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We are again offering a large list of disease-free plants, grown in sterilized soil. Many 
of the begonias have not been available before to our mail order customers, The following 
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. I will submit a bill for postage or railway express charges. 
BASKET OR TRAILING BEGONTAS 
X Elsie M. Frey -- dark, bronzy-green leaves; deep pink flowers. ‘1.00 each. 
epipsila ~~ glossy, deep-green leaves, red backs; flowers white; good in basket. 75¢ each 
X Florence Carrell -~ similar to Limminghiana but will grow under cooler conditions; 
pink flowers, %1.00 each, 
Francisi -- thick, green, peltate leaves; white flowers; true trailer, 1,00 each. 
X frutescans -- glossy green leaves, red backs and stems; white flowers, 50¢ each, 
X Limminghiana -- true trailer with sea-~green leaves and Chinese red flowers in summer 
and fall, 
X Marjorie Daw -- Long, tapering, green leaves; rose flowers; an old favorite, 75¢ each. 
Mazae var, Stitched Leaf -- light yellow-green leaves with black-marked margin. 41.00 ea. 
CREEPING FIBROUS BEGONTIAS ; 
Liebmanni -— angular and pointed green leaves with overpainting of silver. y1.00 each. 
pustulata silver -~ similar to imperialis but having larger leaves and more robust growth; 
leaves silver, green, and brown markings, 1.00 each. 
pustulata green -- like pustulata silver, but leaves have light and dark green pattern, 
pl.00 each, 
pustulata dark -- like pustulata silver, but leaves have dark green and black-green 
pattern, 1.00 each, 
FIBROUS BEGONIAS 
albo picta -- bushy, with narrow silver-spotted green leaves, greenish-white flowers. 75¢ 
angularis -~ tall plant with angular stems, flowers white. 75¢ each. 
X Bertha von Lothringen -- low grower; leaves webbed with red lines; flowers pink. 75¢. 
candollensis -- similar to incarnata; leaves wide at base, sometimes spotted, deeply- 
toothed; flowers pink. 75¢ each. 
X Catalina -~ former X Lady Waterlow; small, sharply-toothed leaves; rugged everbloomer; 
' white flowers. 50¢ each. 
piven Species -- Holly Leaf; yellowish-green, hollylike leaves; stays low like Catalina, 
O¢ each. 
X Dearest Mae -- shiny, small leaves, flowers white; low grower. 75¢ each, 
X Decker's Select -- small green leaves; deep red flowers; slender stems. 50¢ each. 
dichroa -- orange flowers and deep green leaves; low grower. ;;1.00 each. 
incarnata -- light green leaves; bushy habit; pink flowers. 50¢ each. 
Ludwigii ~- equadorensis; deeply-lobed green leaves on thick stems; white flowers in 
February when plant is without leaves, 1.00 cach, 
X Luwalter -- my hybrid of incarnata and Mazae; growth and leaf similar to incarnata but 
_ dark brown, 75¢ each. 
multiflora rosea -- small-leaved, slender~stemmed; rose-colored blossoms, 75¢ each. 
odorata alba -- roundish green leaves; white flowers; bushy, 75¢ each. 
X Sachsen -- small, bushy cane type; bronze-green leaves; red flowers. 50¢ each, 
undulata -- wavy-margined green leaves; white flowers. 75¢ each. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS -- tubers will be available until about April 15; I regret I cannot 
offer the popular tuberous hybrids; they may be obtained from the Capitola growers. 
boliviensis -- a tall-growing, red-flowered, erect plant with terminal growth finally 
trailing; a handsome species, parent of present hybrids. 50¢ each. 
davisi -- a compact grower with scarlet flowers; parent of multiflora-type begonia, 50¢. 
X Santa Barbara -- my hybrid between davisi and micranthera var, fimbriata; flowers 
scarlet~orange, 50¢ each, 
sutherlandi major -- a large~leaved sutherlandi, native to South Africa; a basket plant 
with small orange flowers. 50¢ each. 
X Wild Rose -—- a fragrant hybrid of baumanni and micranthera var. fimbriata; pink, single 
flowers. 50¢ each. 
