Kk. & W. HACKETT 
Hawe for Sale— 
Tuberous Belconias. 
This most beautiful class of handsome flowering plants has been wonderfully i i 
P ] y improved during the Jast few years. Th 
invaluable for the decoration of the greenhouse or conservatory, where they produce a sieges ae dazzling ogi Their hand- 
ore ate ones picen pyeeuting 4 aches in seo are of the most brilliantly varied and delicately beautiful shades, from the 
rest white to the deepest crimson, including yellow. bronze, rose and other intermediate shades. ‘These B i ‘emi 
adapted for kedding, and are largely used in England and elsewhere for this purpose. Ss SD aaa oa enaaid 
Begonia International Prize 
Tuberous, Single and Double. 
An unrivalled strain, saved from 
the best felected blooms of the 
finest English, French and Gorman 
large-flowered hybrid varieties ; of 
superior size, form and colour. 
Sealed pkts., 2s. 6d. 
Begonia, Hybrida Marmorata 
fl. pl.—The plants are of sturdy 
habit and produce upright-stand- 
ing, very double flowers of great 
size (up to 43 inches in diameter), 
with beautifully spotted and mar- 
bled petals. When in full flower 
these robust free-blooming plants, 
with their ample dark green foliage 
are most attractive. 1s. 6d, pkt. 
Begonia, Single. Tuberous- 
rooted, choice mixed. 1s. pkt. 
Begonia, Double, Tuberous- es 
rooted, choice mixed, 1s. 6d, pkt. Begonia Marmorata fl. pl. 
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Greenhouse or stovehouse perennials of great; beauty. The most lovely combi- 
Ry nations of colour are found in their large campanulate flowers, which stand about 
6 inches above thick grand leaves of the finest silky or velvety texture, ‘Lhe seed is 
easily raised in a moist heat. Sow from September to December. They thrive ina 
warm, rather close atmosphere, requiring plenty of moisture at the root, but little or 
no watering overhead, which is likely to rot the flowers and leaves. Avoid cold 
draughts of air. ‘The soil must be light and rich. and well drained. 
Gloxinia, Hybrida Grandiflora Crassi- 
folia. Winest exhibition varieties. mixed 
colours. 1s. and 1s. 6d. pkt. 
Gloxinia, New French Tigred and 
‘Spotted Varieties. — Saved from a 
selection of the finest of these most 
beautiful varieties, of immense size and 
great substance, rich colours. 1s. 6d. pkt. 
Gloxinia, Defiance, “‘The Scarlet 
Gloxinia.”—Large erect flowers, glow- 
ing crimson scarlet; the edges of the 
petals are delicately frilled which adds 
considerably to their appearance, 1s. 6d. | 
pkt. ; 
New Giant Gloxinia (Guoxr1a Hyperpa 
Giganrsa)—This strain produces flowers 
of quite unusual dimensions. ‘The seed 
is gathered only from strikingly beauti- 
ful flowers, which measure 44 to 5 inches 
My across, and the show of colour thus pro- 
_ duced is rich and varied in the extreme. Gloxinias 
Single Tuberous Begonia: 1s. 6d. pkt. 
SEEDSMEN AND NURSERYMEN, 
@W@3s Rundie Street, Adelaide. 
Telephone 350. 
