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RUDOLF ZIEBSENHENNE 
Begonia Specialist 
1130 North Milpas Street 
Santa Barbara, California 
PREC we. Roper. ow dey 9 85 | 
Following are begonias which may be shipped at once. If a particular begonia in 
which you are interested is not listed, do not hesitate to write me as I may be 
able to furnish it. Prices are at Santa Barbara, cash with order. [ will submit 
& bill for postage or railway express charges. 
RHIZOMATOUS BEGONIAS 
X Baby Brown -—- Ziesenhenne hybrid, a miniature Fred Brown; chocolate brown, small, 
heart-shaped leaves; suitable for terrarium or indoor culture. $1.00 each. 
circumlobata -- a Chinese begonia with deeply slashed leaves, pink flowers. Good 
grower; stays low. $1.00 each. 
Dayii -- medium green leaf with chocolate veins; small, pale greenish-white flowers 
in Winter and Spring, $1.00 each, 
hepatica-maculata -- thick light green leaves, heavily blotched with liver-colored 
markings; a distinctive, strong-growing plant found in Mexico by Mr. MacDougall, 
$1.50 each, 
heracleifolia -- star-shaped, clear green leaves, with white hairs on stems; pink 
blossoms in late winter and spring. $1.00 each. 
heracleifolia variety Silver Brooks -- star-shaped leaf with silver markings.$1.00. 
hispidavillosa -~ lettuce-green leaves, long hair all over plant; pink flowers in 
fall. $1.00 each. | 
X Joe Hayden -- satiny black leaves, lobed. A beautiful Ziesenhenne hybrid which 
has won prizes in many shows. 41.50 each, 
Kenworthyi -- angular leafed with pinkish-grey cast; withstands dry conditions. 
$1.50 each. 
longipes petiolata -- stout, succulent, erect stems with beautiful green leaves; 
white flowers. 41-00 each. 
MacDougalli -- large, deep-green, compound leaves; tall stems with greenish-white 
flowers, $1.00 each, 
X Palomar -- a hybrid of incana, Thick, hairy rhizome; somewhat frosted leaf; 
pink flowers, $1.00 each. 
X Perle Lorraine (Bertha von Lothringen) -- bushy with Qlossy-green foliage; inter- 
mediate veins brown; pink flowers with dark rose on Dacks. 75¢ each, 
pinetorum -- hoary leaf, with clusters of pink flowers in winter; new leaves are 
lavendar pink; good grower. {¢1-00 each, 
rotundufolia -- light green leaves, scalloped on edge; white flowers on stems held 
high above foliage. $1.50 each. 
X Skeezar variety Mirror Lake -- heart-shaped leaves, streaked with silver. $1.00 ea. 
So-called Barkeri -- brown tomentum on entire plant. 50¢ each, 
squarrosa -~- leaves shaped like Feastii, but with scaled stems and thin in texture, 
a lighter green; white flowers in clusters. 75¢ each. 
X 27-S -- leaves lobed, varying from dark brown tc light green, sometimes overlaid 
with silver; very robust. $1.50 each. 
