PINK PARADE. Gorgeous Dichroa hybrid of Mrs. William 
D. Nisbet. Flowers are actually salmon pink. Prime 
leaves heavily silver-spotted, wavy margins. $3.00. 
PINK SPOT LUCERNE. Outstanding hybrid of Coralline 
Lucerne, having dark green leaves with metallic-pink 
spots. Bright red blooms are striking. Greatly ad- 
mired by everyone. $3.50. 
QUADRELOCULARIS. Lancelate leaves, somewhat cupped, 
brittle, pebbly texture. Unusual white flowers bearing 
four winged seed pods. New species. $2.00. 
RICHY MINTER. Cristata X Mazae. Leaves dark bronze, 
ruffled edge with prominent veins. Rose pink flowers 
in winter. A robust grower. $2.50. 
ROTUNDIFOLIA. A miniature with round crenate light green 
leaves on red petioles. Flowers white blooming over 
a long period. Native to Haiti. $2.00. 
RUBIYAT. A beautiful hybrid of Dichroa, with smooth 
green leaves and large clusters of luscious salmon pink 
flowers, which continue blooming over a long period 
of time. $2.50. 
SILVER PUSTULATA. Greatly admired by everyone, with | 
its silvery-white markings on nile green leaves. 
Low-growing, outstanding new Begonia of merit. $2.50. 
SPAULDING. New miniature by Louise Schwerdtferger of 
Santa Barbara (Boweri X Hydrocotylifolia) Round 
leaves with slightly hairy margin. Brownish green 
to green above. Underside beetred adjacent to the 
veins. Flowers light pink to near white depending on 
the light. $2.00. 
STITCH-LEAF. Resembles Mazae, with dark green mark- 
ings like stitches at the margin. $1.50. 
TAMO. Strong hybrid of Incana X Mazae. Upright rhiz- 
omatous of unusual beauty, leaves covered with to- 
emtum, green-brown above, red beneath. Flowers white 
in winter. New. $2.50. 
TINGLEY MALLET. (MME. LIONNET) One of the most 
beautifully colored, brilliant red bronze leaves, over- 
laid with silver pink dots and red hairs. Large clear 
rose pink flowers. Of easy culture. $2.00. 
THE PRESIDENT. Double red flowers, three inches across. 
One of the most brilliant so-called ‘’Winter-flowering 
Begonias.’ Excellent house plant. New. $3.00. 
VERSICOLOR. Probably the most colorful begonia. Native 
of China. Low growing, round leaves covered with 
red hairs. Markings of brown silver and _ green. 
Nothing like it, very rare. $3.50. 
ZEEBOWMAN. A fine silver-leaved hybrid of Liebmanni 
and Boweri. Rhizomatous and compact. $2.00. 
GRAPE LEAF GROUP 
ACIDA. Low growing habit with netted light green leaves. 
Distinctive and different. $1.50. 
ILLUSTRATA. Compact plant with small round leaves gray- 
green, faint mottling. Flowers in winter. Illustrated 
in Begonian, March, 1953. 
PEARLI. Leaves of pearly gray with narrow green mar- 
gin. 
SPECULATA. Light green shallow lobed leaves. Surface 
blistered. Rhizomatous growing well proportioned plants. 
Flowers lovely light pink, in winter. Popular. $1.00. 
MISCELLANEOUS FIBEROUS BEGONIAS 
SCEPTRUM. Syn. ACONITIFOLIA. Tall growing type with 
deeply lobed silver blotched leaves. $2.00. 
ALMA MILLIKEN. Rather tall growing smooth lucerna type. 
Splashes of silver and green, with red margin. $1.00. 
ALNIFOLIA. “Alder Leaf”. Plant entirely smooth with nar- 
tow light green leaves. $1.00. 
ALPHA GERE. Leaf like begonia Dichotoma, light green, 
toothed. Named for Mrs. Albert Gere. $1.00. 
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