ODD AND UNUSUAL BEGONIAS 
STITCH LEAF BEGONIA #1 $1.00 each 
Round heart shaped leaves are green. Around the edges 
of the leaves there is a brown blanket stitching. Fibrous. 
The plant is a full droopy grower and is best grown as 
a trailing plant or trellised. Fully developed leaves 
measure about 2%, inches by 3 inches. The fowers are 
tiny, in airy clusters and are white and pink mottled. 
The blooming. period is from. spring. through summer. 
STITCH LEAF BEGONIA #2 $1.25 each 
Fibrous. The description is the same as the above. This 
plant is of more miniature growth, being very bushy. 
It too is a droopy plant and is best grown elevated. 
The leaves develop to about 1% inches by 2 inches. 
DARK MAZAE $1.50 each 
Fibrous. Round leaves coming to a point. With different 
light and growing conditions the colors will vary con- 
siderably. The basic coloring is a dark green but blend- 
ings are mainly dark and medium shades of bronze 
tones. The veinings on the underside of the leaves have 
a reddish cast. The edges of the leaves have brown 
markings like button hole stitching. Veining on the top 
of the leaves are brown shading to bronze. The leaves 
grow to about 2 inches by 3 inches. The flowers are 
white and pink mottled and the blooming period: runs 
from spring to fall. Best grown as a trailing plant or 
trellised. For best color effects give good light and keep 
out of the direct rays of the sun. Stock limited. 
BOWERI $1.50 each 
The ‘‘Eyelash Begonia,"’ so called because of the no- 
ticeable white hairs around the edges of the bright 
green leaves. Small rhizomes creep and branch out 
across the top of the soil and develops into a very 
bushy plant. The leaves are rounded and come to a 
sharp point and grow to about 1 inches by 3 inches. 
Around the edges of the leaves there are mottled 
blotches, chocolate brown. on top and red underneath. 
A miniature type. The flowers are help upright. on stiff 
stems, white, motled pink. and are in. clusters: This 
plant. requires. very high humidity and is successfully 
grown as a terrarium plant or where high humidity can 
be provided. Stock limited. 
