“adolf Ziesenhenne -- May 1952 price list. -- page 2 
FIBROUS BEGONIAS WITH THICK STEMS 
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chivatoa -- Mexican species with pink flowers; lobed leaves, red margin. $1.50 each 
Florida species -- large, green leaves; flowers pure white in clusters. 75¢ each. 
X Jessie -~ winter bloomer; pink flowers; an old favorite which produces little 
leaves on the leaves and stems. 75¢ each. 
Kellermanni -- white frost on leaves; flowers pink, 75¢ each, 
Kenworthyi -- angular leaves with pinkish-grey cast; takes dry conditions well; 
a good house plant. $1.50 each. 
Lindleyana -- green, angular leaves; white flowers in clusters. 75¢ each. 
X pseudo-phyllomaniaca -- similar to Jessie but the leaves are green and lack the 
brownish cast. 75¢ each, 
scabrida -- leaves with the veins depressed, margins toothed, green; flowers 
white. 75¢ each. 
ulmifolia -- similar to the above but the leaves narrower, 50¢ each. 
HATRY-LEAVED FIBROUS BEGONTAS 
X Alto Scharff -- red-backed leaves, covered with fine, white hairs. $1,00 each. 
Fernando Coastal No. 2365 -- new, Brazilian plant, entirely covered with long 
hairs; large leaves; plant holds clusters of large flowers erect. $1.50 each. 
X Neely Gaddis -- large, velvety leaves, red beneath; flowers pure white. 50¢ each, 
Scharffi -- nice, bushy plant having clusters of large white flowers with reddish 
hairs on back, Also known as Haageana. 50¢ each. 
Scharffiana -- low grower; husky dark-green leaves, deep-red back; a good basket 
plant. 50¢ each, 
tomentosa -- light-green leaves, covered with white hairs; white flowers pro- 
duced in the fall, 75¢ each. 
X Vesperia -- an improved form of Margaritae, Leaf hairy above, red-veined below; 
flower cluster large. 75¢ each. 
X Viaude -- a very fine hairy-leaved type with long, narrow leaves; white flowers 
on erect stems. $1.00 each, 
TRAILERS 
epipsila -- similar to sanguinea; a good, late-winter bloomer; flowers white. $1.00 
X Lulandi -- a pink-flowered Sutherlandi. $1.00 each, 
Mazae -- basket plant with brownish-green leaves. $1.50 each. This plant and 
the varieties below have a very distinct type of growth, 
Mazae variety Dark Leaf -~ same as above but satiny black in leaf center and 
along veins, $1.50 each, 
Mazee variety Stitched Leaf -- leaves light green, veins along margin black, $1.50 
Mexican scandens -- like scandens, but with larger leaves, 75¢ each. 
X E, O. Orpet -- excellent trailer; hardier and leaves larger than glaucophylla; 
leaves bronzy green with red backs; flowers coral red, $1.00 each, 
X E. O, Orpet variety Green Leaf -- same as above but with green leaves, the under 
side pale red. $1.00 each. 
X Pauline -- new, basket type; leaves light green; flowers apricot, 431.00 each. 
FANCY-LEAVED BEGONIAS 
acida -— rough, hairy, light-green leaves; white flowers on long stems. $1.00 each. 
X Dawn -- a dwarf cane type, leaves beautifully marked with silver. 75¢ each. 
goegoensis -- peltate, round leaves, nicely marked with olive-green and brown, 
$1.00 each, 
imperialis -- hairy, small-leaved, green zoned with brown-green; creeping stem, 
$,1.00 each, 
imperialis smaragdina -- like above but without markings; emerald green, $1.00 each 
X It — Rex-like plant, with green and silver leaves; flowers pink. $1.00 each. 
X Murial Day -- a Ziesenhenne hybrid, green leaves with silver markings. {1.00 each 
pustulata variety Silver Leaf -- leaves with tiny pustules on the upper surface 
from which protrude hairs; larger and sturdier than imperialis; leaves light 
green with silver along the veins and brown between the veins. A most striking 
plant. $1.00 each, 
pustulata variety Light -- leaves light green with light brown between veins. §1,00 
pustulata variety Dark -- leaves very dark brown-green with spots of light green 
at the junction of the veins, {1.00 each. 
X speculata -- dull green with grey spots. 50¢ each. 
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CHOICEST HYBRID REX BEGONIA SEED -~+ mixed plain and curly-leaved types in wide 
variety of pattern, 41.00 per packet, postpaid. 
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