PRICE LIST -- August 1955 -- Page 2 RUDOLF ZIESENHENNE 
REX BEGONIAS -- King of the Begonias, Large variegated or colored leaves; pink flowers 
in fall and winter. 
Rex Hybrid Seed -~ mixture of curly and regular leaves; Silver, green, and some lavendar 
coloring. ‘1.00 per packet. 
Rex Seedlings -- sturdy plants of hybrids; silver, green, and possibly some curls and 
colored leaves, 50¢ each, 
RHIZOMATOUS BEGONIAS -- plants with short jointed, thickened stems which lay on the 
soil surface. Good house plants. 
ascetosa =-- unequal, roundish leaves with short hairs over entire plant. {1.00 each. 
Boweri major -- thin green leaves with black markings along edge where long hairs stand 
erect. w1l,00_ each, 
X Bunchii -- thick, green leaves, with crested edge. (1.00 each. 
X Crystal Lake -- light-green, Rex-like leaves with silver spots; white flowers, 31.00 ea, 
Dayii -- medium-green leaf with chocolate veins; small, greenish-white flowers in winter 
and spring. 1.00 each. 
erithrophylla -- uneven, heartshaped, stout, green leaves; tall clusters of small pink 
flowers, 1.00 each. 
X Freddie -- large, heart-shaped, dark-green leaves, almost everblooming with beautiful 
clusters of dark pink flowers, An Alfred D. Robinson award winner. {1.50 each. 
fusca -- large, medium-green leaves; large clusters of deep-—pink flowers on raised stems 
in winter; entire plant and back of sepals thickly covered with small hairs. 1.50 ea, 
globra -- peltate leaves, more delicate than nelumbifolia; white flowers. {41.00 each, 
goegoensis -~ round, peltate leaves with beautiful brown markings, 41.00 each. 
X Green Zeebowman -~ thin rhizome, dark green leaves with hairs along the edge; Rex-like 
in appearance. 1.00 each, 
hepatica-maculata -- thick, light-green leaves, heavily blotched with liver-colored 
markings; a distinctive, strong-growing plant found in Mexico by plant explorer, 
Mr. MacDougall, %1.50 each, 
heracleifolia -- star-shaped, clear green leaves, with white hairs on stems; pink 
blossoms in late winter and spring. 75¢ each. 
heracleifolia var. pyramidalis -- wider leaf than heracleifolia, but light green; pink 
flowers, 75¢ each. 
K heracleicotyle -~ dark, black-green leaves, lobed; pink flowers in winter. 75¢ each. 
X Joe Hayden -- satiny black leaves, lobed; a Yeautiful Ziesenhenne hybrid which has won 
prizes at many shows, {$1.00 each, 
manicata -- medium green leaves with red scale-hairs on veins below; cuff of red scale- 
like hairs on stems; pink flowers. 75¢ éach.’ 
manicata crispa -- like manicata, but margin of leaf crested, 1.50 each. 
X Murial Day -- green leaves with silver markings; Rex-like in appearance. 1,00 each, 
nelumbiifolia -- peltate, shield-shaped leaves; tall stem with white flowers. 1.00 each, 
X Ricinifolia -- large bronzy, slightly—lobed leaves with tall clusters of pink flowers 
in summer. #1.00 each. 
rubrovenia -- long, narrow leaves with silver spots; white flowers with red veins. 75¢ ea 
X Skeezar -- silver leaves, brownish veins, bordered with green. %1,00 each, 
X Silver Star -- beautiful silver and green lobed leaves; very attractive foliage; pale, 
greenish-white flowers. An Alfred D. Robinson Award Winner. 41.00 each. 
squarrosa -- leaves round, with scaled stems, thin in texture and light green; white 
flowers in clusters. 75¢ each. 
tenuifolia -- angular, green leaves; whitish flowers; a collector's item. 1.00 each. 
X 27-S -- leaves lobed, varying from dark brown to light green, sometimes overlaid with 
Silver; very robust. 1,00 each. 
X Zeebowman -- compact, small leaves marked green and silver, hairs on margin, {1.00 ea. 
SEMI-TUBEROUS BEGONIAS -- upright plants, with the base of the stem swollen like a corm, 
May be leafless in winter, 
dregei -- grows to about two feet; many white flowers; very small, bronze-colored leaves. 
75¢ each. 
Ludwigii -- aka equadorensis; deeply-lobed green leaves on thick stems; white flowers in 
February when plant is without leaves, 1.00 each. 
THICK-STEMMED BEGONIAS -- short-jointed like rhizomatous but upright growers. 
Cuban Species -- angular, fresh-green leaves; white flowers in winter. 41.00 each. 
dichitoma -- large, angular, light-green leaves; white flowers in summer, 41.00 each. 
involucrata-- low-growing, bushy, with beautiful hairy leaves and rather large white 
flowers in fall. 1.00 each. 
X Jessie -- leaves brown and green, edges toothed; very floriferous in winter, with deep- 
pink flowers; leaves and stems may be covered with little leaflets. 75¢ each. 
Kellermanni -~ white tomentum (fuzz) on round, peltate leaves; pink flowers in winter. 
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1.00 
Kenworthyi -- 5-lobed leaves whose grayish "bloom" give them a blue-gray color; very 
distinctive. 1.50 each. 
Lindlyana -- similar to dichitoma, but more delicate, 1.00 each, 
malibarica -- green, slightly hairy leaf; white flowers in summer. 75¢ each, 
scabrida -- egg-shaped green leaves with scattered white hairs; white blossoms, 41.00 ea. 
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