LEATHERMAN'S GARDENS 2637 North Lee Avenue 
El Monte, California 
REX BRGONIAS 
Rex Begonias are grown for their exquisite, colorful and exotic foliage, It is 
impos 
descr 
sible to describe all the colorings and blendings of the various varieties, The 
iptions grven’'@re the maitiihasic colorings, Coiors will vary in depth and bright- 
ness under different growing conditions, The colors will be brighter when grown where 
no di 
rect sun rays shine on them. However they do need good light, 
The size and shape of the leaf is of interest to most growers, There are large, 
medium and small leaves and therefore one can have plants that will fit the growing 
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ion, There are rexes that have creeping rhizomes and there are the types that 
pright growers, Those growing upright have cane like stems and these must be 
staked, They are more like a small tree in habit of growth, 
Rex Begonias to be successfully grown require a high humidity, The very soft 
hairy leaved varieties require a much higher humidity than those with very heavy tex- 
tured 
leaves, Rex Begonias do not resent heat if the humidity can be provided, 
Leaf sizes given are approximately the diameter of a fully developed leaf, Fol- 
lowing are the leaf sizes our plants attain, The leaf sizes are in parentheses after 
the name of each variety, 
MINIATURE and SMALL diameter up to inches 
MEDIUM diameter up to 7 inches 
LARGE 
diameter up to le inches, 
The following list of rex begonias have been grown by us for a lengthy period and 
all have proven themselves, There are a very few of the varieties that are more 
difficult to grow and we have noted same, The varieties we list are all different in 
appearance so our customers will not have varieties too much alike, 
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REX BEGONIAS 
SPIDER WEB (medium) E. Frey. Upright. Leaf twists and spirals. Small irregular 
green center, Midsection silver-green, glossy, with faint pastel tints, Edge 
green, silver-green spots, 
DON GWINUP (large) S, B. Leatherman, 1954, Spiral, Named for a buddy of our son, 
A Kansas boy, served in the U.S.M.C. Center blue-green, Midsection, rough, sil- 
RO6 
ver with a pink cast, Border, irregular, bright green, silver markings, 
ART ANTHONY (large) S. B. Leatherman, 1954, An El Monte boy, U.S.M.C. Spiral, Mar- 
gin, dark hair line, Small dark center, Balance of leaf a pleasing silver-blue 
RO7 
which is rough textured, 
BOB SMITH (large) S, B. Leatherman, 1954. An El Monte boy, Buddy of our other 
son, Served on the U.S.C.C. Gresham, Margin red-black, Border bright green, 
RO8 
Silver spots, Midsection blue-silver with pink casts, Center, tiny eye, red~ 
black, White hairs over entire leaf, 
DALE ANDREWS (large) S, B, Leatherman, 195, An El Monte boy. Buddy of our so, 
Served on the U,S.C.C. Gresham, Margin brown. Center brown with bright -gree. 
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blendings. Midsection, green, artistically overlaid with silver. Upright, 
BRONCO (medium) S. B, Leatherman, 1954, Named for the mascot of California State 
Polytechnic College, San Dims, Spiral, Margin, rose-pink, Border olive#green, 
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irregular silver spots, Midsection, blistered, silver-green, Center, irregular 
olive-green veinings, White hairs, tipped red, sparsley scattered over entire 
leaf, There is an extra little curl and swirl in the spiral, 
bove Rex Begonias $1.50 ea, 3 for $4.00 6 for $7.50 
