INSTRUCTIONS 
Always buy the best stock available for you 
will not get choice plants or blooms from inferior 
tubers or seedlings. 
The principal erect types of double tuberous 
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(1) Camellia, (2) Fimbriata Plena or carnation, 
(3) Camellia Picotee, (4) Rosebud, and (9) 
Rutfled. 
Lloydii Hybrids or hanging basket types have 
the hanging habit and therefore are most suited 
to be grown in baskets, on walls or shelves so 
that one can look into the beautiful, full clusters 
of blooms. Your garden is not complete without 
them. 
TUBERS 
To flower early, tubers should be laid out in 
empty trays or flats around the first or second 
week in February—keep them warm and 
nioisten occasionally until the tubers start to 
sprout. It is better to keep them on the dry side 
rather than too wet. 
When the tubers have sprouted, place in flats 
of moist leafmold or a mixture of leafmold and 
peat until the sprouts are three or four inches 
high. Give them plenty of room for root growth. 
thes sprouted ™ tuberss are #inenmenecidvaiomoc 
transplanted for the season into pots, boxes, 
baskets, or in the ground. The best flowers and 
growth develop from one shoot so it is in order 
to remove other shoots. (Except hanging basket 
types.) To do so, use a razor blade, cutting close 
to the tuber. Plant the cutting in sand and you 
will duplicate the parent plant. It will bloom and 
form a tuber the first year, if done early in the 
season. 
PREPARATION FOR PLANTING 
When planting in pots, use eight-inch pots or 
larger for tubers an inch and a half or larger in 
size. Five to seven-inch pots are sufficiently 
large for three-quarter inch tubers or less. Since 
tuberous begonias are shallow rooted we sucg- 
gest unglazed fern pans or unpainted redwood 
boxes as ideal. Glazed pots and painted boxes 
do not permit evaporation to keep roots cool and 
therefore are not as satisfactory. 
When planting in the ground, partial shade, 
good drainage, loose soil and a quiet location 
are essential — begonias do not thrive where it 
is windy. A moist atmosphere is essential for 
the best growth along with a temperature of 
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HOW TO PLANT 
The first requirement when using pots or 
boxes is to provide good drainage. Place a 
