flowers. Each 85c. LULANDI 
—Pretty pink flowers, Arching, graceful, irregularly pendulous 
habit. Hanging basket or shelf. Each 90c. METALLICA—Hairy 
leaves of coppery bronze. Blush pink flowers. Each 90c. 
RARE BEGONIA SPECIES—Seeds of the following are ex- 
pected to be available at 40c the pkt.; any 10 pkts. for $3.70. 
Andersoni, Josephi, Luxurians, Deliciosa, ‘‘Alto de Serra”, 
Macrocarpa, Laciniata, Lutea, Megaptera, Coccinea, Picta, 
Foliosa, Rubro-venia and Roxburghi. BEGONIA SPECIES 
BLEND—Seeds of many of the above, with others, including 
certain rarities still expected from collectors, in one blend 
of beautiful diversities. Try this for delightful surprise. Pkt. 
40c; 3 pkts. for $1.10; 10 pkts. for $3.25. 
1 THE HARDY SEMPERVIVUMS 
There are no more fitting rock garden perennials than these. 
The plants are piled rosettes, compact and succulent, built of 
thick, short leaves that may be silvered. red-suffused, purple- 
painted, or tangled in film of gossamer. Above, oddly thatched 
stalks carry decorative, starry flowerings in yellow, buff or 
tawny red. “kt”? culture. Range of diversity among seedlings 
will prove surprising, and interesting. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
